Enliven Your Class With i -Clickers
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Enliven Your Class With i-Clickers COTESOL 2008 Diana Brady-Herndon & Meredith Folley
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Enliven Your Class With i -Clickers. COTESOL 2008 Diana Brady-Herndon & Meredith Folley. Demo. I have used clickers before. “A” = yes “B” = no. How does it work?. There are three components: Computer (PC or Mac) Receiver with flash drive Remote. Motivation for Using i -Clickers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Enliven Your Class With i-Clickers
COTESOL 2008Diana Brady-Herndon & Meredith Folley
I have used clickers before.
“A” = yes
“B” = no
Demo
There are three components: Computer (PC or Mac) Receiver with flash drive Remote
How does it work?
• Immediate Feedback• Instructors• Students
• Anonymity (in our programs)
• Easy to Use• Instructors• Students
Motivation for Using i-Clickers
Starting a Session
1. Click on program
2. Your settings
3. Large or small
4. Set for the session
Polling
# of students counted
start
The Graph
Display graph when polling stops forcomprehension checks
Click on correct answer to highlight it in green
Multiple Choice Fill in the blank True False Reading Persuasive Issues Web-based lessons Games Student created questions Sky’s the limit
Types of Lessons
1) Everyday I __________ in the park.
a) am run b) run c) runs d) running
Multiple Choice
2) The little girl _____ a pony.
a) has b) have c) is have d) having
3. He _________ his homework at school.
a) do b) doing c) does d) is do
Choose a word from the following list and fill in the blanks: Conifer, crowded, i-clickers, COTESOL, interested
I came to the ___________ conference today
to hear a presentation. I think it is in the _____________ room. I hope it’s not too ____________. The presentation is on ______________. I’m ____________ in them for our program.
Fill in the Blank
1.There are 18 different animal shapes in the Animal Crackers cookie zoo.
True False
2. The king of hearts is the only king without a moustache on a standard playing card.
3. The most popular first name in the world is John.
4. The names of Popeye’s four nephews are Pipeye, Peepeye, Pupeye, and Poopeye.
5. Dolphins sleep with one eye open.
a. “low city.”
b. “mile-high city.”
c. “flat city.”
d. “city of dreams.”
Reading Activity
Students are polled at beginning of class
Students read about topic
Students discuss/debate topic
Students are polled again
Use forward and back feature of graph to compare attitude/opinion changes
Persuasive Issues
Comparison shopping◦ King Sooper vs. Safeway◦ Landsend vs. Macy’s
www.epinions.com◦ Top 10
ESL websites
Web-Based Lessons
Teams discuss question/topic One designated “clicker” per team Odd or even questions per team
Games
A.
B.
C.
D.
Student Created Questions
Brainstorm with the people in your row
Designate a recorder to write your ideas
Come up with some ways of using i-clickers that
were not already presented
10 minute time limit
Audience Participation
Approximately $26.00 for each i-clicker
$185.00 base unit
1 free base per 100 clickers
No registration fee
No site licenses
Contact www.iclicker.com for information
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