At Kent State University serveral rooms have been outfited with IR units for the clickers. They dont work well. The manufacturers reported to my instructors that fluorescent lights messup the signal from the clickers. Also the range of the clickers dont allow for large lecture halls of 250 people. While the tracking software was able to hold 250 students "profiles" the performance in the classroom was slow. I hear there are programs that would allow for PDAs with 802.11b to function as clickers but i dont know any students that are going to buy a $150 PDA for a intro business class (my clicker was for an intro business class of about 250 people). the system we used is called CPS and is at http://www.einstruction.com
As for the software you would need to have some sort of database to create "profiles for each student..their name, clicker ID, and scores/data entered. You would need to be able to have a display to show if the clicker input was captured.
i have used the 2.6 kernel series since it came out. I run Gentoo and i have a few debian systems. I try to keep up with the latest version. the gentoo system has 2.6.13 installed and i have no problems.
Most of the managers i have worked with do not have the tech skills. One guy was able to make ethernet patch cables but that was about it, he could not make his email work and constantly had "problems" with his PC. Another guy had lots of knowledge of ATM networks, but could not understand spanning tree protocol. Both of these guys were hard to work with and they gave very little respect to those around them. At a different job, the manager was very good both at helping the workers and dealing with customers, she had the respect of everyone there and the workers respected her as well. I think it really is just the personality of everyone involved. If you do not like the managers personality/performance than find a new job and put in your resignation.
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At Kent State University serveral rooms have been outfited with IR units for the clickers. They dont work well. The manufacturers reported to my instructors that fluorescent lights messup the signal from the clickers. Also the range of the clickers dont allow for large lecture halls of 250 people. While the tracking software was able to hold 250 students "profiles" the performance in the classroom was slow. I hear there are programs that would allow for PDAs with 802.11b to function as clickers but i dont know any students that are going to buy a $150 PDA for a intro business class (my clicker was for an intro business class of about 250 people). the system we used is called CPS and is at http://www.einstruction.com As for the software you would need to have some sort of database to create "profiles for each student..their name, clicker ID, and scores/data entered. You would need to be able to have a display to show if the clicker input was captured.
i have used the 2.6 kernel series since it came out. I run Gentoo and i have a few debian systems. I try to keep up with the latest version. the gentoo system has 2.6.13 installed and i have no problems.
Most of the managers i have worked with do not have the tech skills. One guy was able to make ethernet patch cables but that was about it, he could not make his email work and constantly had "problems" with his PC. Another guy had lots of knowledge of ATM networks, but could not understand spanning tree protocol. Both of these guys were hard to work with and they gave very little respect to those around them. At a different job, the manager was very good both at helping the workers and dealing with customers, she had the respect of everyone there and the workers respected her as well. I think it really is just the personality of everyone involved. If you do not like the managers personality/performance than find a new job and put in your resignation.