This looks like an excellent webinar on clickers. You should be able to sit at your computer, either in your office or at home, and watch+listen. If it isn't good, just turn it off.
We have lots of classes at UM using clickers (student response systems) now. If you are using clickers, this might give you some ideas for new ways to take advantage of the technology. If you are not using clickers yet, you might want to listen in and see what they can do for you and your classes.
Bill Vilberg
bill.vilberg@miami.edu
786-250-2255
On Sep 17, 2010, at 2:48 pm, Stephanie Chasteen wrote:
I'm going to be offering a one-hour free webinar on September 28th at 1pm US Eastern Time on effective use of personal response systems (clickers). This will be targeted to college faculty teaching all disciplines, with a slight focus on STEM. Please consider joining us! This webinar is sponsored by i>clicker (http://iclicker.com), but will be focused on the research-based best practices of using clickers that can be used with any technology (e.g., smartboards, pollanywhere, etc.). Read more here. <http://theactiveclass.com/2010/09/17/free-webinar-make-clickers-work-for-you-sept-27th/>
Register here<https://iclicker.webex.com/tc0505lb/trainingcenter/register/registerSession.do?siteurl=iclicker&confID=696433196> (http://bit.ly/cz3yB0)
Full description:
In this interactive webinar, we'll explore tips and ideas for incorporating clickers into your particular class. Clickers offer a powerful way to increasing student engagement and improve learning. At the University of Colorado, we have transformed our classrooms by using clickers to promote peer instruction. We'll show research results on the most effective use of clickers, and discuss common challenges. In particular, we'll focus on the attributes of "great" clicker questions, discuss example questions, and share ideas on facilitating effective wrap-up discussions once all the votes are in.
I am a Science Teaching Fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and have been working with faculty and K12 instructors for the past several years on effective use of clickers. See my other workshops<http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/resources/clickers.htm#talks>, and the videos we've produced on clickers in the classroom.<http://stemvideos.colorado.edu/>
- Stephanie
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Stephanie V. Chasteen, Ph.D.
Science Teaching Fellow - Physics
Science Education Initiative - http://www.colorado.edu/sei
303.775-3277 (cell)
Website and blog:
http://www.sciencegeekgirl.com
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