Presented by Janet Russell

Friday, October 7, ‘05

Technology & Teaching: Personal Response Systems

  1. The Value of Interrupting Yourself
    1. Research shows…
      2. “…[the] lecture system is the preferred teaching style used by 89% of science professors.
      However, … during lecture students are not actively engaged with the topic, they don’t seem to listen for very long, and their retention of concepts is minimal.  Studies show that students are not attentive 40% of the time they are in class and that although attention is high for the first 15 minutes, it declines rapidly until the final 10 minutes of class.”
      From:  http://www.karentimberlake.com/student-centered_classoom.htm
    2. Disrupting this pattern
      1. Non-tech: mini-lectures with learning checks (clarification pause, shared paragraph, fish bowl, one minute paper, peer presentations—essentially formative assessment)
      2. Tech: learning checks with PRS
  2. Demo of PRS system
    1. http://www.einstruction.com/
    2. http://www.gtcocalcomp.com/interwriteprs.htm
  3. Secondary Gains
    1. Attendance
    2. Stats
  4. Colorado College Study…
  5. Costs—options…