1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,875 MATTHEW CARNES: I try to take a picture with the class. 2 00:00:01,875 --> 00:00:03,030 So just smile for a second. 3 00:00:03,030 --> 00:00:04,710 She's going to take a picture with all of us. 4 00:00:04,710 --> 00:00:06,180 Because my parents sometimes, sometimes they 5 00:00:06,180 --> 00:00:07,055 ask me, what do I do. 6 00:00:07,055 --> 00:00:08,592 [LAUGHTER] 7 00:00:08,592 --> 00:00:09,929 [INTERPOSING VOICES] 8 00:00:09,929 --> 00:00:11,012 MATTHEW CARNES: Get ready. 9 00:00:11,012 --> 00:00:12,470 Everybody smile. 10 00:00:12,470 --> 00:00:13,960 One, two, three. 11 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:14,460 Great. 12 00:00:14,460 --> 00:00:16,650 [MUSIC PLAYING] 13 00:00:16,650 --> 00:00:20,460 So every student has one of these Clickers 14 00:00:20,460 --> 00:00:21,930 with a little a, b, c, d, and e. 15 00:00:21,930 --> 00:00:24,480 And during the course of the lecture, I ask questions. 16 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,170 So they can be opinion questions. 17 00:00:28,170 --> 00:00:30,840 Or I can ask a question, we all read Samuel Huntington 18 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:31,710 last week. 19 00:00:31,710 --> 00:00:34,020 Does Huntington claim a, b, c, d, or e. 20 00:00:34,020 --> 00:00:35,400 And then they click in. 21 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,650 And then immediately, I can show the responses 22 00:00:37,650 --> 00:00:39,660 and we can then talk about them. 23 00:00:39,660 --> 00:00:41,190 And I actually find it most helpful 24 00:00:41,190 --> 00:00:42,900 when students get things wrong. 25 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:45,630 People were surprised when I came to Georgetown, because I 26 00:00:45,630 --> 00:00:48,900 asked before I got here, could I introduce these Clickers 27 00:00:48,900 --> 00:00:51,430 into the classroom, which now are all over the place. 28 00:00:51,430 --> 00:00:54,390 And so when I asked about this, people said, well you know, 29 00:00:54,390 --> 00:00:56,630 Jesuits are supposed to be kind of old school. 30 00:00:56,630 --> 00:00:58,630 And I said, well, but I want to engage students. 31 00:00:58,630 --> 00:01:00,588 And I think this is a way of engaging students. 32 00:01:00,588 --> 00:01:03,540 And so let's try this as a way that gets them constantly 33 00:01:03,540 --> 00:01:04,500 always involved. 34 00:01:04,500 --> 00:01:06,510 And so it allows me to ask questions of them. 35 00:01:06,510 --> 00:01:08,280 They can respond throughout the lecture. 36 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,950 And so in a class of 200, everyone 37 00:01:10,950 --> 00:01:12,960 is participating, rather than just the three, 38 00:01:12,960 --> 00:01:14,700 or five, or 12 that raise their hands. 39 00:01:14,700 --> 00:01:16,980 Everybody several times during the lecture 40 00:01:16,980 --> 00:01:19,050 has to weigh in on something. 41 00:01:19,050 --> 00:01:20,130 I get their responses. 42 00:01:20,130 --> 00:01:23,263 I can then ask people, why did they say that. 43 00:01:23,263 --> 00:01:24,930 So this active engagement and ultimately 44 00:01:24,930 --> 00:01:27,055 the shared responsibility for the learning endeavor 45 00:01:27,055 --> 00:01:29,387 is something that we Jesuits really prize. 46 00:01:29,387 --> 00:01:31,470 Both because I think people learn better that way, 47 00:01:31,470 --> 00:01:32,685 but because we learn too. 48 00:01:32,685 --> 00:01:35,310 And we become better at what we do as educators, and ultimately 49 00:01:35,310 --> 00:01:39,470 as human beings and as Jesuits when we hear from others. 50 00:01:39,470 --> 00:01:40,000