enliven your class with i -clickers

Enliven Your Class With i-Clickers

COTESOL 2008Diana Brady-Herndon & Meredith Folley

I have used clickers before.

“A” = yes

“B” = no

Demo

There are three components: Computer (PC or Mac) Receiver with flash drive Remote

How does it work?

• Immediate Feedback• Instructors• Students

• Anonymity (in our programs)

• Easy to Use• Instructors• Students

Motivation for Using i-Clickers

Starting a Session

1. Click on program

2. Your settings

3. Large or small

4. Set for the session

Polling

# of students counted

start

The Graph

Display graph when polling stops forcomprehension checks

Click on correct answer to highlight it in green

Multiple Choice Fill in the blank True False Reading Persuasive Issues Web-based lessons Games Student created questions Sky’s the limit

Types of Lessons

1) Everyday I __________ in the park.

a) am run b) run c) runs d) running

Multiple Choice

2) The little girl _____ a pony.

a) has b) have c) is have d) having

3. He _________ his homework at school.

a) do b) doing c) does d) is do

Choose a word from the following list and fill in the blanks: Conifer, crowded, i-clickers, COTESOL, interested

I came to the ___________ conference today

to hear a presentation. I think it is in the _____________ room. I hope it’s not too ____________. The presentation is on ______________. I’m ____________ in them for our program.

Fill in the Blank

1.There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo.

True False

2. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.

3. The most popular first name in the world is John.

4. The names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.

5. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.

a. “low city.”

b. “mile-high city.”

c. “flat city.”

d. “city of dreams.”

Reading Activity

Students are polled at beginning of class

Students read about topic

Students discuss/debate topic

Students are polled again

Use forward and back feature of graph to compare attitude/opinion changes

Persuasive Issues

Comparison shopping◦ King Sooper vs. Safeway◦ Landsend vs. Macy’s

www.epinions.com◦ Top 10

ESL websites

Web-Based Lessons

Teams discuss question/topic One designated “clicker” per team Odd or even questions per team

Games

A.

B.

C.

D.

Student Created Questions

Brainstorm with the people in your row

Designate a recorder to write your ideas

Come up with some ways of using i-clickers that

were not already presented

10 minute time limit

Audience Participation

Approximately $26.00 for each i-clicker

$185.00 base unit

1 free base per 100 clickers

No registration fee

No site licenses

Contact www.iclicker.com for information

Pricing

Diana Brady-Herndon diana.brady-herndon@ccaurora.edu

Meredith Folley meredith.folley@ccaurora.edu

Contact Information