Introducing 'Clicker Technology'

Introducing
‘Clicker Technology’
David Wilson
Participate Technologies

0861 10 63 65 | www.participate.co.za | info@participate.co.za |

Presentation Overview
1. Company and Clicker introduction
2. Teaching in the reality of today
3. Participate Clicker Technology
4. Clicker quiz!


Company
Introduction


Who is Participate?
African leaders of response technology for interactive learning.

• Turning Technologies Sole African Representatives
• Responsible for the marketing; sales, rental and
distribution for South Africa and surrounding regions.
• Offer Rental services for conferences and events
• Sell packaged response solutions customised to the
needs of our customers
• Servicing over 90 Corporate and 25 Educational
Institutions


Who is Turning Technologies?
Global leader of response technology for interactive learning.

• Global Operations – In over 94 countries
• Over 4 million ResponseCards in use
• Over 2,500 U.S. companies are using TurningPoint
• Higher education student response industry leader
• Over 2,000 K-12 schools have purchased or rented Turning Technologies’
response systems.
• Over half of all U.S. Colleges and Universities have Turning Technologies’
products on campus.


What does Clicker Technology do?

Allows true, real-time, two-way,
measurable communication between
a lecturer and their students, combining
instruction and assessment.


How does it work?
• Clickers are distributed to students in
the class.


How does it work?

• You ask a question


How does it work?

• Students respond by keying in their
answers on their clicker.


How does it work?

• Answers are captured by a computer
and the responses can then be
displayed to the class.


How does it work?

• Response data is then available for
detailed reporting.


Lets Use it!
Get your ‘Clicker’ ready!


Polling Open

How to use the Clicker

1. A green light in the top right of the
slide indicates polling is open
2. Select your answer from the
corresponding keypad key
3. You can change your
answer(whilst voting is open)
simply by pressing your new
response button.
4. Once enough responses are
received the results will be
displayed in a bar graph format.


Who’s in the audience?

1. I have a degree
2. I have completed honours 16%
36%
3. I have done my masters 16%
4. I have done my doctorate
5. I have multiple qualifications 4% 28%

I have a degree I have completed ...
I have done my ma... I have done my do...
I have multiple q...


What is most important to you in your classes?

1. Retention
2. Engagement 76%

3. Attendance
4. Graduation Rates
5. Other
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Good news in the numbers


Teaching in
the reality of today


How long have you been teaching for?

1. 1-3 years
30%
2. 3-7 years
17%
3. 8-15 years
13%
4. A long time!
39%


Who are we teaching?


Teaching to go where and do what?


influence of
the
Technology in our world


Welcome to the age of
information


Other technology trends

Social media
Say WHAT?

Social media is a fundamental shift in the way we communicate
It is the biggest shift since the industrial revolution


Current technology trends
on CAMPUS
Scary study!
Contacting the A University of Maryland
Daily technology
Scary
Electronic study asked students not
Study Habits
Instructor
use devices
study
to use media for 24 hours
and a large percentage of
the students experienced
symptoms similar to drug
and alcohol withdrawal.
References:
http://www.educatednation.com
http://www.pearsonfoundation.org
http://www.educatednation.com
Licensed under Creative Commons license


The generation Y student
Educators are preparing students
who are either already connected
or want to be.
that live in a world of
of instant gratification
mass technological stimulation
studying for a job that may not exist yet
using technology that is still to be invented
to solve problems we don’t yet know about.


Addressing
the gap with Clickers


What would you like to know about?
1. Clicker products for lectures and students
39%
2. Innovative learning with clickers
26%
3. Implementing clicker technology
30%
4. Resources and services
4%


Innovative
learning with Clickers


# Learning Theory Researcher(s) Suggested Application Features
Epstein Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique promotes Chart with Correct Answer Indicator/ Participant
1 Immediate Feedback
learning and corrects inaccurate first responses Monitor / Individual Reports

2 Engagement Prensky Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Fastest Responder / Priority Ranking or Ranking Wizard

Greene Spacing effects in memory: Evidence for a two-process
3 Spacing Effect Continue Prior Session / Essay Slide
account
Repoll / Comparative Linking/ Comparative Linking
4 Peer Instruction Mazur Peer Instruction: Ten Years of Experience and Results
Reports
Bruff Teaching with classroom response systems: Creating active On the Fly Slides / Conditional Branching /Moment to
5 Agile Teaching
learning environments Moment
Countdown Timer/Response Grids /Leader
6 Motivation Keller Use of the ARCS Motivation Model in Courseware Design
Boards/Gaming Slides / Point Values
Assessment FOR Point Values / TurningPoint AnyWhere–Live Charts
7 Stiggins Putting testing in perspective: It’s for learning
Learning Anonymous Polling /Review Only/Comparative Linking
Reid Practicing effective instruction: The Exemplary Center for Correct Answer Indicator /Fastest Responders/Leader
8 Positive Reinforcement
Reading Instruction approach Boards /Point Values
Team Slides Fastest Responder Wager Leader Boards
9 Game Based Learning Dede Immersive Interfaces for Engagement and Learning Speed Scoring TPAW with Digital Games Team Scoring
Reports
Bonwell and Eison Active learning: Creating excitement in the “Need Help” answer choice /On the Fly
10 Active Learning
classroom Questions/Custom / Text Message/Feedback
Demographic Comparison Data Slicing /Convert to
11 Learning Styles Picture Slide Chart Colors–Correct/Incorrect /Answer
Keefe Learning Style Theory and Practice
Now/ Video/Audio files with question slides
Custom Standards List / Conditional Branching
12 Socratic Questioning Hake Socratic pedagogy in the introductory physics lab
Continue Prior Session


Implementing
Clicker technology


Clicker Implementation

• Needs assessment and technology objective
identification
• Appoint a ‘technology specialist’ / task team
• Research
• Allow space for change


Clicker Implementation

• Standardisation program
• Clicker readiness questionnaire
• 3 models to consider:
– The Institution-Pays Model
– The Students-Pay Model
– The Students-Pay with incentive Model


Resources
and services


Resources and Services
User Community
www.clickers.co.za
www.turning-talk.com

Customer Support
Annual support and warranty programme
Email: support@participate.co.za
Feature-specific tutorials are online to guide you
through our products.


Resources and Services
User Group Seminars
Bi-monthly at our offices TurningPoint
User Seminars

Best Practice Webinars
Informative webinars that introduce
new ideas and unique uses to help you
enhance your experience with clickers.


Response Solutions
for students


Clicker Devices

ResponseCard® NXT ResponseCard® RF LCD ResponseCard® RF ResponseWare
Offers advanced Durable radio frequency ResponseCard RF Allows students to
capabilities such as device offers students an clickers are respond via web
cell phone style text engaging and easy-to-use lightweight and browsers on any web
entry for short solution. LCD screen compact in size. enabled device including
answer and essay provides visual The durable clicker Android™, iPhone®,
questions as well as confirmation of selected has been rigorously BlackBerry®, and laptops
self-paced test mode responses, channel tested in classroom or tablets to immediately
for individual setting and battery life. environments. transfer their selection to
assessment. polling applications.


Clicker products
for lecturers


On your campus do you generally...
1. Present through PowerPoint
39%
2. Use PowerPoint and other media to present
52%
3. Prefer to lecture away from a computer
4%
4. Avoid technology
4%


Polling Software
Poll with ANY Application − Mac® or PC


Polling Software
Poll Within PowerPoint®


Polling Hardware
Poll without a Computer or Projector

ResponseCard AnyWhere
Display student results anywhere, anytime.


Presenter Tools
Remain Agile while Polling

PresenterWare
Provides instructors remote
control of polling software
through mobile devices.

PresenterCard
Coming
soon! Radio frequency hardware device
that interacts with polling software.


LMS & Registration
• Learning Management Systems
• Seamlessly pull rosters and import/export into today's
most popular LMS.
• Easy to maintain
• Secure


Data Management
• ResultsManager
• Import all results into one, central location for easy
organization of student data.
• Track attendance, performance and total earned points
• Determine cumulative scores or statistics
• Export student data into your LMS


Self-Paced Testing
• TurningKey
• Automatic, electronic grading solution that allows instructors
to quickly and easily create answer keys.
• Create answer keys with new or existing tests
• Deliver summative assessments
• Use in conjunction with ResponseCard NXT


Distance Learning
• RemotePoll
• Simultaneously poll students in multiple classrooms
through the Internet to gather and display results
from all locations for complete analysis.

• ResponseWare
• Allow students to respond via web browsers on any
web enabled device to immediately transfer their
selection to polling applications.


Let’s use it!
Clicker quiz


How the Quiz works:

• Each question has a 10 second timer
• Point value decreases as time passes
(fastest finger first!)
• The results are then displayed


Which human organ has four chambers?
92%
1. Lungs
2. Heart
3. Stomach

4% 4%

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Which continent is the largest?
75%
1. Asia
2. Europe
3. Africa
21%

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The air that we breathe consists mostly of
WHAT gas?
83%
1. Helium
2. Nitrogen
3. Oxygen

13%
3%

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What does the second S in SAPS stand
for?
93%
1. South
2. Serves
3. Service

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On which coin is South Africa's national
animal? 40%

1. R1 32%
28%
2. R2
3. R5

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Participant Scores

4 Participant EBAF1
3 Participant D051F
2 Participant AADB5
0 Participant CCD1F
-11 Participant AA668


What is the name of the Northern Cape's
capital?
86%
1. Upington
2. Bhisho
3. Kimberley

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What are cirrus, cumulus and
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1. Clouds
2. Asteroids
3. Stars

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Who became SA President in 1994?
100%

1. FW de Klerk
2. Thabo Mbeki
3. Nelson Mandela

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How many legs does a dragonfly have?
69%

1. Six
2. Four
3. Eight
17%
14%

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Which organ do you use to feel?
76%
1. Hands
2. Fingers
3. Skin

17%
7%

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Lets see who the winner is!


Participant Scores
8 Participant EBAF1
0 Participant CCD1F
-7 Participant AACF0
-8 Participant AB404
-9 Participant D051F


Rate Clicker Technology in terms of the value you believe
you could achieve in your classroom.
1. Outstanding
59%
2. Great
33%
3. Good
4%
4. Average
4%
5. Poor
0%
Mean = 1.5185

Rate this presentation
1. Poor
0%
2. Fair
7%
3. Good
14%
4. Excellent
79%

Mean = 3.7143

Parting Thought

Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I Learn...
Benjamin Franklin


Thanks for
listening!
David Wilson Office: 086 110 6365
Mobile: 076 145 1475
Participate Technologies Email: davidw@participate.co.za


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