Technology & Learning November 2007 - (Page 10) » Product Guide 10 Clicker Options » Qwizdom » The Q2 is Qwizdom’s newest remote and uses revolutionary E-ink display technology and can be customized to a school’s mascot or colors. Like the Q4, the Q2 uses standards-based radio-frequency communication. It features seven different answer choices: multiple choice, true/ false, yes/no, numeric, multiple-mark multiple choice, rating scale, and sequencing. Students can input fractions, decimals, and negative numbers, and they receive instant right/wrong feedback on each device. Qwizdom provides a unique instructor remote that allows teachers to control the presentation, play/pause media, view graphs, call on students at random, and create on-the-fly questions from anywhere in the room. Q2 systems start at $950 and Q4 systems start at $1350. www.qwizdom.com Renaissance Learning New features of the AlphaSmart NEO 2 allow students to take Acclerated Reader quizzes right at their desks. NEO 2 costs a fraction of standard laptops, and its battery life will last up to 700 hours. Extra features include wireless printing, a large LCD screen, full-size keyboard, two-way communication, and instant on/off with built-in autosave. $219–$239 per unit. www.alphasmart.com eInstruction H-ITT Both the H-ITT IR and RF two-way remote units are fast. The RF system can record up to 1,000 responses in one second, and the IR system can record up to 100 responses in one second, and this rate can be increased by adding extra base units to the classroom. Publishers say the IR system is 10 times faster than conventional IR remotes and other IR audience response systems. Clickers come in fun neon colors: orange, yellow, and green. $795–$1,395 for K–12 class pack. www.h-itt .com SMART Technologies The Senteo interactive response system is fully integrated with SMART’s Notebook collaborative learning software, linking teachers to numerous education resources. Teachers can incorporate any of 6,000 learning objects into their quizzes, or use them to animate corresponding lesson plans created with Notebook. $1,599–$1,999. www .smarttech.com/ senteo CPS IR combines durable hardware with the powerful CPS software to create an interactive learning environment in any classroom. The CPS RF offers rich feedback, and teachers can ask multiple choice and numeric questions in classes of up to 1,000 students. Each response pad has a three-line LCD screen that allows students to view the questions and the answers they have entered. The symbol button makes it easy to answer higher-level math and science questions. $1,095–$3,745. www.eInstruction.com 10 | www.techlearning.com » » » http://www.alphasmart.com http://www.qwizdom.com http://www.eInstruction.com http://www.smarttech.com/senteo http://www.smarttech.com/senteo http://www.smarttech.com/senteo http://www.h-itt.com http://www.h-itt.com http://www.techlearning.com
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