[nabs-l] I clicker

[Kirt Manwaring]

For me it was multiple-choice quizzes in class.

On 6/2/11, bookwormahb at earthlink.net <bookwormahb at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Are these used to give answers for tests?  Or just assignments?
> Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kirt Manwaring
> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 12:14 PM
> To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
> Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I clicker
>
> Darian,
>   I'd echo what Joseph said-I had to use them a lot last year.  It's
> easier just to have a sighted friend help set up the frequency and,
> when in a class, just ask the person next to you if the iclicker sent
> the answer ok or, in some cases, they may have to read the questions
> if the instructor's lazy like that.  But from my experience, people in
> classes are usually cool with that sort of thing...I've made some new
> friends that way.  *grin*
>   Warmly,
> Kirt
>
> On 6/2/11, Joseph C. Lininger <jbahm at pcdesk.net> wrote:
>> I have used one. The device itself is mostly useable. It has 5 buttons
>> labeled A through E, and a power button. What it's generally used for
>> are in class questions and that sort of thing.
>>
>> There are a couple things that can be difficult. Setting the frequency
>> the device communicates on requires you look at the lights on the
>> device, but a person could just memorize the sequence or else have
>> someone help them do it. It's not something you have to do often, and I
>> could talk a person through setting the right frequency without sight if
>> necessary since I've done it myself a time or ten.
>>
>> The only other potential difficulty would be that the device indicates a
>> successful transmission with a green light and an unsuccessful one with
>> a blinking red light. That may or may not be a problem for your friend
>> depending on the situation. Usually the unsuccessful transmission thing
>> doesn't happen if the device is set to the right frequency and
>> registered with the base the instructor is using, and the instructor has
>> the base set up to receive transmissions.
>> --
>> "All models are wrong, but some are useful." George E. P. Box
>> Joseph C. Lininger, <jbahm at pcdesk.net>
>>
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