2. How they work
Set of Responders
Receiver
plugs into USB port of computer
Software installed on computer
2Know Toolbar
Acceltest
3. Why We Chose Renaissance
Responders
Durability
Outstanding Support/Training
Multiple Input options
Multiple Choice
True/False
Numeric Answer
Short Answer
Math Facts in a Flash
Teacher led or Student led
4. Why Use Responders
Leads to discussion with students
Better class participation due to
anonymity
Provides insight as to why students
answered as they did
Teachers can instantly change
instruction to meet the needs
of the students
5. Why Use Responders
Instant feedback on student
progress
More organized assessments of
student progress
Measurable individual and whole
class assessments for any type of
lesson with ease
6. Ways to Use Responders
Informal Assessment – 2Know Toolbar
Before and while you teach a topic to see
what they know
Use Powerpoint
Pre-Test/quiz in digital or printed format
Questions from textbook
Oral questions
To Vote or Take survey
Pulse – Make sure students
understand and are on track
7. Ways to Use
Responders
Use with Internet sites
BrainPop
Study Island
Many others - any interactive website that lends
itself to multiple choice, True/False, Short Answer,
etc.
8. Ways to Use Responders
Math Facts in a Flash
Students pick up responder, do Math Facts
Show teacher results on responder
Print out Results
9.
10. Responders and Assessment
Formative Assessment
Before teaching - to determine student
knowledge base. Determines what needs to
be taught.
While teaching – to gauge student
understanding. Allows teacher to review or
reteach if necessary.
11. Responders and Assessment
Summative Assessments
Immediate Feedback allows you to analyze
responses to drive instruction
14. The power is in the data…
Take a look at the research around formative
assessment, though, and you'll start to wonder
whether you can afford not to invest in student
responders. When paired with developmentally
appropriate learning goals, effective feedback
ranks as the second most important school-
level factor influencing student achievement,
after a guaranteed and viable curriculum
(Marzano, 2003).
15. The power is in the data…
To be effective, however, feedback must be
timely and connected to the content being
learned in class—two criteria that student
response systems meet. (Ferriter, 2009)
16. The power is in the data…
Responders enable teachers to collect
information about student mastery several
times each class period and see results
instantly. Teachers can quickly scan this
information for patterns showing which
students are—or aren't—"getting it" and make
in-the-moment adjustments to teaching on the
basis of something more than professional
hunches. (Ferriter, 2009)
17. Bibliography
Ferriter, William. (2009). Student responders: feedback at their
fingertips. Educational Leadership, 67(3), Retrieved from
http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-
leadership/nov09/vol67/num03/Student-Responders@-Feedback-at-
Their-Fingertips.aspx
Notas do Editor
Castle Learning, Learning.com (Aha Science, Aha Math, EasyTech,etc.), EducationCity, MasterGuru