1. Classroom Response System ("Clickers") Book Review and Discussion Lunch & Learn 7/22/2010 Teaching with Classroom Response Systems by Derek Bruff, –ISBN 978-0-470-28893www.joseyass.com Bibliography by Derek Bruff, Assistant Director, Vanderbilt Center for Teaching http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/technology/ crs_biblio.htmhttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/technology/ crs_biblio.htm Note to open hyperlinks… click on it!

2. Classroom Response System Q: How would you advocate the use of clickers in classes at Life University? http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009 /02/24/bruff http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009 /02/24/bruff

3. Classroom Response System Q: Do you see any inappropriate uses of clickers in classrooms? http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/0 2/24/bruff

4. Benefit: the ability to collect student feedback rapidly Benefit: the ability for students to respond anonymously to questions http://tomprofblog.mit.edu/2010/06/16/1033-sixteen- suggestions-for-teaching-with-classroom-response-systems/http://tomprofblog.mit.edu/2010/06/16/1033-sixteen- suggestions-for-teaching-with-classroom-response-systems/ –Sixteen Suggestions for Teaching with Classroom Response Systems discusses reasons to teach with clickers highlighting the unique capabilities of these response systems to enable classroom experiences that are difficult to achieve without clickers enhance other teaching methods that can be use with or without clickers Classroom Response System

5. Track participation and assign points to students using clickers. –Student points, attendance, etc. can then be uploaded into the Blackboard Gradebook. Students register their clicker remote in the Blackboard course. Add a statement to your syllabus about students registering clickers in Blackboard http://www.northeastern.edu/edtech/howdoi/integrating_cli ckers_classroom_northeastern_universityhttp://www.northeastern.edu/edtech/howdoi/integrating_cli ckers_classroom_northeastern_university Classroom Response System

6. More Resources http://www.northeastern.edu/edtech/tags/tutorial http://www.northeastern.edu/edtech/tags/tutorial Parody of 'The Office' to Highlight Challenges of Teaching With Technology http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Class-Produces- Parody-of- The/21169/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medi um=en http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Class-Produces- Parody-of- The/21169/?sid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medi um=en