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A Summary of the Key Ways I Use Classroom Technology Thomas J. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A Summary of the Key Ways I Use Classroom Technology Thomas J. - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
A Summary of the Key Ways I Use Classroom Technology Thomas J. Linneman Associate Professor of Sociology tjlinn@wm.edu Clickers Blackboard My History with Clickers: Fall 2010: SOCL250: Principles of Sociology Fall 2011: SOCL250: Principles
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My History with Clickers: Fall 2010: SOCL250: Principles of Sociology Fall 2011: SOCL250: Principles of Sociology Spring 2012: SOCL353: Social Statistics
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Reasons for Using Clickers: 1.) Interactivity 2.) Accountability 3.) Gauging Comprehension 4.) Immediacy
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When class is over, the program sends an Excel file to me with the day’s clicker data.
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According to Conley, what is the main difference between prejudice and discrimination?
- A. Prejudice is more serious than
discrimination.
- B. Prejudice is toward a group,
discrimination is toward an individual.
- C. Prejudice is a feeling, discrimination is
an act.
- D. They are really two words for the same
thing.
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Dependent Variable: Hours Per Week Use Web Independent Variable Education (in years) .98*** Constant
- 6.94
What does the .98 mean?
- A. 98% of people use the web.
- B. Education and web use have a
.98 correlation.
- C. For every year of education,
web use increases .98 hours.
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Laura has a variable for the religious denomination of her survey respondents (Protestant, Catholic, Jewish, Muslim, etc.). She calculates the median for this variable. This is:
- A. Appropriate
- B. Inappropriate
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Have you, in the past twelve months, participated in a boycott?
- A. Yes
- B. No
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All assessment of student work in my courses runs digitally through Blackboard.
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Example of Grading Digitally:
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