Classroom Clickers and the Cost of Technology

Chronicle of Higher Education by Michael Bugeja | Dec. 2, 2008 (Investigative Report)

Last spring I received an e-mail message from my university's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching that read like an advertisement:

"If you are thinking of ordering personal response system units, or clickers, for your class next fall, be sure to attend the upcoming CELT session, Using TurningPoint Clickers to Engage Students in the Classroom."

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 by Chris Finnie - Dec. 2, 2008

Though at first, the topic seems specific to education, it later appears to have broader applicability and illustrate the trend to adopt technology without examining its usefulness. Based both on personal experience, others experience, and studies, I found it very instructive--especially as a person who makes a living marketing technology into markets like education.

Some subheads would have made both the text and the argument easier to follow.

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