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Technology in Educationsome clickers. Students can also progressthrough assessments at their ownspeed. Students can even take paper teststhrough the remotes, which saves the instructorprep time and still allows the softwareto do the grunt work of grading.Teaching with ClickersWhen teaching with clickers, choosingclicker activities is a lot like gettingdressed in the morning. There are justso many choices...so many combinations...some ideas that work good in one classroommight be a “knock-out” for another!Teaching with student response systemsor “classroom clickers” is just likethat. Using clickers on a daily basis inyour classroom may take a little doing onyour part to slowly migrate them into yourclassroom routine. However, few technologieshave the potential to totally changethe dynamics of your classroom like clickers.It is wonderful to see a lethargic, unmotivatedclass perk up and sit higher intheir seats, simply because the instructorhas taken time to engage them! However,you’ve got to be the one to make it yoursand make it work like a “knock-out” foryour classroom! The sky’s the limit!Source : www.engaging-technologies.comAdvantages of ClickersJune 2013 I 44