Phoning It In: Using Classroom Response Systems

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PHONING IT IN:USING CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS

Kristina De Voe, English & Communications LibrarianPaley Library

Hashtags: #TempleTTS #CRS

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CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS POLL EVERYWHERE TYPES OF QUESTIONS IMPLEMENTATION BEST PRACTICES

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LOOK FAMILIAR?

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HOW ABOUT THIS?

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WHY CLASSROOM RESPONSE SYSTEMS?

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ALLOW STUDENTS TO ANSWER MULTIPLE CHOICE OR FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS

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ENABLE STUDENTS TO RESPOND ANONYMOUSLY

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INIVITE STUDENTS TO THINK INDIVIDUALLY

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TEST STUDENTS’ RETENTION OF CONCEPTS

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DISPLAY RESULTS IMMEDIATELY

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WEB BASED

FREE FOR INSTRUCTORS & STUDENTS

(first 40 responses)

CREATES MULTIPLE CHOICE & FREE-TEXT

POLLS

INTEGRATES EASILY WITH OTHER

INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS

UTILIZES TECH STUDENTS

ALREADY HAVE

ENABLES STUDENTS TO HAVE A MORE

REFLECTIVE VOICE IN CLASSROOM

P R I C I N G R E L I A B I L I T Y E X P E R I E N C E WAY S T O R E S P O N D P O L L F U N C T I O N A L I T Y

M U LT I P L E F R E E -T E X T V I S U A L S

S U P P O RT

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LIMITATIONS

TYPES OF QUESTIONS

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CONTENT QUESTIONS

D I R E C T LY A S S E S S S T U D E N T L E A R N I N G

PROCESS

QUESTIONS

G AT H E R I N F O F R O M S T U D E N T S O N H O W T H E Y

I N T E RAC T W I T H E AC H O T H E R A N D C O U R S E

M AT E R I A L

CONTENT QUESTIONS

RECALLQUESTIONS

APPLICATIONQUESTIONS

CRITICAL THINKINGQUESTIONS

FREE RESPONSEQUESTIONS

CONCEPTUALUNDERSTANDING

QUESTIONS

RECALL

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WHERE IN THE LIBRARY DO YOU GO TO CHECK-OUT BOOKS?

HOW LONG CAN YOU CHECK OUT A DVD?

WHAT IS THE URL FOR THE LIBRARY CATALOG?

EXAMPLES

CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING

WHAT IS THE JOURNAL TITLE IN THIS CITATION? Buchman, Dana. “A Special Education.” Good Housekeeping Mar. 2006: 143-48. Print.• A Special Education• Good Housekeeping• Print

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST EXPLAINS AN ABSTRACT? • An abstract is a summary of an article• An abstract is bibliographic information (author, title, journal title, etc.) • An abstract is a quote from an article

EXAMPLES

APPLICATION

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EXAMPLES

HOW MUCH ADVANCE TIME DID YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO RESEARCH FOR YOUR LAST PAPER?

• TWO WEEKS• ONE WEEK• 2-3 DAYS• I STARTED THE NIGHT BEFORE THE PAPER WAS

DUE

followed by

PREDICT HOW MUCH TIME YOU THINK YOUR CLASSMATES GAVE THEMSELVES.

CRIT ICAL THINKING

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EXAMPLES

WHICH DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST COMBINATION OF KEYWORDS TO SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE EFFECTS OF THE MEDIA ON TEENAGERS’ PERCEPTIONS OF BODY IMAGE?• body image and media • teenagers and body image and television• teenagers and body image and media• (teens or teenagers) and body image and

media

FREE RESPONSE

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EXAMPLES

WHEN IT COMES TO PUBLIC OPINION POLLS, WHAT MAKES YOU TRUST NUMERIC DATA?

GIVE A SITUATION WHEN YOU WOULD CHOOSE TO QUOTE A SOURCE VERSUS PARAPHRASE A SOURCE.

CONTENT QUESTIONS

RECALLQUESTIONS

APPLICATIONQUESTIONS

CRITICAL THINKINGQUESTIONS

FREE RESPONSEQUESTIONS

CONCEPTUALUNDERSTANDING

QUESTIONS

PROCESS QUESTIONS

STUDENT PERSPECTIVEQUESTIONS

CONFIDENCE LEVELQUESTIONS

MONITORING QUESTIONS

CLASSROOM EXPERIMENTQUESTIONS

BEST PRAC TI CES

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BEST PRAC TI CES

EXPLAIN TO STUDENTS WHY YOU’RE USING CRS

ALIGN QUESTION TO LEARNING OUTCOMES – DON’T USE TECH FOR THE SAKE OF TECH

CONSIDER NUMBER AND TYPES OF QUESTIONS USED 3-4 questions per 50min session, spaced 10-

20mins

BEST PRAC TI CES

KEEP WORDING OF QUESTIONS SIMPLE

BUILD IN TIME FOR DISCUSSION AND DEBRIEFING DURING AND FOLLOWING EACH QUESTION • think-pair-share • re-polling

COLLECT AND ANALYZE DATA FOR FUTURE REVISIONS

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QUESTIONS?

THANK YOU!

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