Why use an audience response system in the classroom?

1. Why use an audience response system in the classroom? Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

2. Results from using a response system in the classroom. Instructor • Immediate feedback on student understanding of concepts and content • Modify lectures on the fly to match student understanding • Ability to customize content based on student responses • Use responses as basis for discussion • Identify preconceptions or misconceptions • Extract and discuss divers points of view • Use as a review tool Student • Participate in learning; appeals to multiple senses • Encourage critical thinking by providing a way to answer questions • Immediate feedback on accuracy of their understanding Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

3. Why use an audience response system in a meeting? Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

4. Results from using a response system in a meeting or presentation Presenter/Leader • Immediate feedback on group understanding of key points • Confirm understanding and issues before closing the meeting • Gather data for reporting and analysis • Use in focus groups to record participants opinions and report on results • Provides way to re-focus discussion or attention Audience • Participation helps focus and attentiveness • Learn how opinions are similar or differ from group • Encourages critical thinking by providing a way to answer questions • Can anonymously ask for clarification • Opportunity to express point of view Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

5. The Clicker Experience – An Audience Perspective Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

6. Select the category that most accurately describes you. • Fiction reader • Poetry lover • Technical book editor • Anonymous author • E-book enthusiast • Movie-goer Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

7. Do you agree with Drucker’s statement that “Teaching is the only major occupation of man for which we have not yet developed tools that make an average person capable of competence and performance.”? • Yes • No • Partially • Abstain Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

8. 0 Do you agree with the statement that “It is ethical to release a confidential record if the record is requested under the Freedom of Information Act and no organizational policy exists to preclude release”? • Yes • No • Abstain Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

9. Where was the first capital of Maryland?(2) • Baltimore • St. Mary’s City • Upper Marlboro • Annapolis Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

10. What letter comes next in the following sequence?M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O,__ • S • N • P Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

11. The lack of support and training impedes the use of technology by faculty in graduate level teaching. • True • False • Unsure Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

12. The Clicker Experience – A Presenter’s Perspective Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

13. Vertical Horizontal 3-d pie Distributed pie Offset Doughnut Data Visualization Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

14. Show Bar Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

15. Building a Response System Presentation Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

16. Installed software • A PowerPoint presentation • The receiver • The responders (clickers) Starting Out – Four Requirements • The responders (clickers) Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

17. Preparation • Establish objectives for your presentation. • Prepare your content using PowerPoint slides. • Create questions and insert Turning Point slides into PowerPoint slides • Test your presentation Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

18. The Turning Point Toolbar Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

19. Hands-on Practice • Launch Turning Point • Open your PowerPoint presentation in normal (edit) view • Navigate to the place in presentation for interactive slide • INSERT interactive slide • Build interactive question and answers • Save presentation. • Test the presentation Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

20. Options for Type of Interactive Slide -Demographic comparisons Compare answers based on demographics gathered in earlier slides Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

21. Options for Type of Interactive Slide -Priority rankings Multiple responses from participants are ranked Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

22. Response Reports Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

23. Review Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

24. The College clicker system will work will any UM student clicker. • Always true • Always false • Sometimes true Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

25. To erase results and re-poll a question, go to.. • Tools/session management • Reset/session • Tools/Turning Point parser • Tools/settings Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

26. When presenting and using the interactive slides, first you should… • Open the presentation using MS PowerPoint. • Open the presentation using Turning Point. Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

27. When preparing your interactive presentation, the first thing you should do is create your questions. • True • False Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

28. Clickers were developed with the digital native in mind and have no value in the business environment. • True • False Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

29. Which of the following is not required to present an interactive presentation? • Receiver • Transmitter • Response card • Turning point software • USB port • All are required. Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

30. To test all the clickers before your presentation, go to…. • Tools • Response devises • Participants Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008

31. Learn More • http://www.turningtechnologies.com/ • Learning community • Center for Teaching Excellence • Information Studies intranet Prepared by B.Brown, iSchool, 2008