I'll be writing here more about my use of Classroom Response Systems (aka 'clickers') and their extension into the GroupScribbles application using handheld computers. I have been using clickers in courses since 1999 and have introduced them to CNU since I started here in Fall 2005. I use them in all my classes, usually every day. Several other professors in our department are now using them on a regular basis and some others have used at least a few times in the semester. Student reception has been very good. Currently at CNU, we are using IR pads from e-instruction. The PCSE department has now purchased 3 sets of clickers that are being used in physics, computer science and computer engineering courses by about half-a-dozen professors.
Read my article at Academic Commons. In it I explore some of the teaching and learning issues that I deal with related to the use of these devices.
The pictures to the right show technology enhanced, collaborative classroom activities at work. My papers on this will be posted here shortly. This work was presented at the IS-SOTL meeting 2006 and 2007.