Ed. Tech EDFI 560

the system consists of 2 parts….an infrared transmitter or response cards, this is the part that could be given to students and a classroom reciever ( you would also need some type of presentation software)  the teacher would present a question to the students via the presentation software and the students would then resond using their transmitter…the responses of students would be instantly converted into some type of graphic and be viewable by the other students…..to me this technology seems amazing, however i can see where it might be much more useful for higher learninng such as college level rather than highschool…the website has alot of good information as far as pros and cons…but one way that i can see it being beneficial is if a student is sick or there is a snowday…..you can still participate in class!!

http://campus.umr.edu/certi/technology.htm#responsesystem