[nabs-l] Animal observation and experiment for biology class

[Arielle Silverman]

I wonder if there is a way to lock the channel on the clicker so you
can't accidentally get kicked out of the channel you need to be in?
Arielle

On 9/22/13, Suzanne Germano <sgermano at asu.edu> wrote:
> Our clicker questions are every lecture and count toward our grade. She has
> read the questions out loud but quickly and they are biology genetics stuff
> so I usually need to reread and make sure I have all the data right before
> doing my punnet squares or come up with the answer.
>
> Most of the time the questions were not super long so I had time to reread
> and calculate.
>
> There have been several times I enter my answer and my screen says change
> channel? I need to get out magnifier which takes a few seconds to turn on
> then go through the menu on the clicker o make sure the channel is still
> right, get back to the place ot answer then answer. The channel is often
> wrong because it took my answer entry as my input for new channel.
>
> I have 2 days with no answers registered when got all four each day
> correct.
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 2:26 PM, Elizabeth Mohnke
> <lizmohnke at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hello Suzanne,
>>
>> I am not sure if each college or university uses the clicker questions in
>> the same manner, but I can describe how I have been able to use them
>> while
>> attending a community college.
>>
>> The professor who uses the clicker questions only uses them for review
>> questions and poll questions. Therefore, if a student is not able to
>> participate, or does not wish to participate, it does not effect their
>> grade.
>>
>> In the past, the professor handed out the clickers during class. They
>> were
>> not all that complicated as they had a layout similar to a telephone
>> keypad. However, this semester students can use either a cell phone to
>> text
>> the answer, or log into the survey website with their laptop computers.
>>
>> In either case, the professor reads both the question and the answers
>> aloud so I can follow along with what the rest of the class is doing.
>> When
>> the professor used the clickers, all I had to do was press the button
>> that
>> corresponded with the answer while pointing it in the direction of my
>> professor.
>>
>> I do not know if every school uses the clickers in this same manner, but
>> this is how I was able to deal with the situation. Alternative methods
>> may
>> be to ask a student sitting next to you to read the question and the
>> answers, or perhaps a reader from the disabilities office if they provide
>> such a service.
>>
>> Even though I have had usable vision for most of my life, I have found
>> non-visual techniques to be the most effective and efficient for me.
>> Perhaps you may wish to give some of them a try.
>>
>> Warm regards,
>> Elizabeth
>>
>> ------------------------------**--------------------
>> From: "Suzanne Germano" <sgermano at asu.edu>
>> Sent: Sunday, September 22, 2013 4:03 PM
>> To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" <
>> nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
>> Subject: [nabs-l] Animal observation and experiment for biology class
>>
>>  I am taking general biology as a lab science requirement. We have to
>>> observe an animal then design and experiment and then perform the
>>> experiment. An example that one person is doing is what percentage of
>>> time
>>> do duck go in the water based on temperature. We cannot do pets.
>>>
>>> I don't have people sitting around doing nothing waiting drive me
>>> somewhere
>>> and to be my eyes and observe and animal several times.
>>>
>>> Have any of you had to do something like this? What did you find the
>>> best
>>> solution to be?
>>>
>>> Also clicker questions. How do you deal with them? I use a cctv to see
>>> the
>>> board and even with that I can't read long questions fast enough. And
>>> there
>>> have been several times my clicker goes into change channel mode when I
>>> select an answer. I can't read the clicker display or the buttons. I
>>> have
>>> to get out my hand held cctv to read the screen and get it out of change
>>> channel mode by the time I fix it time is up.
>>>
>>> Suzanne
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