[nabs-l] I clicker

Humberto Avila avila.bert.humberto2 at gmail.com
Fri Jun 10 20:02:30 UTC 2011 

Looks like that is an interesting device. I wonder if they would be able to
make it beep or talk or do something audible so blind people can use it
effectively?

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Of Chris Nusbaum
Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 12:48 PM
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Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I clicker

Is that like the Active Expression remote that I use in school, 
where the teacher puts a multiple-choice question on the board 
and you type in your answer on the remote and hit send? For 
fill-in-the-blank or short answers, you can also text in your 
answer, like you're texting on a phone.  It's part of the 
Permethian Education software.  Is the iClicker something like 
that?

 Chris

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 ----- Original Message -----
From: Kirt Manwaring <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com
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Date sent: Thu, 2 Jun 2011 15:52:20 -0600
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] I clicker

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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