Renaissance Learning CRS Case Studies:EROL

Quotes from corporate and Education users using the Renaissance Learning CRS Voting System:~“Initially I used it with PowerPoint, but it's possible to use it with your interactive whiteboard software or using the internet directly.”

“The product has been used, by the various groups, in all parts of the lesson; starter, main and plenary to good effect. Does the product have a 'wow' factor? Yes it most certainly does…”

“I could see this would be a very useful tool to use if pupils were out on a visit and could have prompts and questions to encourage them to look around as they went.”

“In terms of integrating the product into schemes of work there is hardly any work to be done. The product can be used (in my opinion!) at anytime in a lesson with any class…and believe me I've deliberately trialled the product with some of my school's most challenging pupils.”

“I have a child in my class with a significant visual impairment, and it was possible to enlarge the text for her so that she was able to use the unit.”

“The units are very robust, and look similar to a TV channel changer, except that they also have a small display screen. They feel very 'solid' and one or two pupils who dropped theirs, inevitably perhaps, caused little concern, as the units still remained functional, without even a scratch on them.”

“This evaluation has been a dream … Everything necessary to use the product is included in the package and installation is easy to do. “

“To say that pupils were enthused by the product is an understatement! There was a real buzz of excitement using this product, and I personally have not had the situation of pupils asking for more homework because they enjoyed doing it so much.”

“For pupils, it gives each one of them a voice, and the room to offer their input into a lesson without fear of ridicule, or disappointment of letting the rest of the class know whether their answer was correct or not. “

“No matter what the age, gender or ability of the pupil the novelty of having a handset welcome you personally ensured that lessons started with both a bang and a good atmosphere.”“The time saved from the software doing the analysis work for me was also useful: all I needed to do was look at the graphs and decipher them.”

“Pupils when using this product were more enthused than I have seen them in a while. All pupils were engaged and on task.”

“One interesting side effect of using the product has been the rise in competitiveness amongst my pupils. In classes where previously pupils haven't been bothered about achieving, use of this product has bred an atmosphere of competitiveness so intense that I'm positively shocked at it.”

“All results gained whilst using Acceltest are stored and can be brought up by the teacher at a time of their choosing. This enables proper evaluation of pupil attainment, obtained by examination of assessment data to be done with a minimum of hassle at the most opportune time.”

“Sound too good to be true? Well it used to be- but not now! AlphaSmart have come up with a product which does all of the above.”~~~5037~5074~~