“Religion professor Mark Dennis was among the first to use the device, called the iClicker, for his Introduction to Religion class, in part because it reduces paper consumption. For example, using the device for 20 quizzes throughout the semester in the class of 40 students saves an estimated 800 sheets of paper.”
“Developed by a team of four University of Illinois physicists, the device is now being used by more than 500,000 students in North America. Currently the device can only be used to record responses to multiple-choice questions, but a new model is in the works that can record text.”
TCU Magazine
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Seems counterintuitive for a new device when all of these kids have a cell phone, and most of these kids have a smartphone (or tablet now).
Wouldnt simple SaaS app work better, or even SMS or Twitter? Price point better, user provisioning eliminates one less thing to break
Posted by: roger bottum | May 17, 2011 at 02:22 PM
Roger, you make a good point. Smartphones are threatening all kinds of single function devices - Flips, GPS, even some medical devices. But in reverse, as we saw with multi-function printers there are often too complex or not as good as single function devices like scanners. The pendulum keeps swinging.
Posted by: vinnie mirchandani | May 21, 2011 at 10:07 AM