In
today’s modern classroom, technology plays a key role in student
education. Classroom performance systems often called Student
Response Systems
allow educators to incorporate technology into every lesson. Teachers
can quickly create questions for their students through
PowerPoint-integrated software and students can respond to those
questions instantly while sitting in classrooms using remote
controlled handsets called clickers.
Ask
questions and instantly gather answers
Handheld
clickers, or response keypads easily replace hand raising to allow
students to answer questions quickly and simply. The answers of each
individual student can be kept anonymous or tracked by learner’s
name in the student response software. Following each question, the
responses are gathered and immediately displayed by a teacher in the
form of graphs or charts allowing key concepts to be reinforced.
Additionally, all student response data is stored within the response
software for post-lesson analysis and reporting. All data is easily
exportable to third party LMS systems, or standard export formats,
such as XLSX (Excel), or DOCX (Word).
Increases
level of participation of the students
Student
Response System clickers increase learner participation by
accelerating the process of answering questions. With a single
button press, students can respond to questions rather than raising
their hand and waiting to be selected by the educator. Furthermore,
when responses are collected anonymously participation is heighten as
learners are not singled out to respond individually.
Progress
monitoring and growth assessment
Students
can have the keypads assigned to them permanently for repeated use
over the course of a school year, or teachers can link learners to
keypads at the beginning of each lesson. Students’ responses are
then recorded and integrated with learning management systems to
provide a big picture view of classroom performance. Educators can
also generate customized assessment reports directly from student response system
to provide immediate quiz and test results.