INTERACTIVE LEARNING
RESPONSE SYSTEMS
Bringing 21st Century technology into the Classroom
What is it?
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Interactive Learning Response Systems
Interactive Student Response Systems
Personal Response Systems
Clickers/Remotes/Responders
It’s a wireless response device that looks
and acts like a TV remote.
How Can It be Used?
Take attendance
 Develop and present a lesson
 Determine student understanding of a lesson
 Collect Student Responses
 Display the results in a graph
 Perform lesson reviews/quizzes
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Why do we need it?
Studies have shown that the use of interactive teaching methods in
the classroom significantly increase student learning.
Improves the
Classroom Learning Environment
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Engage Students
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Collaborative Learning - entire class participation
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Responses are confidential
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Instant Feedback
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Provides Automatic Grading
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IT MAKES LEARNING FUN!
Here’s an example:
The Eiffel Tower is located where?
A. Germany
5
B. France
12
C. Sweden
3
Beyond Question vs. iRespond
Beyond Question
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Infrared (IR)
One standard
responding device
Integrates with
Microsoft and Mac
and classroom
integration software
iRespond
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Radio Frequency (RF)
A chose of 3 clickers of
differing complexity
Integrates with Microsoft
and Mac and classroom
integration software
Share content with other
users
Testimonials
Beyond Question
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Dr. Marilyn Rhea, director of
Northwest Missouri State University's
PRISM Project says, "the added
feature of saving the student
responses made it much easier for
our teachers to accurately track
student progress." She would like to
see the system add the "capability
for students to create short answers
and submit them."
iRespond
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LaMarr Broughton, a math
teacher in Tulsa, OK, says the
iRespond system motivates his
class by giving them immediate
feedback and a chance to
improve on the next question. He
would like to see more games
developed for the system, and
additional test banks available.
What’s it going to Cost?
Beyond Question
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20 base set
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iRespond
20 student users
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$995
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30 base set
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30 users
$1,295
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http://www.smartroom.com/k12.htm
Ultralite:
 16 users
 24 users
$745
$905
Lite 16 users
 16 user
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24 user
$1,223
$1,665;
Touch
 16 users
 24 users
$2795
$3704
www.irespond.com
Things to Consider:
What’s the learning curve for students and staff?
How easy is it to use?
Are there tutorials, technical support?
How compatible is it to existing software?
How quickly will this technology be outdated?
What additional expenses are there?
It’s a WIN:WIN with ISRS
Benefits to the Students:
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Fully engaged and group
participation
Instant feedback
Confidential responses
Investment in the answers
Mistakes immediately corrected
Confidence in providing correct
answers
Familiar technology
A fun and exciting learning
environment
Benefits to the Teachers:
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100% student participation
Instant feedback
Validation of student understanding
of the lesson
Increased awareness on student
progress
Immediate grading
User-friendly technology
Software that is compatible to
existing class materials and
PowerPoint
A more effective learning
environment
Bibliography
Branzberg, Jeffrey . " Student response systems get smarter." Tech Learning. 2008.
New Bay Media. 23 Sep 2008
<http://www.techlearning.com/story/showArticle.php>.
"HITT Classroom Response Systems." Best Practices. 2007. H-ITT LLC. 21 Sep 2008
<http://www.h-itt.com/best_practices.html>.
"i-Respond ." K-12 Solutions. 2007. i-Respond. 21 Sep 2008
<http://www.irespond.com/p/news/index.shtml>.
"Improving the classroom learning environment." Smartroom Learning Solutions K12 Education. 2005. Smartroom Learning Solutions. 21 Sep 2008
<http://www.smartroom.com>.