Why is a clicker required for this class?
1. To save trees and increase
efficiency and feedback.
2. To increase discussion and help
you develop analysis and
argumentation skills (hopefully
helping you on your papers!)
How this class will work
Before Class
Discussion
Question
A)
B)
C)
1st Thing in Class:
Reading Quiz
A)
B)
C)
Lecture
Share Thinking
Tie to Reading
Discuss
What we
Thought
1
3
2
How this class will work
Before
Classget
You
must
these correct to
get your
“quiz points”
Discussion
Question
A)
B)
C)
1st Thing in Class:
Reading Quiz
A)
B)
C)
Lecture
Share Thinking
Tie to Reading
You
Discuss
must vote
What we
to get yourThought
“participation points”
(often multiple answers can
be defended)
1
3
2
Increase efficiency and feedback
• Reading quizzes give you the excuse to “stay
up” with the reading*
this incentive allowed me to keep on top of my course
workload and to maintain a positive study habit
As it mattered for our final grade we studied and
did the readings every week instead of hoarding up
the studying till before the midterms and final exams.
*UCSD First Year Students
Increase discussion
• EVERYONE will get a chance to be involved
(not just the 2-3 usual people)
The green colored clicker questions forced
me to interact with my peers and
hence helped in forming
good study groups as well as friends.
Even though I never physically spoke during class lecture
as a whole, I felt as if my voice was heard during the
opinion clicker questions. In this class I feel included…
in other classes I feel excluded.
Develop analysis and argumentation skills
The "green” questions also facilitate some
thought provoking perspectives on the material,
and they've helped me formulate my own questions
and analyses outside of class.
I learn not only from professors' teaching, but also other
students' ideas as they express themselves about
green clicker questions.
I believe the use of clickers really help us learn.
Finally
In this lecture we were asked to
engage in a discussion about the past
where as in other lectures I have had
dates thrown at me and
I was expected to memorize them
without really understanding how they
played into the big picture.
I always wanted to come to class because
lectures made me look at the past in a
different way than I had before.
Why clickers?
• I want you to have the best possible learning
experience…
– Practice argumentation skills
– Look at things from multiple perspective
• Large classroom  smaller…
• Your fellow students strongly recommend it
ONLY SHOW THIS NEXT SLIDE BEFORE
THE FIRST VOTE!!!!
Change Frequency:*
• Original i>clicker:
– Press and hold the power button on the remote until the
“Vote Status” light begins flashing.
– Use the A-E buttons to enter the two-letter frequency
code. The A-E LEDs flash green indicating the frequency
change was successful.
– BUT REDO THIS EVERYTIME YOUR CLICKER TURNS OFF!
• i>Clicker2:
– Press and hold the Power button until the two-letter
frequency on the LCD flashes.
– Use the A-E buttons to enter the new two-letter frequency
code. A checkmark appears on the LCD indicating the
frequency change was successful.
*Professor must have base station plugged in and connected.
Each classroom at UCSD has an assigned frequency – on base station