Majority Rules

In a society where majority rules and voting is important, this system has naturally been moved into the classroom. Student Response Systems are a way for the class to vote or click in to vote or to answer questions. An example of this is the i-clicker. The clickers are like remotes and they send their messages to one main computer. This computer collects the data and projects the data in data sources. Teachers use these systems for quizzes, interactive questions and votes. Each student will register these clickers so the teacher knows how the specific student responds.

Clickers are used a lot in large classes, like college, and can also be used as attendance. Since the clickers are assigned to each person, the teacher can tell who was in class and who was not in class. As well as monitoring each students learning by how they answer the questions.

Another way for students to respond to questions is through their cell phones. Websites have the students text different codes and it calculates the data into charts. While this is a great way to have students participate using their phones (which most students love), there are many problems. For instance, this is assuming that each student has a cell phone and has a text messaging plan. Also, many schools band all cell phone use and this would be breaking that rule. I think this is great more in the high level class, such as college.

Student Response Systems are great, however I have seen many flaws with them as well. The clickers allow students to easily "cheat" or wait to everyone has put their answer in (in the ones that show the polls as people vote). I think this will give answers that are not as accurate as simple paper and pencil. Also, people can use other peoples clickers which many students do in college so it does not ruin their attendance.

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