Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Clickers in the Classroom?

Article!

This article talks about the use of clickers in the classroom. Clickers or Student Response Systems, are ways for the teacher to keep up with student progress without having them take a paper test. This article discussions how clickers can be used as active learning. The students are engaged with the questions, because they seem almost like a game. This is also great for teachers, because they can easily compare the students scores and also that makes grading a breeze! I do believe that I will use clickers, because I have seen in classrooms how much students really enjoy them. I believe they are great to use with math, because you can set a timer to make sure that the students are answering by using their mental math skills.