Engaging Learning through Technology

I was thinking back to technologies I have used in past classrooms that I would like to bring into my future classroom. The one that really stuck out to me was a clicker based response program. The Turning Point program was obtained through a grant and was shared by the three grade two classrooms. I used this program as a pre assessment and post assessment of my unit of study. The assessment took on a Jeopardy like feeling, with each student having a hand held clicker. When I went to the next slide (like a powerpoint presentation) Students were presented with a question and multiple choice answers. They hit the corresponding button on their clicker. The program shows which clickers have not responded yet, letting you give sufficient wait time. After all answers are locked in, the correct answer is shown and the number of students who clicked in each answer. The results during the test did not point out specific student answers, which I liked. This takes away anxiety of students who may be sensitive if they do not have the correct answer. Of course when I review the scores after the fact, I see each student's answer. Like Survey Monkey, I like this program due to the fact that it takes the grading aspect off of my list of things to do. It is certainly a program I would be willing to write a grant for..