Engaging the Millenial Learner with Student Response Technology

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Engaging the Millenial Learner with Student
Response Technology

Patricia Finkenstadt, Juliane Roybal, Michael
Muntean, Mike Poplin
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Have you used clickers in the classroom?

• Yes
• No

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Overview

• Why all the buzz about clickers?
• Can I really use clickers in MY course?
• How the heck do I get started?

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The Realities of Teaching

• 80 of college teaching is in lecture format
• Questions comprise less than five minutes of
  class time
• The average wait time after questions is LESS
  THAN one second

Oblinger, D.G. (1995).  Educational Alternatives
Based on Communication, Collaboration and
Computers.  IBM Corporation
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The Realities of Teaching

• Less than 20 of students ask questions after
  class
• A handful of students dominate student-instructor
  interactions
• Only one-third will get the key lecture points

Oblinger, D.G. (1995).  Educational Alternatives
Based on Communication, Collaboration and
Computers.  IBM Corporation
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Who are our students?

• Baby Boomers
• TV Generation
• Typewriters
• Telephone
• Memo
• Family Focus

• Generation X
• Video Games
• PC
• Email
• CDs
• Individualist

• Net Gen
• Web
• Cell Phone
• IM
• MP3s
• Online
• Communities

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The Net-Generation

• By age 21, defined by
• 250,000 emails correspondences
• 20,000 hours of TV watching
• 10,000 hours of video gaming
• 10,000 hours of cell phone conversations
• 5,000 hours of reading

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What is the attention span of an average student?

• 30 seconds
• 60 seconds
• 3 minutes
• 7 minutes
• 10 minutes
• 15 minutes

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Overview

• Why all the buzz about clickers?
• Can I really use clickers in MY course?

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What do you need?
Audience

Software
ResponseCardClicker
Receiver
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What about the content?

• Clickers can be used in ANY course
• Clickers can even be used without PowerPoint with
  any PC
• TurningPoint AnyWhere

seemikedraw.wordpress.com www.southmont.k12.in.us
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How many senses do humans have?

• Three
• Four
• Five
• Six
• Seven

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The Senses

• Humans have six senses
• Stimuli detected by specialized organs
• Information about stimuli sent to brain

www.mlive.com www.answers.com
www.bodyworlds.com
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Vision

• Light enters through pupil
• Light is bent to focus image on retina
• Retina contains photoreceptors that respond to
  light

www.nlm.nih.gov
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How many senses do humans have?

• Three
• Four
• Five
• Six
• Seven

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Which picture illustrates the sense organ for
taste?

• Picture Choice 1
• Picture Choice 2
• Picture Choice 3
• Picture Choice 4

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Color Vision

• Color vision proteins are found in photoreceptors
• activate best when exposed to particular color of
  light
• 4 types of photoreceptors
• rods (bright vs. dim light)
• cones
• red light
• blue light
• green light

Saladin, 2007
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What number do you see in the figure below?

• 1
• 4
• 7
• 71
• 74
• None

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Color Blindness

• 8 of Caucasian men 0.5 of women have some
  type of color blindness
• Most common cause genetic (sex-linked)
• Loss of one (or more) type of cone photoreceptor

Normal Color Vision
Loss of Red PR
Saladin, 2007 wikipedia.com
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Which photoreceptors help you see at night?

• Blue cones
• Green cones
• Red cones
• Rods

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Which chromosome carries the red and green color
proteins?

• X chromosome
• Y chromosome

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Do you like games?

• So do your students
• Games help students review the material in a fun
  and interactive way
• Clickers can make the games easier and more fun!

www.cartoonstock.com
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• Trivia!

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Please Select a Team

• Team 1
• Team 2
• Team 3
• Team 4
• Team 5

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• Trivia

• Scores

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Amazing AZ200 Points
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When did AZ become a state?

• 1912
• 1910
• 1915

Category Selection
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Average Joes400 Points
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On average, how many acres of pizza are consumed
by Americans each day?

• 100 Acres per day/300 slices per sec
• 50 Acres per day/175 slices per sec
• 200 Acres per day/700 slices per sec
• 100 Acres per day/350 slices per sec

Category Selection
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Amazing AZ400 Points
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What is the state bird?

• Robin
• Roadrunner
• Cactus wren
• Quail

Category Selection
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Average Joes800 Points
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On average, Americans spend HOW MANYTIMES more
money on video games than they do on reading
materials for their children?

• 8 times (7.5 billion)
• 6 times (5.5 billion)
• 5 times (4.5 billion)
• 7 times (6.5 billion)

Category Selection
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Spaced Out200 Points
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What is the name of the third planet from the sun?

• Earth
• Mercury
• Venus
• Mars

Category Selection
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Average Joes600 Points
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It is estimated that Americans spend how many
years of their lives watching TV?

• 8 Years
• 10 Years
• 12 Years
• 15 Years

Category Selection
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Amazing AZ800 Points
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What city was the capital of Arizona Territory
before it became a state?

• Yuma
• Sedona
• Tucson
• Prescott

Category Selection
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Spaced Out600 Points
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What is the name of the largest satellite that
orbits the Earth?

• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Moon

Category Selection
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Average Joes1000 Points
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On average, how many facts will the average
person be able to memorize in a lifetime?

• 300,000
• 400,000
• 200,000
• 500,000

Category Selection
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Spaced Out800 Points
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Which planet has a mass 95 times that of the
Earth? (Hint It is the second largest planet in
the solar system.)

• Saturn
• Jupiter
• Neptune
• Mars

Category Selection
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Amazing AZ600 Points
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What is the state flower?

• Cactus Blossom
• Sagebrush
• Mayflower
• Yucca

Category Selection
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Average Joes200 Points
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How long is the average attention span of an
adult?

• 4-6 Minutes
• 5-7 Minutes
• 6-8 Minutes
• 7-9 Minutes

Category Selection
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Spaced Out1000 Points
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What is the nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way
galaxy?

• Draco Dwarf Galaxy
• Carina Dwarf Galaxy
• Triangulum Galaxy
• Andromeda Galaxy

Category Selection
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Spaced Out400 Points
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Name the four inner planets.

• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Saturn
• Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
• Venus, Earth, Saturn, Mars
• Venus, Earth, Saturn, Jupiter

Category Selection
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Amazing AZ1000 Points
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Name the two current senators of AZ.

• John McCain Dennis DeConcini
• Dennis DeConcini Jon Kyl
• John McCain Jon Kyl
• Barry Goldwater Paul Fannin

Category Selection
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Team Scores

• Category Selection

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What Students Say

• Clickers keep me on my toes
• Clickers help me test myself
• Clickers let me get help in class
• Clickers show me the types of questions likely to
  be on the exam
• Clickers give me a chance to catch up

www.cartoonstock.com
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What Instructors Say

• Clickers encourage students to show up better
  prepared
• Clickers increase student participation
• Clickers help me see where students are having
  problems
• Clickers help me pace the material

entertainment.howstuffworks.com
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Overview

• Why all the buzz about clickers?
• Can I really use clickers in MY course?
• How the heck do I get started?

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Download TurningPoint
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Download TurningPoint 2008 (PC) or TurningPoint
for MAC
Click here to download TurningPoint!
http//www.turningtechnologies.com/
http//www.turningtechnologies.com/groupresponsesy
stemsupport/downloads.cfm
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Buy the Hardware

• Purchase clickers and receivers

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Use it in the classroom!
Immediately Display Results
Ask a Question
Get a Response
Attendance into Involvement Participation into
Assessment
Turning
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The TurningPoint Tool Bar

• Whether you are working on a brand new PowerPoint
  presentation or editing one you use today, all
  interactive functionality is readily available
  within PowerPoint through the TurningPoint Tool
  Bar

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The TurningPoint Ribbon

• Whether you are working on a brand new PowerPoint
  presentation or editing one you use today, all
  interactive functionality is readily available
  within PowerPoint through the TurningPoint Ribbon

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Creating an Interactive Slide

• From the TurningPoint Tool Bar, select the Insert
  Slide button to open a menu of slide types.
• Chart slides
• Competition slides
• Template slides
• Special purpose slides

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TurningPoint Chart Types

• You can change the type of chart on a
  TurningPoint slide using the Insert Object menu

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To Sum It Up

• Good teaching is not about technology

but technology can make good teaching a lot
easier to achieve.
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Thank You
Patricia, Juliane, Michael and Mike