1. Utilizing iClickers in Your Classroom Edward Jacobs Jr., Senior Educational Technologist Academic Affairs – Educational Technology Center jacobse@mscd.edujacobse@mscd.edu (303-556-3600)

2. Let’s Get Started Please press the Power Button on your clicker and you should have a blue light glowing for power. If you press any other buttons, the vote status light will display red until voting has been started by the instructor.

3. First Question: What is your level of experience with clickers A – I have taught with clickers B – I have had some experience with clickers C – I have seen a clicker before D – I have heard of clickers E – What is a clicker? Clue: There is no right answer

4. Today’s Agenda Metro State’s Implementation Uses of clickers in the classroom Non-classroom use of clickers (Faculty Senate) What do you need to get started (demo) Additional Resources

5. Metro State Implementation Spring 2011 –1192 Clickers ordered (1038 purchased) –24 Courses (AES, CJC, GEL, HES, NUT, PHY) Student Purchases Faculty Instructor Kits Departmental owned clickers Training resources

6. Question # 2: Metropolitan State College was founded in ___? A – 1962 B – 1963 C – 1964 D – 1965 E – 1966 Clue: The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock.

7. Uses of clickers in the classroom Foster class discussion and create interactivity Increase class participation Take class temperature after a mini-lecture Attendance points Quizzes and/or exams

8. Non-Classroom Usage 1 Meeting (77 Senators) 40 Second Votes Easily convert votes to Mean Scores in Excel. 2-3 Meetings Paper Ballots Recounts Tallying and Data Analysis Source: http://www.mscd.edu/senate/

9. What do you need to get started Obtain a iClicker Base (Optional) Download blackboard roster Students Register iClickers Sync Web iClicker Registrations Start Clicking!

10. How familiar are you with Photographic F-Stops? A – Fully Understand F-stops B – I think I understand F-stops C – I am confident in using F-Stops D – F-stops What? Clue: The Beatles perform the first stadium concert in the history of rock.

11. Which F-Stop would you use in a dark gym A – F 0.0 B – F 2.8 C – F 16 D – F 32

12. Additional Resources Educause's 7 Things you should know http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7002.pdf http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7002.pdf Transforming Student Learning with Classroom Clickershttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0403.pdfhttp://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ERB0403.pdf UBuffalo – Questionshttp://ubtlc.buffalo.edu/clickers/DesigningClickerQuestions/CITpresentatio nClickerQuestions.pdfhttp://ubtlc.buffalo.edu/clickers/DesigningClickerQuestions/CITpresentatio nClickerQuestions.pdf Designing Questions http://www.nau.edu/d-elearn/support/tutorials/clickers/designingQuestions.php http://www.nau.edu/d-elearn/support/tutorials/clickers/designingQuestions.php

13. Questions? Edward Jacobs Jr Senior Educational Technologist Academic Affairs – Educational Technology Center Metropolitan State College of Denver 303-556-3600 jacobse@mscd.edu http://www.mscd.edu/iclicker Presentation: http://www.mscd.edu/iclicker/elcc2011.ppthttp://www.mscd.edu/iclicker/elcc2011.ppt