Comment There is a open source clicker for $25 each (Score 1) 347
Clickers $25 each, single base station $200.
Have not yet taken a look at anything but their advertising.
It's a two way IR remote with 13 buttons. And a LED to confirm the base received the response.
Any technology or teaching method can be and often is implemented badly by bad teachers.
Clickers can be anonymous with respect to the other students, but in most if not all systems provide the teacher with detailed information about each students performance.
If the teacher has a large bank of questions that are associated with each element of the curriculum. The teacher can ask lots of questions during the day. At the end of the day, without the burden of grading papers, the teacher can review statistical reports that indicate whether any elements of the curricululm were skipped. Are there topics that everyone is having difficult with? Are there topics that everyone gets? How is each student doing? How should I organize small groups tommorow?
Doesn't mean the teacher will review these reports and adapt the next days teaching based on todays results. If not the clicker is useless. If so the students can benefit greatly.
