Straight from the Professor’s Mouth…CPS at Purdue

Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana, has employed the use of CPS on its campus for several years. Because of this, Information Technology of Purdue has created an extremely helpful resource page for their students and faculty on the use of CPS clickers on campus. You can check the Information Technology of Purdue’s resource page HERE.

Purdue University recently released a video of clicker testimonials from professors who are actually using the CPS clickers on campus. In my opinion, I don’t ever really bother with too many reviews from the experts when I’m buying a product. I always look at the user reviews, and this is exactly what this video is…user reviews. So, have a listen to what these professors at Purdue University are saying about CPS in their classrooms…straight from the professor’s mouth. See the video…

CPS Clickers in the Elementary Spanish Classroom

This fantastic video, Technology in Elementary Spanish, provides a great peek into an elementary Spanish classroom and includes real student opinions on their classroom technology. It was posted on TeacherTube and demonstrates the technology used in their Spanish classroom: individual response systems (eInstruction Classroom Performance System), Promethean interactive white board, 2-to-1 laptops, Internet resources, and educational software. Their equipment was provided by grants from Qwest Foundation for Education, Tanque Verde Educational Foundation, and tax credit donations. This teacher is to be commended for teaching from a kids’ perspective and obviously makes motivating her students to learn a high priority in her classroom.

This video actually shows CPS in action, and the teacher makes use of CPS in her learning time and uses both the random student picker and the jeopardy game. The student excitement is so high during the CPS time…it is great to watch! And, of course, you won’t get more honest opinions than you do from the kids! Their comments get even better the longer you watch!

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Download the Video HERE: Posted by hyena72 at TeacherTube.com.

The Halls Are Alive With the Sound of Clickers

I just added a link on our website’s CPS in the News page to a great blog post, and I got quite a chuckle out of the title. I just saw The Sound of Music on TV the other day, so when I read the title, “The Halls Are Alive With the Sound of Clicking,” it was all I could do not to burst out in song! I could just see Maria with her laptop and all the little von Trapp kids with their clickers!

But really, on the serious side…the post does have some fantastic quotes from professors who are actually using the clickers in their classrooms on the campus of UNH and seeing some great results. Check it out!

CPS Best Practices

If you haven’t checked out the eInstruction user community recently, you should scoot on over there when you get time. I found a great post on CPS Best Practices posted by marquis. It really does lay out some great considerations for implementing CPS into your class.