Presentations

Featured TurningPoint User Conference Presentations Integrating Audience Response Into Everyday Meetings Tony DeAscentis - Turning Technologies, LLC This session will be a mock meeting to observe first hand how TurningPoint can be integrated into your everyday settings and will walk you through how to get the most out of your business meetings. Download It Takes Two to Tango: Cliché-Riddled Strategies to Get Students to Buy In to Clicker Use Craig C. McLauchlan - Illinois State University In this session the presenter will address how students must actively participate in using the response devices in order for them to be effective, will illustrate the presenters perspective from both sides of the interaction (teacher and student), and highlight several methods used to motivate students in a fun and pedagogically useful way. Download Large-scale Deployment: Lessons Learned from a 100+ Classroom Install with 5000 User Start Doug Smith - Illinois State University This session will explain the method used to plan and manage a large scale installation of TurningPoint, the training that was developed, and the support that is on-going for faculty and students. Download What Are Your Students REALLY Thinking? Jeffrey Stowell - Eastern Illinois University In this session the presenter will share how he uses the response system and his data on how TurningPoint provides immediate and accurate feedback, engages students, is easy to learn, and gives students greater confidence that they will do better on exams. Download Active Learners in Large Classes   Janet E. Bitzan - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee College of Nursing This session will demonstrate how the use of a Student Response System allows students in large classes to be active learners, show examples of how to use clickers for various tasks, and present the data gathered in the first year of implementation. Download Clickers, Chords and Counterpoint: Two Music Applications Using TurningPoint Technology David Williams - Illinois State University, Nathan Edwards - Tremont JR/SR High School This interactive session will share two experiences using the TurningPoint audience response system to create interactive participation at a national pre-conference training session and to create a responsive and enjoyable classroom learning experience for junior high students learning music fundamentals. Download Clicking Misconceptions Away William Bromer - University of St. Francis This session will show how a Geoscience Concept Inventory is being used to assess student misconceptions in Earth Science courses and how clickers are helping dispel these misconceptions. Download Engagement: From Clickers to Podcasts Gerald Bergtrom - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee This session tells the tale of progression, from the 'first use' of TurningPoint, to subsequent revisions, to the Podcasting of clicker presentations that engage and then re-engage students with different learning styles in critical, conceptual thinking about biology. Download Front-loading Presentation Consciousness to Improving Knowledge Attainment John Pommier - Eastern Illinois University This session will look at how presenters can increase attendee awareness of material conveyed in their lecture by using TurningPoint Technologies prior and subsequent to information conveyed. Download Implementation of TurningPoint: Tales From the Front Lines Brian Formiconi, - Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science The session will focus on successes, as well as the expected and unexpected hurdles, encountered while incorporating TurningPoint into four different colleges, such as faculty training mishaps, common student questions, common faculty questions/mistakes and IT interactions. Download Implementing TurningPoint in a Small Classroom: A Case Study John Hooker - Illinois State University In this session an instructor who oversaw the implementation of TurningPoint into a basic public speaking course with class sizes of 23 students will discuss pedagogical strategies and experiences of using classroom response devices in a small class setting, as well as things to consider differently in a small class versus a lecture hall. Download Substantiating Your Results - Integrating TurningPoint with SPSS Statistical Software Antoine Thomas and Gina Palladino - Eastern Illinois University Center for Academic Technology Support This interactive session will address the dilemmas that were faced while acquiring quality feedback and compiling data, and how TurningPoint can play a key factor in improving your ability to gather the information that you need. Download Technology Support and Students: A Multi-User Perspective Using TurningPoint for Exam Review Sessions Dr. Melody Wollan and Lisa Dallas - Eastern Illinois University In this session, the presenters will share their experiences and perspective when using the TurningPoint system, which includes their initial approach to TurningPoint by conducting exam review sessions to help students where they needed clarification. Download TurningPoint and Response Clickers at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business: Lessons Learned Eric Kinser - Indiana University Kelley School of Business This session discusses the use of TurningPoint software, in conjunction with an Audience Response Clicker system, in two required technology courses and the positive results and increased student participation in large lecture sections. Download Using TurningPoint for Distance Learning Carrie Greenaway - Turning Technologies, LLC This session is designed to help you use TurningPoint interactive response systems for Distance Learning offerings and assist with bringing even your furthest students into the virtual learning environment. Download