SMART Response Interactive Response System
More information available at http://smarttech.com/us/Solutions/Education+Solutions/Products+for+education/Complementary+hardware+products/SMART+Response
The main purpose of this equipment is to track student responses to assessments in the classroom. While this is made easier with a SMART Board, it is not necessary to have a SMART Board to use the response system. The system allows you to track and record responses, gives instant feedback on questions, and allows students to see their scores on the assessment. Assessment grades are kept on the computer program connected to the system, so the teacher can use the grades as a formal assessment if so desired.
System is relatively easy to learn as a teacher and is easy to demonstrate to students. Assessments can be written in the SMART Notebook software or using other software such as Microsoft Word. A Smartview is available on the SMART Notebook software so that a computer screen can display a response tracker for students to use as a reference.
Use in the classroom can vary from quick, informal surveys about class content to formal assessments at the end of a unit. Students are assigned identification numbers so that individual answers and scores can be saved in a grade book.
This tool is worth learning. It provides additional use for the increasingly common SMART Board technology seen in many classrooms.
As all teachers know this is definitely a valuable tool! As teachers get more familiar with the technology it is amazing to see what these can be used for.
ReplyDeleteI use the smartresponse in my classroom as well. It was great around state testing time for review. It gives instant feedback about topics that need more review or re-teaching. the students love using the clickers too!
ReplyDelete-Celeste