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Re: simultaneous reporting and clickers
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Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
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Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:54:20 -0700
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I've got 13 teams in one section, 10 in the other, and I use
eInstruction clickers.

On Thu, Sep 16, 2010 at 1:52 PM, Jackson, John Mark <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> How many teams do you have? Which clickers are you using?
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> John Mark Jackson, OD, MS, FAAO
> Southern College of Optometry
> (901) 722-3314
> Skype: jacksonsco
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>> From: Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
>> Reply-To: Jennifer Imazeki <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 15:49:19 -0500
>> To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]>
>> Subject: simultaneous reporting and clickers
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I use clickers to have teams submit their responses. After the
>> responses are in, I show the chart of responses. One challenge I've
>> had in a few cases is that when the large majority of teams select one
>> of the responses, then the few teams who select something else seem
>> quite reluctant to defend their choice. With the clickers, I can't
>> actually see who answered what (only the number selecting each
>> response) so I can't immediately call on the teams to explain their
>> choice. One thing in John's email yesterday caught my eye - he
>> mentioned having students hold up a colored card reflecting their
>> answers as well as submitting responses with clickers. But for some of
>> my questions, there are as many as 7 or 8 possible responses so I'd
>> have to make a lot of cards (and I worry a bit that reducing to just
>> four or five answer choices would make things too easy). My current
>> solution is to randomly select a team and ask them to say which
>> response they chose and explain why they thought that was the BEST
>> answer  - and mostly, the other teams will then chime in. But if
>> anyone has other ideas, I'd appreciate hearing them...
>>
>> Jennifer
>> ****************************
>> Jennifer Imazeki
>> Department of Economics
>> San Diego State University
>> homepage: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~jimazeki/
>> Economics for Teachers blog: http://economicsforteachers.blogspot.com
>>
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