date & time: monday, october 22 4:10-5:30pm

clickers, also known as classroom response systems, allow students to provide instructors with instant feedback and quick responses to questions. clickers support instructional goals through a variety of uses including real-time assessment of understanding, paired or group answering, quizzes and self-tests, and anonymous polling.  this hands-on workshop will cover everything you need to know to build and present interactive clicker questions using powerpoint, including time for everyone to experiment using the clicker hardware and software.

facilitator: rhett mcdaniel, cft educational technologist and katie taylor, graduate teaching fellow
date & time: monday, october 22 4:10-5:30pm
this workshop will be held in stevenson center, room 2200.
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these workshops focus on practical, concrete strategies for common teaching tasks, challenges, and opportunities.  these sessions draw on research-based best practices from the literature on teaching and learning and help participants consider ways to apply those best practices in their teaching. teaching workshops are typically a mix of presentation, large group discussion, small group activities, and times for individual reflection.

fall 2012 teaching workshops include:

• effective discussion leading
• hands-on powerpoint clinic
• effective and efficient grading
• strategies for grading
• making the most of office hours
• using clickers: a hands-on workshop
• how to wiki