Clickers+and+Response+Systems

=Clickers and Response Systems=

**Description:**
An **audience response system (ARS)**, or **personal response system (PRS)**, allows large groups of people to vote on a topic or answer a question. Each person has a remote control with which selections can be made. Each remote communicates with a computer via receivers located around the room or via a single receiver connected to the presenter's computer using a Universal Serial Bus [USB] connector. After a set time - or when all participants have answered - the system ends the polling for that particular question and tabulates the results. Typically, the results are instantly made available to the participants via a Bar graph [bar graph] displayed on the projector.

Tools:

 * TI-Nspire Navigator Systems: a little bit calculator, a little bit clickers and response systems
 * [] In simple terms, an audience response system which applies the technology used on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" to a learning environment. Students can instantly provide feedback and answer questions posed by their instructors. It is //a versatile, easy to use electronic multiple choice device that helps provide instant feedback on what students are learning. The students have fun using a clicker and learn at the same time.//
 * [] This web site is an effort to share what we have learned from our experiences implementing clickers or student response systems.
 * Renasissance Responsers- An asudience sesponse system that can be used in the classroom. [|How to Use the Renaissance Classroom Response System]
 * CPS

In schools, clickers can be used as a way of taking attendance, quizzing students, taking a quick survey, and more! They can be used effectively by 4th grade students and maybe younger, depending on their maturity level. A teacher is able to generate worksheets, if desired, and it is then possible to let the students enter their answer choices at their own pace. This setting is called "student directed". Another way for students to enter answers is "teacher directed". After each question, the teacher is able to instantly show a "histogram" (graph) of how many votes each question received. Clickers in the classroom can be used as a tool to support [wiki/Active_learning|active learning approach.] [] -very good article/ research about using clicker to teach science [] - good resource
 * Classroom Use:**

Resources:
[|SimpleMachines.doc] Jill's Lesson on Context Clues using clickers Stone Fox