Clickers

Students at Bon Air are using a new device to help increase their participation and to motivate them to stay engaged during lessons. Students were introduced to Promethean ActivVotes and ActivExpressions in their classroom and specials areas. These devices are a type of student response system which allows teachers to ask the students questions and get their responses immediately from a click of a button. You may hear the kids referring to these devices as "clickers."

Using ActivVotes and ActivExpression devices teachers can ask the students a question, ask for an opinion, or deliver test questions. Each student is required to respond and the results are immediately available for the teacher to review. This helps even the most reserved or shy child to participate anonymously. Bon Air teachers find this helpful to assess who is still struggling in certain areas and when the class has mastered a certain skill or topic. Even our specials area teachers have been using the devices to promote technoogy in their classes. Check out some Bon Air students using the clickers.

Students use ActivExpression Devices to text their answers to the teacher. The question appears on the screen and they respond to each individual question with short answers or multiple choice options.

Some students check an agenda board for their questions, and then text their answers to the teacher.

Using ActivVotes students can respond in a simplier way. They select answer choices by click on options A,B,C,D,E, or F.

 

In this picture third grade students are using the ActivVotes in the library.

Our librarian, Mrs. Strong, used the clickers to see how many students remembered correct library procedures.

Students aim their clicker and send their response directly to their teacher's computer.