1.
Introducing
‘Clicker Technology’
David Wilson
@davewsa
@participateSA
Managing Director
Participate Technologies
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2.
Presentation Overview
1. Company and Clicker introduction
2. Teaching in the reality of today
3. Participate Clicker Technology
4. Clicker quiz!

3.
Company Introduction

4.
Who is Participate Technologies?
• Turning Technologies Sole SA Representatives
• Responsible for the marketing; sales, rental and
distribution for South Africa and surrounding regions.
• Offer Rental services for conferences and events
• Sell packaged response solutions customised to the
needs of our customers
• Servicing over 130 Corporate and
45 Educational Institutions
South African leaders inresponse technology for interactive learning.

5.
Who is Turning Technologies?
• Global Operations – In over 100 countries
• 34% Global market share
• Over 15 million ResponseCards in use
• Over 2,500 U.S. companies are using TurningPoint
• Higher education student response industry
leader
• Over 2,300 Colleges and Universities have purchased
Turning Technologies’ response systems.
• Over half of all U.S. Higher Ed Institutions have Turning
Technologies’ products on campus.
The Global leader of response technology for interactive learning.

6.
What does Response Technology do?
Allows true, real-time, two-way,
measurable communication between
a lecturer and their students, combining
instruction and assessment.

7.
Why use a Response System?
• Full Participation
• Anonymity in Response
• Feedback to Lecturers
• Feedback to Students
• Data for Instructional Improvement
• Results Display
• Assessment

8.
Interactive classes with polling

9.
Lets Use it!

10.
How to use the Clicker
1. A green light in the top right of the slide
indicates polling is open
2. Select your answer from the corresponding
keypad key
3. You can change your answer(whilst voting
is open) simply by pressing your new
response button.
4. Once enough responses are received the
results will be displayed in a bar graph
format.

11.
25%
25%
25%
25% 1. I use a clicker with my pet dog
2. I have participated in a class using clickers
3. I have taught using clickers
4. I am an expert with clickers
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live responses.

12.
25%
25%
25%
25%
1. 1-3 years
2. 3-7 years
3. 8-15 years
4. A long time!
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13.
Retention
Engagem
ent
AttendanceGraduation
Rat...
Other
20% 20% 20%20%20%
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1. Retention
2. Engagement
3. Attendance
4. Graduation Rates
5. Other

14.
Innovative
learning with Clickers

15.
15
# Learning Theory Researcher(s) Suggested Application Features
1
Immediate
Feedback
Epstein Immediate Feedback Assessment Technique
promotes learning and corrects inaccurate first responses
Chart with Correct Answer Indicator/ Participant
Monitor / Individual Reports
2 Engagement Prensky Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants Fastest Responder / Priority Ranking or Ranking Wizard
3 Spacing Effect Greene Spacing effects in memory: Evidence for a two-
process account
Continue Prior Session / Essay Slide
4 Peer Instruction Mazur Peer Instruction: Ten Years of Experience and Results
Repoll / Comparative Linking/ Comparative Linking
Reports
5 Agile Teaching
Bruff Teaching with classroom response systems: Creating
active learning environments
On the Fly Slides / Conditional Branching /Moment to
Moment
6 Motivation Keller Use of the ARCS Motivation Model in Courseware
Design
Countdown Timer/Response Grids /Leader
Boards/Gaming Slides / Point Values
7
Assessment FOR
Learning
Stiggins Putting testing in perspective: It’s for learning
Point Values / TurningPoint AnyWhere–Live Charts
Anonymous Polling /Review Only/Comparative Linking
8
Positive
Reinforcement
Reid Practicing effective instruction: The Exemplary Center
for Reading Instruction approach
Correct Answer Indicator /Fastest Responders/Leader
Boards /Point Values
9
Game Based
Learning
Dede Immersive Interfaces for Engagement and Learning
Team Slides Fastest Responder Wager Leader Boards
Speed Scoring TPAW with Digital Games Team Scoring
Reports
10 Active Learning Bonwell and Eison Active learning: Creating excitement in the
classroom
“Need Help” answer choice /On the Fly
Questions/Custom / Text Message/Feedback
11 Learning Styles Keefe Learning Style Theory and Practice
Demographic Comparison Data Slicing /Convert to
Picture Slide Chart Colors–Correct/Incorrect /Answer
Now/ Video/Audio files with question slides
12
Socratic
Questioning Hake Socratic pedagogy in the introductory physics lab
Custom Standards List / Conditional Branching
Continue Prior Session

16.
Lets test a theory!

17.
Eric Mazur
Author – Peer Instruction
You can forget facts but you cannot forget
understanding

18.
Video Removed to decrease file size
please visit - http://bit.ly/1c8tyDn
• From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics
• How can you engage your students and be sure they are learning
the conceptual foundations of a lecture course? In From Questions
to Concepts, Harvard University Professor Eric Mazur introduces
Peer Instruction and Just-in-Time teaching -- two innovative
techniques for lectures that use in-class discussion and immediate
feedback to improve student learning. Using these techniques in his
innovative undergraduate physics course, Mazur demonstrates how
lectures and active learning can be successfully combined. This
video is also available as part of another DVD, Interactive Teaching,
which contains advice on using peer instruction and just-in-time
teaching to promote better learning. For more videos on teaching,
visit http://bokcenter.harvard.edu

19.
50%
50% 1. Yes
2. No
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20.
50%
50% 1. Yes
2. No
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21.
Does a magnet work in space?
50%
50%
50%
50%
Yes
No
First Slide Second Slide
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22.
Instructor Poses
Question (< 1min)
Students Answer
Independently
(1-3 min)
Most correct
Briefly discuss
(< 1min)
Most incorrect
Back track
(5 min+)
Equal split
Discuss in pairs
Revote (1-5 min)
Instructor lead
Class wide discussion
Revote (2-15 min)
Peer instruction

23.
Response Solutions
for students

24.
ResponseCard® NXT
Offers advanced
capabilities such as
cell phone style text
entry for short
answer and essay
questions as well as
self-paced test mode
for individual
assessment.
Clicker Devices
ResponseCard® RF LCD
Durable radio frequency
device offers students an
engaging and easy-to-use
solution. LCD screen
provides visual
confirmation of selected
responses, channel
setting and battery life.
ResponseCard® RF
ResponseCard RF
clickers are
lightweight and
compact in size.
The durable clicker
has been rigorously
tested in classroom
environments.
ResponseWare
Allows students to
respond via web
browsers on any web
enabled device including
Android™, iPhone®,
BlackBerry®, and laptops
or tablets to immediately
transfer their selection to
polling applications.

25.
Clicker products
for lecturers

26.
25%
25%
25%
25% 1. Present through PowerPoint
2. Use PowerPoint and other media to present
3. Prefer to lecture away from a computer
4. Avoid technology
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live responses.

27.
PowerPoint Polling Anywhere Polling Self-Paced Polling
PowerPoint
Keynote
Word
PDF
Internet
Etc.
Use existing quizzes and exams, or create
new ones
Randomize multiple test versions
Provide students instant results
Difficulty and discrimination index reporting
Locks students out after test submission
Game Competition
Demographic Data Slicing
Conditional Branching
Ranking Wizard
Comparative Linking
Moment to Moment Polling
THREE POLLING ENVIRONMENTS ONE APPLICATION
TURNINGPOINT

28.
INSTANT MANAGEMENT OF STUDENTS, CONTENT AND DATA.
TURNINGPOINT
Polling Environments:
PowerPoint Polling
Anywhere Polling
Self-Paced Polling
Receiver Options:
Storage Receiver
Non-storage Receiver
Anywhere Receiver
Customizable Reporting:
Results by Question
Demographic Comparison
Results by Participant
Comparative Results
Results Details

29.
Receiver Options
RF+ Receiver
Receiver has same capabilities as
standard RF receiver with 4 GB of
storage.
RF Receiver
Standard RF receiver
can receive up to
1,000 responses.
ResponseCard AnyWhere
Poll without a computer
or projector.

30.
Presenter Tools
Remain Agile while Polling
PresenterCard
Radio frequency hardware device
that interacts with polling software.
PresenterWare
Provides instructors remote
control of polling software
through mobile devices.

31.
LMS & Registration
• Learning Management Systems
• Seamlessly pull rosters and import/export into today's
most popular LMS.
• Easy to maintain
• Secure

32.
Resources and Services
Online User Community
www.turning-talk.com
Customer Support
Annual support and warranty programme
Email: support@participate.co.za
Feature-specific tutorials are online to
guide you through our products.

33.
Resources and Services
User Group Seminars
Bi-monthly at our
offices
Best Practice Webinars
Informative webinars that introduce
new ideas and unique uses to help you
enhance your experience with clickers.
TurningPoint
UserSeminars

34.
Resources and Services

35.
Implementing
Clicker technology

36.
Clicker Implementation
• Needs assessment and technology
objective identification
• Appoint a ‘technology specialist’ / task
team
• Research
• Allow space for change

37.
Clicker Implementation with us
• Standardisation program
• Clicker readiness questionnaire
• 3 models to consider:
–The Institution-Pays Model
–The Students-Pay Model
–The Students-Pay with incentive Model

38.
Value in the Classroom
• All participate without the fear of
humiliation and failure
• Encourages critical thinking, leading to a
higher level of attention and retention
• Lengthens attention spans

39.
Value in the Classroom
• Creates a stimulating learning environment
• Initiates fun and energy into the learning
process
• Reduces time spent in preparation and
marking freeing you to teach!
• Instantly view reports so struggling students
can be identified

40.
Mean =
20%
20%
20%
20%
20%
1. Outstanding
2. Great
3. Good
4. Average
5. Poor
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41.
Tell me and I forget.
Teach me and I remember.
Involve me and I Learn...
Benjamin Franklin
Parting Thought

42.
Thanks
for listening!
David Wilson
Managing Director
Participate Technologies
Office: 086 110 6365
www.participate.co.za
@davewsa
@participateSA
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