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I Click with Clickers
Instruction UpdateCastleton State CollegeJune 4, 2010
Charlotte Gerstein
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Castleton State College
Welcome!
Please introduce yourself with your
your name
institutional affiliation
job title
and
something you like to do when you’re not at work
Uses of clickers
Surveying class for demographic information or opinions, or prior knowledge
Have you ever used clickers (or another audience response system) as a student or participant?
Yes N
o
Not s
ure
33% 33%33%
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not sure
Do you have experience using clickers as an instructor or presenter?
A lo
t of e
xper
ience
Som
e ex
perie
nce
No e
xper
ience
33% 33%33%
1. A lot of experience
2. Some experience
3. No experience
About these clickers
Turning Technologies
VSC decision, robust product with best customer service
CSC’s Media Services bought the clickers and transponders (receivers), free software is add-on to Powerpoint, we check them out for a given class
$30 per clicker/$99 per receiver
$949 for start-up kit of 25 + receiver
Other models for clicker use
Clickers owned by students and registered with prof.
Can be used to record quiz grades, attendance
Some systems can record text responses
Collecting more demographic info
What portion of your teaching is provided online or at a distance?
1. All
2. More than half
3. Less than half
4. None
5. Other
How long have you worked as an instruction librarian?
1. I don’t
2. 0-5 years
3. 6-10 years
4. 11-15 years
5. Over 15 years
Have you ever taught a for-credit course as a librarian?
1. Yes
2. No
Have you ever made an online tutorial using Camtasia or Captivate or similar software?
1. Yes
2. No
Do you have access to tutorial creation software?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Don’t know
Why use Clickers?
Engage students
Immediate feedback to the instructor
Anonymous input from students so they can participate candidly
Another use of clickers
To generate discussion
Prequestion, share or provide new input, question again
An example: to generate discussion on file sharing/piracy
Does anyone you know download music illegally?
33%
33%
33%
Yes No Not sure
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not sure
How does s/he justify it?
Would this person steal a CD from store?
Why does s/he think downloading music is different?
Talk to your neighbor
What ethical considerations are there in downloading music for free? (Whom might it hurt?)
What is the purpose of copyright law?
Is copyright law enforced? Does that matter?
Is it okay to download music illegally, if “everyone” is doing it?
33%
33%
33%
Yes No Not sure
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not sure
Another use of clickers
To assess student knowledge, to know what their needs are
For example: Information Literacy Test Prep sessions here at CSC
Which of these describes a Table of Contents and an Index...
1 2 3
33% 33%33%1. In alphabetical
order
2. Lists chapters or entries in the order they appear in the book
3. Refers you to page numbers within the book
Lamb, S., & Brown, L. M. (2006). Packaging girlhood: Rescuing our daughters from marketers' schemes. New York: St. Martin's Press.
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nal a
rticl
e
book
chap
ter
mag
azin
e ar
ticle
book
gove
rnm
ent d
ocum
ent
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1. journal article
2. book chapter
3. magazine article
4. book
5. government document
What kind of source is this citation citing?
Edwards, Bruce L. “Patches of Godlight: C. S. Lewis as Imaginative Writer." In C. S. Lewis: Life, Works, and Legacy: Fantasist, Mythmaker, and Poet, 1-11. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2007.
jour
nal a
rticl
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book
chap
ter
mag
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book
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0% 0% 0%0%0%
1. journal article
2. book chapter
3. magazine article
4. book
5. government document
What kind of source is this citation citing?
Another example of clickers for assessing student understanding
The Seven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism by Christine Bombaro, Dickinson Collegehttp://lis.dickinson.edu/Library/FacultyServices/FYSeminars/fysemfiles/7SinsofPlagiarism%20FINAL%202007.ppt
Uses clickers to teach about academic integrity
Described in Practical Pedagogy for Library Instructors (ALA 2008)
25
Plagiarism or not?
Gore also delivers his message well. He simplifies the science without oversimplifying.
Orig
inal
Stu
den
t’s Use
of In
form
ation
Gore’s effective presentation is Gore’s effective presentation is balanced and well designed for the balanced and well designed for the general public. “He simplifies the general public. “He simplifies the science without oversimplifying” science without oversimplifying” (Meyer 2006, 95).(Meyer 2006, 95). Christine Bombaro
Seven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Plagiarism or not?
26
1. Plagiarism
2. Not plagiarism
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Plagiarism or not?
Correct! This student accurately cited the source!
27
1. Plagiarism
2. Not plagiarism
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Information copied from the Internet must be cited.
Tru
e
Fal
se
50%50%
1. True
2. False
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Information copied from the Internet must be cited.
1. True
2. False
DEADLY SIN #2: Copying material from the internet without citing it
29
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Example: Giving Proper Credit
2002 2003
Enplanements
(thousands)574,859 593,974
Total items 3,775,345 6,114,612
Firearms 927 683
Knives 1,036,697 1,961,849
Box cutters 32,788 20,991
Other cutting instruments
1,846,207 2,973,413
Clubs 11,131 25,139
Incendiaries 79,341 494,123
Other 768,254 638,414
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statisticshttp://www.bts.gov
Table 2-16b: Prohibited Items Intercepted at Airport Screening Checkpoints
According to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation’s website, airline passengers in 2003 attempted to bring more than six million illegal weapons of various types onto passenger flights.6 Even though new regulations went into effect after the events of September 11, 2001…
30
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Ironically, by being in the wonkiest context imaginable, he comes across as passionate, sincere, and likable.
Stu
den
t’s Use
of In
form
ation
Orig
inal
Plagiarism or not?Plagiarism or not?
31
Gore’s presentation on a stage before an academic audience is the wonkiest context imaginable.
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Plagiarism or not?
DEADLY SIN #3: Failure to cite even a few words of borrowed language
32
1. Plagiarism
2. Not plagiarism
Seven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Christine BombaroSeven Deadly Sins of Plagiarism
Another use of clickers: games and use of teams
Uses a Jeopardy template from Turning Technologies
Created by Lauren Olewnik for First Year Seminar orientation here at CSC
Students are quizzed in teams after instruction on the use of the online catalog and a database
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Library Research Internet SearchingPOT-
POURRI
200 200 200 200 200
400 400 400 400 400
600 600 600 600 600
800 800 800 800 800
1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Searching600 Points
Who is the author of the novel No Country for Old Men?
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Who is the author of the novel No Country for Old Men?
1 2 3
33% 33%33%
A. The Cohen Brothers
B. Cormac McCarthy
C. Clarence McCarthy
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Potpourri 600 Points
What is the title of the journal in which the article Getting Drunk and
Hooking Up: An Exploratory Study… appears?
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Getting Drunk and Hooking Up: An Exploratory Study of the Relationship Between Alcohol Intoxication and Casual Coupling in a University Sample.
1 2 3
33% 33%33%
1. Sociological Spectrum
2. Deviant Behavior
3. Teaching Sociology
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Research Tools400 Points
Cosmo, Sports Illustrated, Rutland Herald, New York Times, The Lancet and Nature are examples of this type
of information source.Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
Cosmo, Sports Illustrated, Rutland Herald, New York Times, The Lancet and Nature are examples of this type of information source?
a. b. c.
33% 33%33%
a. What are websites
b. What are periodicals
c. What are things that are located in the check-out aisle of the grocery store
Lauren OlewnikCastleton State College
On your campus
Please share any innovative uses of Clickers you know of
Where might this come in handy for you?
What else do you do to make instruction interactive?
Bibliography
Available at
http://www.refworks.com.csc-proxy.libraries.vsc.edu/refshare?site=047961198731600000/RWWEB106817896/Clickers