Sep 08
Welcome back for Episode 3 of the EdTech Classroom. In this episode we talk about our recent educational technology experiences. Our focus for this show is to introduce the topic of Student Response Systems. In addition, we discuss some ways for you to test drive student clickers in your own classroom. Below are links to websites and resources discussed during the show. Got a suggestion for Episode 3? Share it with us by posting a comment below.
Joe & Burt
Links We Mentioned
Student Response Systems
eInstruction Research about Student Response Systems
Grants
September 9th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Hi – I just wanted to mention that our student response system product, Poll Everywhere, is free for K-12 educators (up to 30 students per classroom). It’s not for everyone, as it uses student cell phones or computers, and that requires a progressive school. We don’t yet have the features of the expensive clicker systems, but you won’t need a grant to buy one
Also, we make a premium school-wide version available for free to schools who haven’t made AYP.
September 29th, 2008 at 12:17 am
Great podcast! I would like to add that you can track students by ID, name, or whatever you choose with our free text polls and reports (http://www.polleverywhere.com/faq#identifyvoters). We already have a few universities using our system this way for large classes with great success.
We have a few features planned that will make this process even easier! Check it out and let me know if you have questions.
Brad
January 8th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Thanks for the podcast. In the K-12 arena, cost of these things is a real issue. It’s not so simple to ask every student to buy their own clicker, so they end up buying a class pod (say 30) and share it between classes. Then they learn the issues of contantly needing to register the things for each new student that grabs one. Time wasted and people discouraged.
For those K-12 schools with 1:1 computer labs or 1:1 laptop programs, they may want to consider “Virtual Clickers” – http://studentresponsenetwrok.wordpress.com
January 8th, 2009 at 12:53 am
Sorry, typo: http://studentresponsenetwork.wordpress.com