Raise your hand or click a button

[Archived in Entry, Wireless Handheld]

Mathew Ingram on 2003/09/15:

  „Raise your hand or click a button (from gizmodo)Hoping to make large classes more interactive, a growing number of professors on large campuses are requiring students to buy wireless, handheld transmitters that give teachers instant feedback on whether they understand...“

http://completewasteoftime.blogs.com/weblog/2003/09/ click_1_for_yes.html - Cached

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Peter Van Dijck's Guide to Ease: November 2003 Archives

  „Each event can have a URL (semantics: where to go when user clicks on event), a title, a description and an image.“

http://www.poorbuthappy.com/ease/archives/ 2003_11.html - Cached

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Wireless Rapport in the Classroom

  „Hoping to make large classes more interactive, a growing number of professors on large campuses are requiring students to buy wireless, handheld transmitters that give teachers instant feedback on whether they understand the lesson.“

Found at a page of Alex Gault, posted on 2003/09/15

http://www.collaborationcafe.com/2003/09/ wireless_rappor.html - Cached

Pop Quiz in Your Pocket

  „But there may be a downside to university hi-tech if students actually have to start attending these classes. Gizmodo linked to this Boston Globe story about handheld devices UMass students are required to purchase. The devices are registered and assigned a numbers so that professors -- especially in large lecture classes -- can take attendence.“

Found at a page of joanne, posted on 2003/09/15

http://www.joannemcneil.com/blog/archives/ 000162.html - Cached

Cameras as data collection devices

  „These chips act as transponders (transmitters/responders), always listening for a radio signal sent by transceivers, or RFID readers. When a transponder receives a certain radio query, it responds by transmitting its unique ID code, perhaps a 128-bit number, back to the transceiver. Most RFID tags don't have batteries (How could they?“

Found at a page of manne, posted on 2003/07/17

http://www.hultberg.org/mt-linklog/archive/ 2003_07.html#000149 - Cached

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