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Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Clickers: Strategies and Insights

Explore the transformative impact of clickers in the classroom as discussed by Nicole Doyle, Professor at the School of Justice and Emergency Services. This session highlights teachers' experiences with clickers, addressing student participation, gauging understanding, and providing anonymous feedback. Learn how to get started with clickers, create engaging presentations, and effectively utilize technology to enhance learning outcomes. Clickers can help encourage participation, eliminate apathy, and provide valuable insights into student comprehension. Dive into practical applications and resources to empower your teaching style.

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Enhancing Classroom Engagement with Clickers: Strategies and Insights

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  1. Using Clickers in the Classroom Nicole Doyle Professor, School of Justice and Emergency Services

  2. Your Experience With Clickers • Use them all the time • Use them once in a while • Have never used them but would like to try • Have no intention of using them

  3. I have students in my class who rarely/never participate. • Agree strongly • Agree • Disagree • Disagree strongly

  4. I would like honest feedback from students on whether they “get it” or not for certain difficult topics. • Agree strongly • Agree • Disagree • Disagree strongly

  5. Clickers – Why? • Quiet students versus more active ones • Apathy/boredom with certain topics/tasks • Lack of feedback from larger classes

  6. Clickers • Helps you know your audience • Encourages full class participation • See when some are “fading”! • Provides anonymity to individual students • Provides time to complete tasks for everyone • gauge when a task is done • Can provide self-assessment • Valuable data once the presentation is done • transfers back to teaching • Engages students • something new/tactile

  7. Examples

  8. Research Skills Class on Ethics

  9. Legal research review lab

  10. Clickers – how??

  11. Getting Started With Clickers • Install the Turning Point software • Can be found on the I: drive in the Centre for Academic and Faculty Enrichment folder • Reserve the clickers for your class day/time • Media Services • Launch and Get Started

  12. Steps to Create a Clicker Presentation • Launch Turning Point • Insert slide • Type question • Type answers • Indicate which is the right answer if you wish • Insert a correct answer indicator if you wish

  13. Running the Presentation • Insert the USB Receiver • Launch Turning Point • Open your presentation • Reset ALL SLIDES • Begin • First click gives the question/responses (wait for responses) • Second click closes the polling and creates the chart • Third click will show the correct answer if you’ve inserted a correct answer indicator • Save changes at the end of the presentation to preserve the charts that you created!

  14. By the end of this school year, my experience with clickers will be... • Use them all the time • Use them once in a while • Tried them for the first time! • Still want to try them, but didn’t get a chance • Have no intention of using them.

  15. Summary • Try it! • Lots of applications • Help is available • Short video clips with instructions as we saw in the presentation today

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