Hamm_Clickers

//Welcome To My Presentation on Smart Response Clickers //  My name is Tawanna Hamm. I will present several videos showing the use of clickers in the classroom. I am a fifth grade language arts and social studies teacher. I am always looking for ways to inform my teaching. Last summer, I was introduced to clickers while taking an Earth Science class at the University of Akron. As an adult and student myself, I was excited to use this technology because it was interactive, but most of all I was able to receive immediate feedback. Clickers are a wonderful way to assess students understanding of a concept or skill immediately. This will allow teachers to quickly determine what students understand the lesson and what students do not. This technology helps teacher create flexible groups within the classroom based on the results of the quick formative assessments that the clickers provide. It also allows the students to see if they really understand the material being taught. My Class 

Video Presentation on Using Clickers in the Classroom Getting Started with Clickers media type="custom" key="25132620" width="433" height="317" How and Why Should we use Clickers in the Classroom media type="custom" key="25132640" width="515" height="330" Clickers in Action media type="custom" key="25132658" width="505" height="353" Using Clickers in the Classroom media type="custom" key="25132672" width="540" height="363" Content Uses of Using Clickers in the Classroom Clickers can be used in any subject. It can be used as a formative assessment and in a game setting. Clickers are set up for multiple choice questions which can be used in all content areas. I have not fully implemented this technology in my

classroom yet but I plan to within the next few weeks. I will be using this technology prior to Spring Break, so that I can

prepare for an intensive content area boot camp in preparation of the Ohio Academic Assessment.

Pedagogical Considerations for this Technology In my classroom it is sometimes difficult to get students to participate in classroom discussions and lessons for many reasons. Some students are shy and others just do not want other students to think they don't know the right answer. Clickers use polling results that can be displayed anonymously and immediately. After the results are in a graph with the results. Students will know how they performed in comparison to their peers without feeling any embarrassment. <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 200%;">Articles and Resources on Using Technology in the Classroom

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