http://theactiveclass.com/2012/01/30/using-clickers-with-experiments-and-demos/ The Active Class Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://theactiveclass.com/2012/01/30/using-clickers-with-experiments-and-demos/comment-page-1/#comment-10855 Peter Newbury Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:12:59 +0000 http://theactiveclass.com/?p=1050#comment-10855 The next generation i>clicker clicker ("ic2") has alphanumeric output, in addition to the usual A-E buttons. Already, I'm hearing instructors (i) lamenting yet another piece of technology but (ii) gleefully rubbing their hands together because they can ask numeric clicker questions ("What is 2.0+2.0?") I'm trying to deflect them away from that kind of question because I believe there is little opportunity for peer instruction (if you don't submit "4.0" for your answer, what can you or your instructor learn from it?) One way to take advantage of the numeric input of the ic2 is to get students submitting data. With a test audience, I asked, "How many minutes is your morning commute?" Their numeric responses were neatly displayed in a histogram. It was seamless compared to the old trick of getting the students to pick (A) 0-5 minutes (B) 5-10 min, etc. The next generation i>clicker clicker (“ic2″) has alphanumeric output, in addition to the usual A-E buttons. Already, I’m hearing instructors (i) lamenting yet another piece of technology but (ii) gleefully rubbing their hands together because they can ask numeric clicker questions (“What is 2.0+2.0?”) I’m trying to deflect them away from that kind of question because I believe there is little opportunity for peer instruction (if you don’t submit “4.0″ for your answer, what can you or your instructor learn from it?) One way to take advantage of the numeric input of the ic2 is to get students submitting data. With a test audience, I asked, “How many minutes is your morning commute?” Their numeric responses were neatly displayed in a histogram. It was seamless compared to the old trick of getting the students to pick (A) 0-5 minutes (B) 5-10 min, etc.

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