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=Module Three: Ethics, Equity, and Technology= ====**//Reflection Prompt://** Reflect on what you plan to do to address the equity and ethics issues when applying technologies. You may share with us about what you have been doing by addressing these aspects and what you will change after learning in this module. OR **describe a technology experience you had this week.**====

**Description **: This week for our teacher in-service day my school had a session dedicated to learning about the SMART Response interactive response system and clickers.

**Impact **: Our school just received SMART Response clickers and I was incredibly excited and eager to learn about them. I have used response clickers as a student in undergrad before but I have never been able to implement this type of technology into my own classroom until now. I downloaded the software onto my computer and began exploring it on my own before the session began. During the session I learned how to make class lists and assign my students numbers for security reasons. As a group, my staff participated in a quiz about our school to help us practice using the different features of the clickers. I learned that I could make assessments for my students in a variety of ways. I could create true/false, yes/no, number fill ins, texting fill ins, or multiple choice questions. The program instantly makes a bar graph or pie chart that summarizes my students’ results so I can adjust my teaching to my students’ needs. However, after this week’s reading, I must make sure to secure my student’s individual data results to protect their privacy. I must make sure I am not violating the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974. I believe this piece of technology is going to greatly impact my ability to asses my students on a daily basis in a way that is fast, fun, and easy to evaluate.

This weekend I came across a website called SMART Exchange while I was researching about the SMART Response clickers. I cannot believe I did not know about this website before, it is so amazing. It has a gallery of standard correlated lessons and response clicker assessments for the SMARTboard for all grade levels. It also has an area where teachers can connect with one another and share resources. I am very excited about this website (better to find it later than never). I just wanted to share in case someone else did not know about this resource.

**Intent **: Although I have not been given the opportunity to use the SMART Response clickers with my students yet, I definitely intend to do so as soon as possible. I am excited that I will be able to use this system as a way to gather formative information on my students’ skills and identify their strengths and weaknesses instantly. I think this system will minimize the amount of time I spend on grading papers and maximize the amount of intervention time I can provide to my students. With a little more exploration and experimentation I think I might be able to save my unit tests as a pdf file and import them into a SMART Notebook file and have my students take their tests using the clickers. Students can have a paper copy of the test right in front of them so they can work at their own pace and I will be able to get immediate feedback on my students’ knowledge. This is certainly something I am going to look into.

If anyone else uses response clickers in their classroom I am definitely interested in your feelings/opinions about their strengths and weaknesses. Also, if anyone has any special tips or learning activities dealing with response clickers that you would like to share I would love to touch base with you. Thanks!