Reviews

Teachers' Reviews
TEEM website, Spring/Summer 2001

These are excerpts from reviews carried out by practising teachers. To read the reviews in full, visit the TEEM website at www.teem.org.uk

Clicker 4 is a very useful classroom tool. I have used it across children of all levels at Y4 and have had encouraging results, especially with slower learning pupils who find writing difficult. With special needs pupils I was able to set work specific to their main needs - high frequency words and phonics. Higher ability children used the program to compose written pieces for topic work and creative writing as well as exploring the finer points of grammar. As a teacher, I was able to adapt the grids for groups, targeting their needs for that session. Once the technique for modification is mastered it becomes a simple task. I used the program to set up concept grids in order to assess work we had done in the previous topic. In all I used the package in Literacy, History and Science and I can see the possibilities for use in other subjects. This is a useful piece of software because it is flexible and can be used across the curriculum. Children find this easy and rewarding to use.
Linda Wilkin, Newsham First School

This is a very versatile piece of software which can enhance teaching and learning through the use of ICT in many areas of the curriculum... There is a link to the Crick Software website to download further grids relevant to any topic or activity you are undertaking. These are a fantastic resource and cover Literacy, Numeracy and other topic links... The images and presentation are of a high standard and the choice of speech is good... This title can support any curriculum area within the breadth of your imagination... I would recommend this as an essential piece of software.
Ruth Pimentel, Bar Hill School

Clicker 4 supports a wide range of literacy work... It helps pupils compose work and the ability to read work back to pupils helps to place it above ordinary book based material. The program is easy to use and the children became familiar with it quickly... The navigation skills that they learned when using this program were evident later on when using other software... Aspects of the ICT attainment targets are built into this... I found Clicker a very user friendly package. The children thoroughly enjoyed using this title. I think the sheer variety of work that they could produce added to their enjoyment.
Angela Jones, St Mary's, Pembrokeshire

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