Initiation

Adams, Lisa-C5
OK, I have been initiated. On Day 1 (Friday-bad opening day choice!) I broke out the clickers to give my seniors a review activity which asked them to answer a m/c question with a,b, or c. Stupid me did not limit the choices, so, to my initial surprise (why should I have been surprised-especially with seniors?!) up come the answers but not just to a, b, or c. The answers were texted in, and one in particular was NOT school appropriate! Eventually we had to put them away to be able to get something done.

After that, I was leery to use them until I could learn more about how to control them, and could get them organized...on Day 1 I just had the kids take them out of the box and I re-organized them as they returned them. I didn't use them today (Monday) because of these issues.

I need:
1. More info on how to connect a student to his/her clicker (export to the EXCEL file will take care of it?)
2. How best to organize the clickers for maximum efficiency (have been asking experienced clicker users)
3. Time to review the moodle notes (I assume/hope there are some)

I did notice that the seniors did exhibit much more interest in the questions than they would have otherwise. The problem was the aftermath-they lost interest when they had to discuss the answers. Will work on planning the time/activities in which they are used.

Hope all of your "first flights" went smoothly!