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Clicker Alternatives

Published on Nov 18, 2015

Short presentation on clicker system alternatives and a few best practices.

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Clicker Alternatives

and best practices
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What are "clickers"?

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Cost: $165-$1250 per classroom

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Alternatives

  • ClassResponder
  • Kahoot
  • Socrative
  • Plickers
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Cost: FREE

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Best Practices

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Uses

  • Answer questions, discussing with peers, answering again
  • Opinion surveys
  • Collecting demographics
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more Uses

  • Formative evaluation
  • Summative evaluation
  • Fun activities
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Advice

  • Set aside clicker time in your lesson plans
  • Start with low expectations
  • Have backup plan
  • Participation points for students
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More Advice

  • Use for low-stakes assessments
  • Don't promote it as mainly for attendance and quizzing
  • Advertise it as being FUN!
  • 10-20 minute intervals between questions
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Some information for this presentation was drawn from the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee website: http://www4.uwm.edu/ltc/srs/faculty/best_practices.cfm

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Rob Bentley

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