William (Bill) Junkin, Director of Instructional Technology and Professor of Physics, Eckerd College The IPAL project allows students to use a mixture of web-enabled devices (laptops, iPads, cell phones, etc.) to respond to in-class polling through a Moodle module or a stand-alone module for non-Moodle users. IPAL provides peer-reviewed polling questions for some courses and instructors can create their own questions for any course. The analysis of student response patterns may identify at-risk students. Bring your smart phone or laptop and explore interactive pedagogy enabled through technology.

1. In-class Polling for All Learners
William F Junkin, III, Director of Instructional Technology
Anne J Cox, Professor of Physics
Eckerd College, St Petersburg, FL

2. What happens to the bottom
of the slinky when I drop the
slinky?
a) drops
b) rises
c) stays in the same place

3. What happens to the bottom of
the slinky when I drop the slinky?
a) drops
b) rises
c) stays in the same place

4. What happens to the bottom of
the slinky when I drop the slinky?
a) drops
b) rises
c) stays in the same place

5. What happens to the
bottom of the slinky iPAL Live
when I drop the
slinky?
drops
rises
stays in the same
place

6. Screen shot in case internet is flaky

7. What happens to the bottom of the
slinky when I drop the slinky?
a) drops
b) rises
c) stays in the same place
If we had time, we would have you discuss your
answers and then do the demo...

9. Slinky Drop (Slow Motion) movie
http://youtu.be/JsytnJ_pSf8 http://youtu.be/eCMmmEEyOO0

10. Advantages
● Responses from
Clickers, SmartPhones, Computers
● Multiple Choice and Free Response
● Track Students (Retention)
● Ready to Use Question Sets
● Moodle or Stand-Alone

11. Research by Carl Weiman
Shared the 2001 Nobel physics prize
Information from news article:
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/study-its-not-teacher-method-matters-0
● University of British Columbia
● "about twice as high on the test"
● "about twice as high on the test"
● "The best scores in the traditional class were below
average for the interactive class, Wieman said. In
addition, student attendance and attention were
higher in the interactive class"
● "Previous research has produced similar results"

12. May 12, 2011

14. More information...
http://tinyurl.com/NGLC-IPAL
Bill Junkin junkinwf@eckerd.edu (727) 864-8239
About IPAL site:
http://www.compadre.org/ipal/webdocs/About.cfm
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