Clickers Changing Way Students Learn
Teachers Turn Toward High-Tech Gadgets
POSTED: 1:27 pm EDT October 21,
2008
UPDATED: 6:05 pm EDT October 21,
2008
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BOSTON -- They have Infrared sensors, are battery operated and small enough to fit in your pocket.The high-tech gadgets are called CPS and are being used in some local classrooms.NewsCenter 5's Bianca de la Garza reported that the remotes are changing the way students learn.
Clickers Change Way Students LearnTeachers, such as Walthm High School's Steve Mullahoo, try maximize students learning every school day.Now, he's getting help from clickers -- classroom performance systems. Each student is issued a battery operated remote and must physically enter an answer. Teachers see immediately who is understanding the lesson."I like to think I can look out there and get a sense of what they do and don't get. Sometimes I'm super wrong," Mullahoo said.The clickers cost about $3,000."The nice thing about this technology is it touches every student," said Dan Breslin, a consultant for the company making the system.He said that the proof is in test grades."In Memphis, math scores go from 5 percent to 15 percent percent higher," he said.Students with the correct answers can be spotlighted, fostering friendly competition.
Clickers Change Way Students LearnTeachers, such as Walthm High School's Steve Mullahoo, try maximize students learning every school day.Now, he's getting help from clickers -- classroom performance systems. Each student is issued a battery operated remote and must physically enter an answer. Teachers see immediately who is understanding the lesson."I like to think I can look out there and get a sense of what they do and don't get. Sometimes I'm super wrong," Mullahoo said.The clickers cost about $3,000."The nice thing about this technology is it touches every student," said Dan Breslin, a consultant for the company making the system.He said that the proof is in test grades."In Memphis, math scores go from 5 percent to 15 percent percent higher," he said.Students with the correct answers can be spotlighted, fostering friendly competition.Copyright 2009 by TheBostonChannel.com. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
