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Ideas for better sessions
Exit Ticket Ideas: 25 Prompts for Any Lesson
25 exit ticket ideas grouped by what you need to know, how to sort answers in five minutes, and how to run exit tickets when phones are banned.
Kahoot Alternatives for Classrooms: 7 Options (2026)
Kahoot alternatives for teachers compared by what students answer on and what works in phone-free classrooms, plus how to make quiz games teach.
Check for understanding: 12 techniques for any class
12 ways to check for understanding with the whole class at once, what to do with the answers, and how to write questions that reveal misconceptions.
Formative assessment ideas: 20 quick checks that work
20 formative assessment ideas sorted by Wiliam's five strategies, with the research behind them and how to act on what you find out.
Student Engagement Strategies for Large Lecture Halls
Student engagement strategies that work with 200+ students: peer instruction step by step, question timing, grading and a 50-minute lecture plan.
Classroom Response System Buyer's Guide: 10 Checks
What to check before you buy a classroom response system: answer devices, Wi-Fi, room size, software, anonymity, reports, privacy rules and a pilot plan.
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Clickers in the Classroom: What the Research Shows
What 20 years of research says about clickers in the classroom: where they raise scores, where they don't, and the teaching habits that matter.
Phone bans in schools: keeping lessons interactive
Phone bans now cover most US states and England. Here is what the research says, and six no-phone ways to get every student answering in class.
TurningPoint Alternatives: How to Compare Clicker Systems
TurningPoint is now Echo360 PointSolutions. What changed, which universities stayed or moved, the alternatives, and the questions to ask before you switch.
iClicker Alternatives With No Student Fees
Want in-class polling students never pay for? Compare department-owned clickers, paper cards and campus licenses, and how to run a shared clicker set.
Audience Response Systems in Medical Education: A Guide
How to use an audience response system for case-based teaching, grand rounds and CPD: what the research shows, question design and a session plan.
Training Session Engagement: How to Measure Learning
Practical ways to raise training session engagement and measure what people learned: question points, pre and post checks, and reports managers trust.
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- FlyTips for Smooth SessionsTips to help you run more effective sessions.
- FlyQuestion Types for TeachingThe different types of questions people use when teaching or training with OMBEA.
- FlyOMBEA and Peer InstructionHow to apply Peer Instruction techniques in OMBEA Response.
- FlyRunning QuizzesUse OMBEA to run a quiz with your group.
- RunCompetitionsHow to use the special Competition slides within OMBEA Response.
- RunTracking Live ResultsHow to use the Result Monitor in OMBEA Response.
- FlyImproving AccessibilityKey considerations when designing your OMBEA Response slides to be more accessible.
- FlyIdeas for ConferencesThe different things you could do with OMBEA Response at a conference.
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