We have been using the clickers the first 15 minutes of each day to do an informational scavenger hunt designed to sharpen the students' internet research skills. Each morning the students turn on their clickers to receive a 5-6 question self-paced quiz. The questions come from a variety of subject areas and are determined by current units of study. The students use their wireless laptops or their own devices to navigate the internet and search for the answers to the questions. Over the past three weeks they have become noticably faster and more accurate in their researching abilities. When we had Donuts with Dad Day, the students and their fathers participated in a trivia contest where the questions were delivered via the clickers and answers were allowed to be found via the internet. It gave the dads the opportunity to see and use some of our new technology. They experienced the frustration of wireless laptops not connecting or taking forever to load, just like their kids do. Many of them used their i phones and could also see the advantage of their learner having his/her own device to use at school.

We haven't really experienced many problems other than students being overly competitive and becoming frustrated by computer malfunctions. It is a great way to get them thinking and engaged in the morning while such mundane tasks as lunch count and attendance are taken.