Assistive Technology: Clickers

Clickers

This a great tool to helps students who may have difficulty writing.  This tool gives those students an equal opportunity amongst their peers.  When multiple choice questions are displayed on a screen these students can respond just as quickly as their classmates.  It is a good way to review and reinforce materials.  This activity gives the student a way to judge their own performance in relation to their peer anonymously.

Questions are displayed and timed then student select their choices.  They find out if they are wrong or right immediately after the timer runs out.  They can also see how the class performed.  Teacher can see which concepts need more reinforcement and which ones they have mastered.

Visuals and sounds can enhance questions and it eliminates paper!  Assessment is immediate and grades are automatically placed in the teachers electronic grade book.