Classroom Clickers and the Cost of Technology

Last spring I received an e-mail message from my university's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching that read like an advertisement:

"If you are thinking of ordering personal response system units, or clickers, for your class next fall, be sure to attend the upcoming CELT session, Using TurningPoint Clickers to Engage Students in the Classroom."

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Derek Hawkins
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by Derek Hawkins - Dec. 2, 2008

The issue of using 'clickers' to help democratize student feedback in the classroom is an obscure story topic, but Michael Bugeja writes effectively about it here. 'Investigative report' may be somewhat of a miscategorization, as this contains the research of such journalism but the liberty of commentary of a magazine story. Regardless, I come away with a good understanding of the topic, and I'm convinced that this story could have local impact for its audiences.

Nothing that I've ever encountered before, but as a recent college grad I find this relevant and newsworthy. I'm imagining how we would have covered it had the issue come up at my school...

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