clickers- good or bad

Hi thanks for all the feedback on the clickers. It seems alot of people have not seen clickers before and those that have have not used them alot. Although i did enjoy the idea that it is better in older student populations. It makes sense to me that younger children could find the clicker a distraction more than a useful tool. I think many agree that it helps start a discussion and get a class going on a topic. This is a link to a article talking about other treachers that have used clickers and their opinions on them.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7844477/

Clickers!!!

My new topic for the rest of the semester is clickers. A simple definition of clickers is technology tool that allows students to answer a question and then the teacher can compile the answers. Many college classroom, especially those with large numbers have begun to use these for many reasons. Some of the basic reasons is for attendance, or to check a simple understanding if the students are paying attention or if most of the class is paying attention. The question can be posted on the lecture, mostly on the power point that is on in class and then there are options to choose and then the answers can be shown on the bar graph so right there the teachers and the whole class can see the percentages of every response. More soon.

teachers resources

Going off the discussion last week about how it could help both students and teachers there is a tab on the website that is labeled teachers resources. Under this there are three different categories, each bulleting what they cover and help facilitators with. The one that popped out at me was the curriculum collaboration tool kit. It has many different resources for teachers on teaching and learning and I thought it fit best with what we all have been talking about in our discussions every week.
http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/
Here is the link that should bring you to the part in which you can look at the section of teachers resources. Enjoy!

Noodle talk

Leigh brought a good question, whether I thought it was more beneficial for students or teachers. My first assumption would be students because if you need to do something cite something and you dont know how you can get on noodle tools and learn how to. It not only will help you for the one project or whatever your working on but it can teach you for future references. However I think it can be important to teachers in many ways as well. For those teachers that are use to using one method of citation it is an easy accesible website that would allow them to learn and even use what they learned to teach their students. They also could use it in their classroom if they have computers to use at times. It would be a good tool for the teachers to advise their students to go to if they need more explanation and it also does a lot more. It helps with note taking and has many other tutorials. Not only could students take from this but teachers as well could find other helpful applications they could teach their students.