Word: clicker
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...Clickers, blogs, and even Google’s Android cell phone are all showing up in classrooms across Harvard’s campus. But many Harvard professors say that though the days of internet-free classrooms may be long over, nothing will replace face to face interactions in the classroom that are the foundation of Harvard’s Cambridge-style education model. According to a recent article in the New York times, institutions are becoming more and more willing to pour scarce dollars into interactive technologies for the classroom. Online institutions like the University of Pheonix, Devry, and even...
...telethons, which have raised more than $1 billion to date. And if the pity party gets to be a bit too much, follow Lewis' own words from a 1990 broadcast: "If you find I'm annoying, I'm getting to you, you've got a remote-control clicker...
...lecture—you literally get extra credit for showing up and answering questions with an electronic clicker. Exam questions closely parallel the practice problems, and you are allowed a cheat sheet on all exams. The gravest challenge in this course is not learning the material but rather sustaining any semblance of motivation throughout the semester. Exercise some self-control, and you’ll be fine...
...square-meter area in one hour," says Mkumbo. "It takes one [human] de-miner two weeks to do the same area." And all that the rats ask in return is tasty food. When Samo signals the presence of a mine by scratching the ground, Emmanuel, his handler, presses a clicker which makes a noise that Samo has been trained to associate with food. He scampers over and snatches his banana from Emmanuel, devouring it in a couple of quick bites. To maintain their conditioning, the rats require regular training when they're not in the field - and on training days...
...interview after the meeting, Ayogu said that Wu had told him to vote in her stead. Wu maintained that she intended him to simply return the clicker for her at the end of the meeting...