How many teams do you have? Which clickers are you using? --------------------------------- John Mark Jackson, OD, MS, FAAO Southern College of Optometry (901) 722-3314 Skype: jacksonsco > 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 >