I have found that the clickers provide a great opportunity to quickly assess students knowledge, recall, and understanding of our daily curriculum. With MAP testing around the corner, I have been using the clickers to do a lot of review activities. The clickers allow me to assess who has the concepts, who may need some additional instruction, and which concepts need to be totally retaught. This is formative assessment at its best: the students benefit and learn in the process, and I can adjust my instruction to improve learning.
I have used the clickers with various BrainPop lessons to introduce concepts in Science and Social Studies. I love that using the clickers assesses all the students (not just the one answering the question) and keeps the students engaged.
At this time of year, we do some extra Math review during Social Studies (fondly called SMATH). The students enjoy using the clickers to answer a variety of questions, play jeopardy, and respond to the flip charts that I have been using. I can quickly tell who is struggling with and who has mastered a particular skill. I have also used the Mulitiplication Facts Review (under question generator) to challenge the students to see how quickly and accurately they can answer their multiplication facts. They loved this activity and want to do it again and again.
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