Student Response Systems

Recently in the Toronto star there was an article about the use of student response systems in the classroom. Student response systems (SRS) are similar to what the audience uses to vote, on television shows like, Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

The concern is that these gadgets are just a waste of tax payers money and will be collecting dust once their novelty wears off. This won't be the case if educators are adequately taught how to properly use these devices to improve student performance.

From my two years of experience using ActiVote srs by Promethean, I have learn a few tips and tricks.

1) Keep the results anonymous - this allows all students to answer without embarrassment.

2) Have strict rules about keeping quiet during voting questions - this prevents students from sharing answers and defeating the entire purpose of the srs.

3) Do not use it for formal quizzes or tests - doing this will add too much stress on students that are struggling to get right answers.

4) Use to gage student understanding - after a lesson use the srs to figure out if most students followed the lesson and to find out which students need extra help.

5) Don't overuse the srs - If you overuse the srs, students will not take it seriously and results will not be useful.

Student Response Systems can be a useful teaching tool if educators understand how they should properly utilize them in their classrooms. The two main response systems available on the market are SMART's Senteo and Promethean's ActiVote which work seamlessly with their respective digital whiteboards.

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Simple Golf Swing Secrets

In preparation for my overseas game for Tuesday, was practicing yesterday a particular golf thought with a buddy of mine. It seems that my hand was placed a little too far from my body. Closer observation of the professionals, like Garcia and tiger, their hands are placed very close to their lower body.

tip #1:
I used to have a swing thought, that having the hands too close was incorrect. After having made this correction, I now bring my hands closer to my body, and not just for the short irons but for every club in the bag.

tip #2
During the take away, its also important to move the triangle formed by the left and right fore arms in one motion to the 2 o'clock or 8 o'clock position, depending from your point of view. Erine els said the takeaway is all hands, while some people just move their entire chest to the right (if you're a right hander). To me, I think both work, so long as it is a 1 piece takeaway for the triangle formed by the left and right forearms.

tip #3
Its also important to note that the shaft of the club does not pass the toe line. this is the imaginary line drawn across the toes of the left and right foot.

One interesting point to note is that keeping the hand close to the body, does not mean that the club head will cross this toe line. Its a false golf thought I had, and hope if you're reading this, it will help you too.

Be sure to have a golf buddy take a video for you, and read lots of golf books because have the right golf thoughts mixed with your vides will produce you a beautiful and elegant golf swing!

this is the award winning guide sherman used to build his elegant & yet simple golf swing - http://elegantgolfswing.blogspot.com

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