Senteo Clickers, the SMARTBoard & EQAO
With EQAO (Education Quality and Accountability Office) right around the corner, what better way to practice the multiple choice questions from last year then on the SMARTBoard.
Take it one step further. By creating clicker questions from last year’s multiple choice, you can easily determine which strands your students need help in and which they excel in, by exporting the results into graphs.
Not only can you determine who got what right / wrong in a matter of seconds, you can show the results to the class and have them determine which questions were done poorly, just by looking at the bar graph.
The one issue I have is time. You cannot move onto the next question until everyone is done with the previous question. Some students require more time and might feel pressured to asnwer, giving inaccurate results. I would suggest leaving the question up for a period while they are practicing something else at their seats. The clicker question can be answered anytime in that period. Have the slower students start first. There are many ways to help this issue, i’m sure you are thinking of a few now.
The point is, EQAO practice should be fun. These kids are already terrified of a standardized test. Bring in the technology, graph the results, have debates over split views on open response questions. The possibilities seem endless to me.
