Is it a challenge to get your students to participate, especially in jumbo 
classes? Do you want to illustrate how opinions in you class mirror or 
perhaps oppose survey results?

One of the new ways to achieve these goals is through the use of a 
classroom response system or CRS. Using a classroom response system, a 
faculty member can survey students during lectures with results displayed 
immediately within PowerPoint. Response Systems have been in use since 
1998 but thanks to several recent technology enhancements are now viable 
additions to Baruch smart classrooms. The Instructional Technology unit of 
BCTC has been working with faculty members to select a classroom response 
system that will allow Baruch students and faculty to experiment with this 
new technology without any cost for the students. 

In a classroom that is equipped with a CRS receiver, each student has a 
handheld device sometimes called a clicker and presses their answer choice 
upon the direction of the faculty member. All responses are collected by 
radio frequency transmission and then summarized results are displayed 
automatically as a chart. Instructors can save and download this data for 
analysis or discard the data. 

Training sessions provided by the vendor will be held at noon and 4 on 
September 19th and 20th.  Please contact Jim Russell for more information  
at (646) 312-4895 or by e-mail at [log in to unmask]