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Clickers! Using Personal Response Pads
Robert S RycroftProfessor of EconomicsUniversity of Mary WashingtonDevelopments in Economics Education ConferenceSeptember 2007
Clicker Systems
Turning Point/Turning Technologies PRS/Interwrite Learning iClicker/Worth and Holtzbrinck Publishers CPS/eInstruction
Clicker Technology
Receiver
Personal Response Pad
Software
Advantages
Requires every student to remain engaged all class long
Increases the comfort zone of quiet students Allows instructor to keep tabs on class
progress
Other Uses
Take attendance Class “contests” Exams Integrate with
Blackboard andWebCT
Microeconomics (Fall 2006) using CPS
Principles of Macroeconomics (Summer 2006 and Fall 2006) using CPS
Public Finance (Spring 2006) using CPS
Principles of Microeconomics (Summer 2006) using CPS
Tips for Use and Pitfalls to Avoid Use to drill students on mastery of technical
material Use for opinion polling sparingly Use several times per class Technical problems the bane of clickers
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