Laptops in the Classroom: Back Row or Front Row?
Recently, Sidneyeve Matrix (@sidneyeve) shared a link on Twitter to an Augusta [Georgia] Chronicle article on the contentious issue of students using …
Fun with Feeds, An Experiment
I’ve been blogging about clickers and classroom response systems since 2008. When I started, my main site (this one here) was a …
Clickers in the Social Sciences
I’ve often said that those teaching in the social sciences have the most options for using clickers. Both content and opinion questions …
More on Flexible Clicker Questions
Just over a year ago, I shared a story here about a clicker question I used in one of my math courses …
My 30 Seconds of Fame
Last fall, a reporter from my local ABC affiliate was interested in doing a story on clickers. He ended up interviewing me …
Clickers, Lecture Capture, and Event Programming
Over on the new Active Class blog, Sidneyeve Matrix recently discussed the idea of turning the college lecture into something like what …
Can Clickers Promote Collaboration and Creativity?
Wesley Fryer, on his “Moving at the Speed of Creativity” blog, recently argued that clickers shouldn’t be put in the same basket …
Clickers and Participatory Democracy
As I mentioned in yesterday’s post, I’ve been thinking about some of the ways that teaching with clickers taps into the participatory …
University of Louisville Clickers Conference Update – Clickers and Participatory Culture
As I mentioned recently, I’m giving a keynote talk at the 2nd University of Louisville clickers conference in Louisville, Kentucky, on June …
Upcoming UK Conference on Classroom Response Systems
A group of academic professionals in the UK have recently started a Ning community called Engaging Students Through In-Class Technology (ESTICT). Much …