Special Gadget Project

Classroom Performance System Clickers

C.P.S. Clicker History

The eInstruction company was founded in 1980 by Dr. Darrell Ward and still remains the leading student response system in education with millions of users of all age levels. In 2006 eInstruction obtained FSCreations designers of ExamView which created a question bank for the C.P.S. clicker system and in 2008 the company obtained Interwrite Learning creators Interwrite SchoolPad systems. Lastly eInstruction launched the eCommunity to allow educators to share the information online and create a link between CPS systems and Study Island software. (Source C.P.S. Clicker System History link below) History
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Teaching with C.P.S. Clickers

CPS classroom, students use devices to click

answers into a hub that records and compiles the data into many different platforms and the teacher can select the format of choice. Instant feedback allows the students to judge their performance and removes the burden of checking papers and reviewing completed tasks with the students. This gadget also allows and encourages teachable moments as the students will has high order thinking questions.
C.P.S. Lesson Plan

Export to Grade Book Example

FH 4.1 Shives Spiderman SH13 SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD SD

Chapter 23 7 22

2012/3/8

Spencer

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More Data!
In the next seven slides you will be able to view

the questions that were used with the clickers. It was a combination between a four question vocabulary review and reading comprehension from the Chapter. Students were studying Resources and Power in Post-apartheid South Africa (Geography Alive People and Regions). Additionally graphics are added with the questions to give another example of how the teacher or class can view the results of the quiz.

Question One
Apartheid is the

former official South African policy of separating people according to ____________

A. Race B. Gender C. Education D. Religion

Question Two
If a population is

made up from several ethnic groups its is known as ______________

A. Society B. Multiracial C. Urban D. Rural

Question Three
The way people or

things are spread out over are area or space or how resources are divided among people or groups is known as this.....
A. Ethnic Group B. Apartheid C. Habitats D. Distribution

Question Four
The word apartheid is

a synonym of which of the following.....

A. Separateness

B. Together
C. Lacking D. Taking

Question Five
Segregation is the

separation of one group of people from another usually by this...............

A. Religion B. Race C. Language D. Education

Question Six
These two resources

attracted British settlers to South Africa

A. Iron and Steel
B. Uranium and Wood C. Oil and Coal D. Gold and

Diamonds

Question Seven
Before this year it was

illegal for black South African to vote or hold office after this year Nelson Mandela, a black South African became president.
A. 1994 B. 1984 C. 1974 D. 2012

Reflection
Upon reflecting on the lesson I realized that the

students enjoyed using the clickers immensely. The clickers were easier and faster to pass out when compared to lap tops or traveling to a computer lab and logging on to the computers. I showed the students the graphics for each question and , in my opinion, they were able to ask questions that were higher order thinking due to the quick feedback and graphic data. I enjoyed the ability to dump the information into my digital grade book as well. The only fall back that I could see is when a battery when down a small screw needed to be removed in order to replace the battery, but I assume that is to protect the younger users of the C.P.S. Clickers. I would recommend the use of the Clickers to any and all educators!