by Sondra Parmer, Barb Struempler, Sarah Smith

1. Integrating Technology in a
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Program: A Practical Application
for Clickers and SharePoint
June 1, 2012
Greg Parmer, MEd
Sondra M. Parmer, PhD

2. Introduction
• Body Quest: Food of the Warrior
▫ Childhood obesity prevention
▫ Third grade population
▫ Goal = increase fruit and
vegetable intake
▫ 17 week program
▫ Rigorous evaluation
 Pre/post-assessments
 13 fruit and vegetable tastings
 Daily school lunch consumption
▫ SNAP-Ed funding

3. Clickers
• Traditional usage (real-time) vs. BQ usage (testing)

4. Why Clickers?
• Over 2,800 third grade students statewide
• 19 different assessments per student
• Over 1,000,000 data points
• Limited manpower
• Attempt to avoid “tests”
• Portable (network independent)

5. Clicker Choice
• Turning Technologies
▫ ResponseCard RF LCD
(clicker)
▫ ResponseCard AnyWhere
(receiver)
▫ ResponseCard AnyWhere
Desktop & TurningPoint
(software)

6. Data Collection (classroom)
• Each student assigned
specific clicker
• Each assessment coded
(student entry)
• Educator controls “voting”
while holding receiver

7. Data Collection (office)
• Responses downloaded from
receiver
• Responses merged with
demographics
• Files uploaded

8. Limitations
• Handheld receivers limited to 100 responses
• Matching demographics to responses required
multiple software packages – cumbersome!
• Fine motor skills (or “Little Johnny” effect)
• Educator comfort level

9. Successes
• Large amounts of data
collection with minimal
manpower
• Estimated 25% more time per
educator for instruction
• Portability requirements met
• Fun activity instead of boring
test

11. Body Quest Site Beginnings
• Personal "MySite" for collaboration on Body
Quest AFRI grant proposal
• After AFRI rejection, funding received through
SNAP-Ed grant

12. Storage Needs
• Keep private copy of original proposal
• Collaboration during development
• Administrative/managerial collaboration
• Material delivery to educators
• Data collection

13. Network Drive
• Basic function
• Familiarity

14. SharePoint
• Permissions
• Revision history
• Alerts
• Workflows
• Search
• End-user management

15. Would SharePoint Create More
Headaches or Solutions?
• Guide project in a way such that SharePoint
could be eliminated if not meeting needs

16. SharePoint
• "MySite" moved to normal project site with
higher space quotas
• Redesign for simplicity, because it is not
• Assign permissions
• Site owner/administrator(s)
• Members
• Educators
• (Later added Visitors)

17. Critical
• Training and more training for site
owner/administrator(s)
• Administrator(s) must thoroughly understand
permissions and what that really entails!

18. Security Trimming
• WYSIWYG, not WYSIWTS
• Create 2nd account for "Educator" vs
"Administrator" roles, if needed

19. Site Design (Administrative)

20. Site Design (Educators)

21. Incoming BQ Clicker Data
• SharePoint workflow
• To be exported for analyses
• CSV file header
• ID,First Name,Last Name,County,School,Teacher,Gender,Race,Ethnicity,Grade,Item Type,Path,Group,13-4,13-5,13-
6,13-7,13-8,13-9,13-10,13-11,13-12,13-13,13-14,13-15,13-16,13-17,13-18,13-19,13-20,13-21,13-22,13-23,13-24,13-25,13-
26,13-27,13-28,13-29,13-30,13-31,13-32,13-33,13-34,13-35,13-36,13-37,13-38,13-39,13-40,13-41,13-42,14-4,14-5,14-
6,14-7,14-8,14-9,14-10,14-11,14-12,14-13,14-14,14-15,14-16,14-17,14-18,14-19,14-20,14-21,14-22,14-23,14-24,14-25,14-
26,14-27,14-28,14-29,14-30,14-31,14-32,14-33,14-34,14-35,14-36,14-37,14-38,14-39,14-40,14-41,14-42,14-43,14-
44,23-4,23-5,23-6,23-7,23-8,23-9,23-10,23-11,23-12,23-13,23-14,23-15,23-16,23-17,23-18,23-19,23-20,23-21,23-
22,23-23,23-24,23-25,23-26,23-27,23-28,23-29,23-30,23-31,23-32,23-33,23-34,23-35,23-36,23-37,23-38,23-39,23-
40,23-41,23-42,24-4,24-5,24-6,24-7,24-8,24-9,24-10,24-11,24-12,24-13,24-14,24-15,24-16,24-17,24-18,24-19,24-
20,24-21,24-22,24-23,24-24,24-25,24-26,24-27,24-28,24-29,24-30,24-31,24-32,24-33,24-34,24-35,24-36,24-37,24-
38,24-39,24-40,24-41,24-42,24-43,24-44,24-45,Item Type,Path,Group,51-4,51-5,51-6,51-7,51-8,51-9,51-10,51-11,51-
12,51-13,51-14,51-15,51-16,51-17,52-4,52-5,52-6,52-7,52-8,52-9,52-10,52-11,52-12,52-13,52-14,52-15,52-16,52-17,53-
4,53-5,53-6,53-7,53-8,53-9,53-10,53-11,53-12,53-13,53-14,53-15,53-16,53-17,54-4,54-5,54-6,54-7,54-8,54-9,54-10,54-
11,54-12,54-13,54-14,54-15,54-16,54-17,55-4,55-5,55-6,55-7,55-8,55-9,55-10,55-11,55-12,55-13,55-14,55-15,55-16,55-
17,56-4,56-5,56-6,56-7,56-8,56-9,56-10,56-11,56-12,56-13,56-14,56-15,56-16,56-17,57-4,57-5,57-6,57-7,57-8,57-9,57-
10,57-11,57-12,57-13,57-14,57-15,57-16,57-17,58-4,58-5,58-6,58-7,58-8,58-9,58-10,58-11,58-12,58-13,58-14,58-15,58-
16,58-17,59-4,59-5,59-6,59-7,59-8,59-9,59-10,59-11,59-12,59-13,59-14,59-15,59-16,59-17,61-4,61-5,61-6,61-7,61-8,61-
9,61-10,61-11,61-12,61-13,61-14,61-15,61-16,61-17,63-4,62-4,63-5,62-5,62-6,63-6,63-7,63-8,63-9,63-10,63-11,63-
12,63-13,63-14,63-15,63-16,63-17,64-4,64-5,64-6,64-7,64-8,64-9,64-10,64-11,64-12,64-13,64-14,64-15,64-16,64-
17,59-18,62-7,62-8,62-9,62-10,62-11,62-12,61-18,63-18,58-19,64-18,64-19,Item Type,Path

22. Limitations
• Learning curve
• End-user management not for every end-user
• File size
• Bandwidth
• CSV file uploads

23. Successes
• Achieved multiple storage
needs
• Off campus availability
• End-user management
possible
• Easy for educators

24. Questions?