InkSurvey Tool

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Audience/Grade:	College Freshman-Continuing Education
Discipline(s):	All Science and Engineering Tablet PCs
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Learning Resource Type:	Teaching - Software Tool/Environment
Media Type:	Document
Author(s):	Frank Kowalski Susan Kowalski
Description:	InkSurvey is a classroom response system for Tablet PCs (free for non-commercial use by educators). With it, an instructor can pose an open-ended question in class to probe student understanding. Students then compose their responses on the Tablet PCs, using text or digital ink (graphs, equations, sketches,etc.). As the instructor refreshes his/her webpage, student responses are display as they are submitted. This real-time formative assessment promotes active learning and metacognition by all students, even when class enrollment is large (tested to 65). Thanks to a generous grant from HP, we now maintain a server that enables instructors from any institution to use the InkSurvey tool in their own classes.
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Related ABET Criteria:	(e) Identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems Engagement Knowledge about Student Progress Problem Solving Skills
Intervention(s):	Faculty/student interaction Problem solving Software packages
Use of Resource:	Engage students An overview of the InkSurvey software and it's impact on engagement is available at http://physics.mines.edu/outreach/classroomcommunicators/ A recent FIE paper shows that 100% of faculty surveyed agreed that "Compared with other innovations I have made in my teaching, I feel that using Tablet PCs in this manner has improved the learning that is occurring in my class."
Difficulty:	Medium
Interactivity Level:	Low