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? > --------------------------------- > > 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 >> > > >