Monthly Archives: September 2011

Clickers in the Chemistry Classroom

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Muireann O'Keeffe

Barry Ryan and Julie Dunne evaluated their use of clickers in Chemistry teaching both in large lab sessions and lectures. The students answered pre-lab and post-lab questionnaires with clickers. Findings and information can be seen in their online presentation. DIT_Clickers_Workshop … Continue reading →

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Using student lists from DIT’s WebCourses.dit.ie with Turningpoint clickers

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Muireann O'Keeffe

After yesterdays clickers workshop I have been trying out a few new tools. First on my list was to try importing a student list from our virtual learning environment https://webcourses.dit.ie. The tutorial on how to do this is available at … Continue reading →

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100 IDEAS for Turning Technologies clickers

Posted on September 15, 2011 by Muireann O'Keeffe

100 Ideas for Turning Technologies Student Response Systems These 100 ideas are available from  http://www.turningtechnologies.com/media/files/100%20ttech%20ideas%20for%20SRS.pdf. I have picked out the my favourite of the 100 ideas here:  Daily use of TurningPoint increased student engagement and has also been proven to increase attendance … Continue reading →

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DIT clickers induction workshop tomorrow

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Muireann O'Keeffe

Welcome back to a new and promising academic year , at DIT Student numbers are up so this is definitely a year to begin using clickers for large group teaching to enhance feedback and engagement! At  DIT we have a number of specific projects … Continue reading →

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