1. The Use of I>Clickers
Instructional Training PowerPoint
Sherry Grosso
Sheena McDaniel
Catherine Murphy

2. Goal
• The goal of the book is to entice professors to:
– Use I>clickers by showing them the benefits
– To show them how to actually use the I>clickers
– To show them appropriate/suggested classroom
uses.

3. Overview
The Terrific Tech Trainers decided to create a book
that will help university faculty incorporate the use of
I>Clickers in their classroom. We found the
Understanding by Design UBD approach interesting
for our Bookbuilder project because we wanted our
target learners to embrace the ‘why’ of why should
they should use clickers in their university teaching.

4. Why UBD?
• Key Points
– Thinking about learners asking ‘Why do we need to learn this?’, ‘Why do we need to
know this?’, 'Why does this matter to me?'
– Moving beyond knowledge to understanding
– Teaching learners how to use the information
– Teaching learners how to apply the information, not just to know it
– What is the enduring question – what is it we really want learners to know and be able
to do
– Having the end in mind when designing the instruction
– Focus is on performance based assessment

5. ABOUT THE BOOK
• Our books provides audio
and text for the reader.
• There is audio provided by
3 coaches, Techie Tom, Dr.
Hootman, and Clicker
Carol.
• The book includes some
great references as well as
interesting YouTube videos
to supplement the text in
the book.
Clicker Carol
Techie Tom
Dr. Hootman

6. BOOKBUILDER
The Use of I>Clickers
Table of Contents
• All About Clickers 3
• Reasons to Use Clickers in the Classroom 7
• How to Use I>clickers 21
• References 28

7. All About Clickers
• This section of the book provides
basic information about
I>Clickers.
– What they are
– The features
– What they are used for.

8. Reasons to Use I>Clickers
• Detailed reasons with scholarly referenced material as to why Professors
should use I>Clickers

9. How to Use I>Clickers
• This section looks gives you
direction on how to order and set
up your I>Clicker for use.

10. References
• Beatty, I. D., (2004). Transforming student learning with classroom communication systems. Educause, 2004(3), 2-
13.
• Better Education Inc. Teaching with classroom communication system – what it involves and why it works.
Retrieved from http://www.bedu.com.
• Bligh, D. (2000). What’s the Use of Lectures? San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishing.
• Crouch, C. H. and Mazur, E. (2001). Peer instruction: ten years experience and results. American Journal of Physics,
69(9), 970-977.
• Duncan, D. (2005). Clickers in the Classroom: How to Enhance Science Teaching Using Classroom Response
Systems. San Francisco: Pearson.
• Duncan, D. (2006). Clickers: a new teaching aid with exceptional promise. Astronomy Education Review, 5 (1), 70-
88.
• Guthrie, R. W. and Carlin, A. (2004). Waking the dead: using interactive technology to engage passive listeners in
the classroom. Proceedings of the Tenth Americas Conference on Information Systems. Retrieved from
http://www.mhhe.com.
• Martyn, M. (2007). Clickers in the classroom: an active learning approach. Deuces Quarterly, 2, 71-74.
• Robertson, L. J. (2000). Twelve tips for using a computerized interactive audience response system. Medical
Teacher, 22(3), 237-239.
• Thalheimer, W. (2003). The learning benefits of questions. Retrieved from http://www.work-learning.com
• http://www.iclicker.com
• http://www.usc.edu/cte
• http://www.youtube.com