The finished activities/gridsets have been designed to provide both instructional materials as well as assessment opportunities for both students and educators. The 3-2-1 format is patterned after the State of Florida Department of Education’s Alternate Assessment format which is very similar to formats being used by other institutions around the country. 

The format provides students with an initial question and three (3) possible answers. If the student chooses the “correct” answer, the activity/gridset automatically goes to the next question in that subject area. 

If the student however chooses one of the two “incorrect” answers the activity/gridset moves to another page where the same question is read aloud to the student and two possible answers are now available. The incorrect answer that was originally chosen by the student has been removed. The student now has a choice of the remaining incorrect answer as well as the correct answer. 

If the student chooses the correct answer at level two (2) the activity/gridset moves to the next question. If however, the student chooses the second incorrect answer, the activity/gridset moves to the final page for that question. On that final page the student is presented with the same question and only one (1) possible answer which is the correct one. 

Please note: that as the student moves through each activity/gridset step, the student receives auditory feedback. Also, the student’s answers are automatically captured for both reporting and data collection purposes.  

The seventy plus activities have been designed to help meet national and state standards for learning in the areas of Science, History, Geography, Mathematics, Language Arts, Early Skills, Life Skills and a Miscellaneous category.  

In working with a number of ‘beta” test groups as we built and tested the activities/gridsets we have received excellent reviews from educators stating that they have successfully used these activities with white boards and various display devices for entire classroom instruction.  

Other groups have stated that they have also used the activities/gridsets as a part of the initial assessment process for students. Please note that this product was not developed to be a “formal” assessment tool per se. but it will be used to augment that process in a number of school districts in the future. 

So let’s walk you through the process with a couple of activities/gridsets. When you first get the CD you will find documentation on the CD that shows you how to copy and paste the entire folder of activities/gridsets and templates into Clicker 5. This essentially will create a folder for you within Clicker 5.

When you open up the folder from within Clicker 5, you will simply click on the “launcher” and the following screen will appear: 

Let’s click on the “History” tab first: When we click on that tab: we will receive the following screen which provides you with a number of finished activities/gridsets as well as spaces where you can develop additional history activities/gridsets and link them to the launcher. 

When we do so, we will see the cover page for that activity/gridst as well as a pictorial representation of the topics we will be asked questions about.  

In this case, if the student chose “Ancient Egypt” they would receive appropriate auditory feedback saying that they have chosen the correct answer and that “Ancient Egypt” was a great civilization that was established near the lower portions of the Nile River in Africa. The activity/gridset would then go automatically to the next question.

If they however chose “Ancient Greece” as their choice they would automatically receive the following page:  

If the student chooses the correct answer at level two (i.e. 2 choices) the activity will proceed to the next question. If however the student chooses the other incorrect choice the activity will proceed to the final page of that question.  

Behind the scenes we are automatically capturing the answers chosen by the student showing not only what the question and correct answer was but also what they chose at each level of the activity and questions. That information is then available in printable reports or can be stored in student portfolios if they have been established on your systems.  

So let’s look at another activity/gridset. But in this case, one from the Language Arts category, i.e. “Prepositions I”. When we click on the Language Arts tab on the launcher we receive a list of finished activities in that subject area.  

When we click on “Prepositions I” cell, we will receive the following activity/gridset cover.  

If the student chooses the ‘lamp and phone’ in the middle as the correct choice, the activity/gridset will proceed to the next question. The functionality and mode of operation is the same as the previously reviewed “historical” activity/gridset which was built upon template #1.

If the student chooses the “desk and lamp” as an incorrect choice, the activity/gridset proceeds to a two (2) button choice format.  

If the student had chosen the canisters as the correct choice on the original page they would then receive the following page:  

If now the student were to choose the “lamp and phone” as the correct answer on either of the two button pages, the activity would move automatically to the next question. If however, the student chooses incorrectly again, the activity will move to a final page for that question and display the following question and choice.  

Please note that all of the activities/gridsets are fully accessible by switch users, touch screens and potentially other devices.