1. Clickers! Using Personal Response Pads Robert S Rycroft Professor of Economics University of Mary Washington Developments in Economics Education Conference September 2007

2. Clicker Systems Turning Point/Turning Technologies PRS/Interwrite Learning iClicker/Worth and Holtzbrinck Publishers CPS/eInstruction

3. Clicker Technology Receiver Personal Response Pad Software

4. Advantages Requires every student to remain engaged all class long Increases the comfort zone of quiet students Allows instructor to keep tabs on class progress

11. Other Uses Take attendance Class contests Exams Integrate with Blackboard and WebCT

12. Microeconomics (Fall 2006) using CPS

13. Principles of Macroeconomics (Summer 2006 and Fall 2006) using CPS

14. Public Finance (Spring 2006) using CPS

15. Principles of Microeconomics (Summer 2006) using CPS

16. Tips for Use and Pitfalls to Avoid Use to drill students on mastery of technical material Use for opinion polling sparingly Use several times per class Technical problems the bane of clickers