Most of my students donąt have clickers (some first years students do)
And we didnąt find the PRS software was stable enough for general classroom
use
My institution stopped using PRS in 20007....we now use iClickers.......
Clickers would certainly be a option....but for multiple classes of 160 I
need one $800 dollars scanner.....not the 160 x $40 per clicker x multiple
classes (even though the students buy the clickers....we are talking big
dollars)
If your students have clickers already....it makes sense to use them
Jim
On 09-09-17 8:08 AM, "Gary D Lynne" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Jim and others, re: paper scanners:
>
> Am curious as to why scanners are being used rather than clickers? Pros and
> cons? We, for the first time last spring, used the "homework" feature (i.e.
> students enter their RAT answers during class as an in-class homework) of the
> PRS Response clicker system, and it works great, in a class of 50-students.
> Instant grading by the computer, and a gradebook produced automatically in
> Excel format. Also, no Departmental/teaching budget cost: Students already
> have the clickers, because they are being used on campus in the larger general
> ed courses (like chemistry).
>
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> Jim Sibley ---09/17/2009 09:56:33 AM---The Apperson scanner are inexpensive
> and work great.....we can easily scan
>
>>>>> Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent by: Team-Based Learning <[log in to unmask]> 09/17/2009
>>>>> 09:56 AM Please respond to
>>>>> Jim Sibley <[log in to unmask]>
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>> Re: Inexpensive Scoring Machine
>>
>> The Apperson scanner are inexpensive and work great.....we can easily scan
>> 160 tests while the students are doing the team test (probably could score
>> 500-600 in the time)
>>
>> I like that you don't have to attach it to a computer in class....we print
>> tally and item analysis cards right after scanning and have the aggregate
>> results to inform our mini-lecture....and office rescans the forms later to
>> generate the excel
>>
>> I just order my fifth scanner for my Faculty
>>
>> Haven't tried their new Apperson scanner with a feeder....would be more
>> convenient...but uses different forms than the Advantage scanners I already
>> have
>>
>> jim
>>
>>
>> On 09-09-16 3:53 PM, "Herb Coleman" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> > I also wonder what people think of using Gradecam to grade the iRATs and
>>> > T-RAT's.
>>> >
>>> > http://edtech247.pbworks.com/GradeCam
>>> >
>>> > Bill Goffe wrote:
>>>> >> For those who like to score RATs in class,
>>>> >> http://appersonedu.com/scanners/grademastertestscanner.aspx looks like a
>>>> >> possibility. I don't have a connection to them; I happened to see their
>>>> >> add in Science News and they don't seem to appear in the FAQ:
>>>> >> http://teambasedlearning.apsc.ubc.ca/?page_id=72 .
>>>> >>
>>>> >> - Bill
>>>> >>
>>>> >>
>
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