The NY Times takes a brief look at the growth of hand-held student response devices. While I don't use them in my classes, I have to admit that I enjoy seeing the responses when used during my guest lectures in EDA. Alas, as a quick tech piece, the author doesn't get to dig in very deep into the effectiveness of these tools.
What do think? Big brother? Big pain? Or Classroom 2.0?
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I think it can be an interesting participatory tool. Unfortunately, my only experience with it was being forced to use it as an attendance-checking device in a large lecture hall. I propose that if I can get an A without attending your class regularly, then holding my clicker response (or lack thereof) against me is punitive.
Puk, if your instructor is only using clickers to take attendance, than he/she is missing a great opportunity to promote more active learning in the classroom.
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