Classroom Testing and Training
Although the use of voting systems in the classroom give the advantage of immediate feedback and can be used to set tests to the participants, it must be remembered that the real beneft of interactive voting systems comes about as a result of the discussion that can occur around the results, not just from the results themselves.
When lectures are made more interesting then they are made more memorable, and one of the better ways of making them more interesting is to make use of an interactive voting system. Interactive voting systems can be used to enhance both the trainer’s and trainee’s experience in the class by transforming the presentation into an interactive presentation. From the trainer’s perspective, it allows them to instantly assess knowledge level, or opinions, on the topic being discussed for the day. From the trainee’s perspective, it allows them to instantly see, in a non-threatening way, their knowledge level on the subject matter in comparison to their peers.
Interactive voting system can provide a method to quickly test and instantly evaluate the trainees’ knowledge level on the topic. Responses can be tracked by individual (by means of a roster file that links keypad numbers to names) or can be anonymous with overall group feedback. Response data can be fed back to the group, or simply saved and tracked for later viewing and printout. Test questions can be given different weights for scoring and can be assigned a topic or subject. This allows you to test participants on a variety of topics with the questions in a random order, but receive a report based on how the participants scored by topic.
For making learning fun, you can also divide your audience into teams to turn your testing into an enjoyable and motivational game show style event. Graphics can be instantly produced to show the percentage of each team that answered the question correctly and also show how the different teams are doing at any time. Points scored can be accumulated throughout the game and shown in rounds or overall. All data gathered is stored within the voting software and can be exported for analysis at a later date. Some voting softwares have there own reporting features that allow export into other programmes for further analysis. Other softwares have sophisticated integrated MSOffice based reports that produce a wide range of different reports.
Voting systems can be used in a number of ways in the classroom, one of the most effective ways is to use the system to run a short test at the beginning of the session to gauge the level of knowledge of the subject, without showing the correct answers. Then during the training session ask questions to ensue that the participants have understood the learning points put across to them,and then finally at the end ask some questions to see how knowledge of the subject has changed. Ask the same questions at the end of the session that you asked at the beginning of the session to see a before and after comparison and this time show the correct answer.
Reports such as a Class Report can be used to give an immediate overview of how the class has done at the end of the lesson.
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