The InterWrite Personal Response System ("clickers" or PRS) is a set of small wireless transmitters by which students respond to questions and software by which faculty compose questions and track responses. Consider the following applications for your classroom:

• as a pretest -- determine level of students understanding, adjust instruction accordingly
• as a posttest -- assess and adjust lesson planning for the next class using informal/untracked assessment or a quiz
• in review -- for midterm or final exams

For more information about the pedagogy of this technology, you may find "7 things you should know about ... Clickers" (PDF) and Patti Frazer Lock's Best Practices project "Calculus and the Personal Response System" (Feb., 2006) very helpful. You  may also contact the HelpDesk @ 5770 and request a consultation
with a member of the educational technologies team to discuss using PRS as a pedagogical tool.

Interested in PRS at SLU?

Information Technology has a portable system with 40 of the older IR "clickers" available for loan. Two weeks advance notice is required to arrange a this loan; the loan period extends for 2 weeks but may be renewed if the equipment is not otherwise reserved. To reserve, please use the PRS loan form.

Once approved, Educational Technologies staff will provide training on both hardware and software fundamentals. This training can be delivered in either a workshop setting or on an individual basis. IT staff will be available to help with setting up and troubleshooting equipment issues.