Classroom Response Systems
A classroom response system (sometimes called a personal response
system, student response system, or audience response system) is a set
of hardware and software that facilitates teaching activities such as
the following. (source: Center for Teaching)
- A teacher poses a multiple-choice question to his or her students via an overhead or computer projector.
- Each student submits an answer to the question using a handheld transmitter (a “clicker”) that beams a radio-frequency signal to a receiver attached to the teacher’s computer.
- Software on the teacher’s computer collects the students’ answers and produces a bar chart showing how many students chose each of the answer choices.
- The teacher makes “on the fly” instructional choices in response to the bar chart by, for example, leading students in a discussion of the merits of each answer choice or asking students to discuss the question in small groups.
The
Qwizdom Q6 Student Response System offers more opportunity for
collaboration than with any previous system. Unique features include an
easy-to-use keypad similar to a cell phone, text input, equation input,
text edit, grammar, and a larger LCD screen to view questions and full
responses. The small, ergonomic radio frequency remotes allow each
student to communicate with the teacher from up to 328 feet away and are
durability tested to withstand the rigors of the classroom.
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