For this week, all the lab GAs had a meeting on Monday so that I am clearer of my work and responsibility for this semester.
Three major sections of this semester's work: (1) a brief document about clickers (based on the activity that he performed before);(2) search the websites of Smartboard web site and Promethean web site to compare Smartboard and Promethean; (3) Using Flash to help the final projects in David's project.
For this week, I started reading literature and learning more functions of the clickers of promethean in the lab.
As an ultimate collaborative learning tool, ActivExpression (clicker) allows students to express themselves through Words, phrases, numbers, symbols and punctuation and students can send up to 120 characters each time. The response types include Multiple Choice, True/False, Y/N, Multiple Response, Put in Order, Gap Fill words, Likert scales, Confidence Checking & Alphanumeric response. Questions and results can be exported to Excel. Self-paced learning feature also greatly encourages students to work at their own pace and level.
At the same time, I also found that in the self-paced learning, questions and results cannot be exported. Also, by consulting the customer service, I realized that we cannot assign mixed questions such as multiple choice questions with open questions, which is quite disappointing.
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The information that you found is very helpful for Promethean users. How do you suggest using/ recording the data collected from Promethean clickers. Did you find some of this information on a website. If so, could you provide a link.
ReplyDeleteVery helpful information. It is really disapponiting that results cannot be exported. I'm wondering whether results can be saved somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThanks Brian for asking. I uploaded a new file and think it might answer your question. Plz check the following link: http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w742726/Promethean.pdf
ReplyDeleteYes.. very helpful information! I am also disappointed with several limited function of clicker: (1) function for export is not available and (2) mixed questions are not created... etc.
ReplyDeleteAnd..I just read the pdffile that you have edited: very good overview and summary!!! It is very impressive. Once you think this document is complete one, let me know so that we print it out and put it in our manual and on the desk of instructor station in the production lab...