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Clickers at WPI

Turning Point System

Faculty:

• Thinking about using Turning Point? Do these things now:
  • Contact the Teaching and Learning Team (atc-ttl@wpi.edu) about hardware options, wireless requirements, and training.
  • Download the legacy version of Turning Point or Turning Point Anywhere from http://www.turningtechnologies.com.
    • Turning Point (requires PowerPoint) - Legacy Version: PC - Install 4.3.2.1178
    • Turning Point Anywhere: Legacy Version PC or Mac, Install or No Install
• Read the Turning Point Anywhere User Manualor the Turning Point User Manual

Students:

You have two options for classes using Turning Technologies. Please click your choice for instructions below.

Borrow a Clicker from the ATC

Use Your Own Internet-Enabled Device

Clicker Resources:

• STEM Clickers: University of Colorado Boulder
• Ohio State University: Designing Classes for Clickers
• Ohio State University: General Tips for Use
• University of Wisconsin: Clicker Best Practices
• Vanderbilt University: Teaching with Clickers

Research on Clickers

• Educuase's Main Page on Clickers
• Student Response Systems: A University of Wisconsin System Study of Clickers
  Note: you must subscribe to ECAR bulletins to view. WPI is a member organization.
• Vanderbilt University: Exploring an Electronic Polling System for the Assessment of Student Progress in two Biomedical Engineering Courses
• University of Texas at Austin: Using CPS in Computer Sciences
• Vanderbilt University: Formative Assessment In Physiology Teaching Using A Wireless Classroom Communication System
• Monash University: Teaching Innovation Using A Computerised Audience Response System in ECE Courses
• University of Texas at Austin: Using classroom communication systems to support interaction and discussion in large ME class settings
• UMass Physics Education Research Group: Classroom Response Systems
• Cornell University: Asking Good Questions in the Mathematics Classroom
• University of Colorado: Clickers - A Gimmick that Works in Biology
• University of Texas at Austin: INTICE - Interactive Technology to Improve the Classroom Experience in Civil Engineering
• Using a Personal Response System in Economics Teaching
• California Polytechnic State University: Waking the Dead: Using interactive technology to engage passive listeners in the MIS classroom

Academic Technology Center - Worcester Polytechnic Institute
100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280
Phone: +1-508-831-5220 - Fax: +1-508-831-5881 - atc-ttc@wpi.edu