{"id":5328,"date":"2015-01-22T12:49:07","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2015-01-22T12:49:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T17:49:07","slug":"how-to-use-clickers-effectively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/how-to-use-clickers-effectively\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Use Student Response System (Clickers) Effectively"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent<\/p>\n<p>Do you want to know more about just how to use clickers to best help your students learn? This short <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/z0q5gQfQmng\">video<\/a> shares best practices in clicker use, including tips on writing clicker questions and getting students to talk about them, the finer points of running a class discussion about a question, and how long to allow for this process.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z0q5gQfQmng?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:5px\"> <strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/z0q5gQfQmng\" title=\"How to use clickers effectively video\" target=\"_blank\">How to Use Clickers Effectively video [00:10:59]<\/a> <\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Additionally, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwsei.ubc.ca\/index.html\">Science Education Initiative at the University of Colorado<\/a> has a number of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwsei.ubc.ca\/resources\/clickers.htm\">clicker resources<\/a> you may find helpful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Janice Florent Do you want to know more about just how to use clickers to best help your students learn? 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