CPS Verbal Mode

The verbal mode in CPS is one of the easiest and most powerful questioning techniques that CPS users can incorporate on an everyday basis in the classroom. This CPS mode is a teacher's dream - no prior preparation is required!

To Create Questions On The Fly:

• Select the "Verbal" option from your database toolbar to engage CPS verbal mode, naming the session and selecting a class or a generic roster to use.
• CPS is now engaged so that at any point during the discussion you can activate the CPS remotes by simply selecting the type of question to be asked.
• Ask questions periodically throughout the session to gain some immediate feedback and check for understanding.
• Questions can be delivered in multiple ways--verbally, from a wireless tablet such as the Interwrite Mobi or a full-size Interwrite DualBoard, a diagram, or any number of questioning techniques that you may use in class.

By incorporating CPS into your lecture or discussion time, you now have access to real-time data that allows you to see immediately what your students are thinking and how well they are processing the material you have covered. For the instructor, the ability to check on-the-spot understanding periodically throughout your daily lesson without any prior preparation will radically change the effectiveness of teaching time spent.

Teachers can benefit from the verbal questioning mode by correcting misconceptions as they teach and students can use this to eliminate some of the fear of being incorrect or asking the "silly question."

Verbal questioning is an excellent way to do polls, voting, rating questions,and allowing students to give a genuine answer to their thoughts without the fear of differing from the group. When your class discussion takes a route that wasn't in your notes, you've still got the ability to implement questioning with clickers.

Enjoy these ideas for incorporating questions on the fly:

Plan Your Questions

While planning your lessons, note simple multiple-choice questions in the margins of your lesson plan that you could ask to check for understanding during the course of your lesson.

Survey Students During Lecture

During class discussions, survey students to give every student a voice and the ability to weigh in on the topic of discussion.

Pose Questions Over Other Instructional Materials

Get immediate feedback from students by using CPS verbal mode during lessons delivered with any other instructional materials (ie. maps, video, documents, websites, experiments, class presentations, etc.).

Incorporate Homework Questions Into Lecture

Check if students did their homework by assigning them the development of 2-3 "clicker questions" that they submit to you the next day. Start your lecture by using several of these questions to check for accountability.

We'd love to hear your best ideas for using CPS verbal mode.
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