Clickers

Last year I received student response systems to use in my class.  They were pretty cool, and the students loved using them.  They looked like BIG cell phones, and the students thought they were "big stuff" using them.  This year we got a new teaching unit, so clickers were ordered for her.  When hers came in, the other 5th grade teachers were jealous because she got the upgraded version, and they looked like little blackberries.  We talked with out administrator and told her we would be willing to give ours to 3rd grade teachers and train them how to use our clickers, if we could get the updated version.  It worked out in our favor because she was already planning on purchasing them for third grade.   I now have the upgraded version in my room, and the kids are even more excited.  We are now using them for all kinds of things.  For example, I now give my spelling tests using them...they text the words to me....no more paper/pencil tests!!!