Monday, March 31, 2008

Clickers - TurningPoint interactive PowerPoint - VIDEOS

What are these Clickers I keep hearing about? You may also hear the term "TurningPoint" or "Interactive PowerPoint" in the same sentence.

TurningPoint is a program that works with Microsoft PowerPoint. TP can turn your PP's into quizes, tests, surveys, or just general class interaction fun. Each student can have their own "Clicker" that they can use to answer questions shown on the presentation slide.

If you have TurningPoint installed, you'd probably know it. But just in case, here is the icon to look for on your desktop:

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Here are some great resources from the InService site for Clickers. I will link the videos here, and you will probably be asked for your login information.

BASIC TRAINING VIDEOS

Creating a Slide

Converting a Slide

INTERMEDIATE TRAINING VIDEOS

Prompts and Reminders

Identifying the Correct Answer

ADVANCED TRAINING VIDEOS

Creating a Participant List

Using Reports

REFERENCE GUIDE

USER MANUAL

If you would like to try this out, your tech can install TurningPoint for you. But it is not the tech's decision to purchase the program for your school.

1 comment:

  1. Yeah, these are pretty effective for getting the real feedback from your studens.

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