Reply #111: This is one of the reasons that I love having "clickers" in my classroom. [View All]

[Xithras]

Nobody needs to raise their hand. When I'm lecturing on a topic and want to move on, I can simply ask the students if they've all got it, or pose a question with a multiple choice answer and ask them all to respond to it. Based on their responses, I can determine whether they understand it sufficiently to allow me to move on, or whether I need to spend more time on the subject. I also allows me to identify specific students in the class who are having trouble with the material, without forcing them to reveal themselves to their fellow students, or to awkwardly ask me for help after class.

Clickers are an awesome technology that is being rapidly adopted at the college and university level. We REALLY need to get it into the K-12 classrooms as well. It's a game changer.