Audience Response Systems in the Classroom Equals 100% Student Participation

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Audience Response Systemsin the Classroom
Equals100 Student Participation

• Carmi Gulick
• 5th Grade Teacher
• carmiguli_at_parma.k12.oh.us
• Parma City School District

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Topics

• What is an ARS?
• Types of ARS
• Costs / Features to Consider
• What Parma City School Selected
• More Information

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Time to try it out
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What is an ARS?

• ARS Audience Response System
• An interactive technology that enablesa group
  leader to collect responsesfrom all members of a
  group.

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Why use an ARS?

• Encourage participation
• Improve comprehension/retention
• Add excitement and enthusiasm (and it is
  fun, too!)
• Gather input from everyone, not just the
  people willing to speak up

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Types of ARS

• IR (Infrared)
• think TV remote
• Less expensive
• Less range
• Limited by obstructions and some lights

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Types of ARS

• RF (Radio Frequency)
• think remote controlled cars)
• More expensive
• More range
• Passes through most obstructions

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Things to ConsiderInitial Costs

• Transmitters
• What type of batteries?
• Receivers
• How many transmitters can one receiver handle?
• Cables
• Cat5, serial, proprietary
• Adapters
• AC, USB to Serial, Serial to Cat5, etc.

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Things to ConsiderOngoing Costs

• More batteries
• Replacement transmitters
• Software updates

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Things to ConsiderSoftware

• Features
• Preparing Questions
• PowerPoint
• PDF
• Web site
• Ad-Hoc Questions
• Tracking of Responses
• Update Costs

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What did the Parma City School District Select

• HiTT (www.h-itt.com)
• IR, Free software updates
• Uses PowerPoint files directly (as long as
  PowerPoint is installed)
• Ad-Hoc Questions
• Using PVC Towers or spring clamps the classroom
  sets are mobile

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Quiz Time!
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How ARS can be Used

• Classroom
• Pre-test to find strengths / weaknesses
• Immediate Surveys
• Class Votes
• Checking for understanding at the end of a lesson
• Reviews prior to test
• Have students create their own to give to the
  rest of the class

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How ARS can be Used

• Staff Meetings / Committees / Public
  MeetingsProfile the group
• Ad-Hoc decision making w/ secret ballot
• Checking for consensus
• Pre-test / post-test model to see if opinions
  have changed
• Strategic Planning tool to prioritize options

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Sample Vendors

• www.einstruction.com
• www.gtcocalcomp.com
• www.h-itt.com
• www.quizdom.com
• www.revealtechnologies.com
• education.ti.com

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Where to Find More Information

• Search Engine Terms
• Audience Response System
• Student Response System
• Materials and link at
• www.ParmaCitySchools.org/presentations
• E-Mail
• carmiguli_at_parma.k12.oh.us