Meeting with JC Sawyer

This morning Kevin and I met with JC Sawyer from OIT to learn some of the basics about i-clickers and other personal response devices. Ms. Sawyer was involved with the process of introducing i-clickers to the UMass campus, and her tutorial was very helpful for us.

Setting up the i-clicker system is very easy and only requires a USB drive and a basic operating system (i.e. doesn't require Windows Vista). Ms. Sawyer demonstrated some of the helpful features including an instructor remote which allows teachers to ask a question with the simple press of a button, different ways to represent data, and demographics. Purchasing an i-clicker instructor kit for Peck would cost $200. Student clickers would be about $20-$40 each. Ms. Sawyer provided us with some contact information for if we do decide to go with i-clickers and recommended that we check out ebay/amazon for cheaper options.

We really appreciated Ms. Sawyer's help, and her tutorial will be helpful as we move forward in developing out project.