How many times have you sat in a classroom and been too embarrassed to ask a question, or even answer one for that matter, for fear of getting it wrong? How do teachers know which learners understand and which don't? The latest classroom technology involves learners using voting units to capture feedback onto an interactive whiteboard in the form of graphs - a bit like "Who wants to be a millionaire" What the system also can do however is capture individual learner responses which are private for the teacher alone to review and store. I am currently involved in a pilot with some young learners using this technology and we are going to monitor the effectiveness of the solution. If anyone has any innovative ways of using this system that we can try I would be keen to hear them. Again, a case study will be compiled and disseminated later on this year. It's not just for the classroom either, it can be a powerful tool in meetings and seminars.
Web links: voting units
Interactive whiteboards
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