"Clicker 5" by Kristen Kennedy

In the review article from the October 2006 Techlearning Kristen Kennedy wrote about new software called Clicker 5. Clicker 5 is a software program that is a split screened combination of a talking word processor and the other called a grid, which is a multimedia writing space (Kennedy 1). Students use this software by dragging images and/or animations to the grid then in the writing space provided write down a narration (Kennedy 1). For more advanced students they will be able to drag their own images and animation into the multimedia grid (Kennedy 1). Kennedy explains further in the article that there are some drawbacks with this software. Two of these drawbacks that she explains are not being completely compatible with Mac users and the explorer portion of the software still has some problems.
This program seems geared toward literacy area subject matter. Kennedy uses Social Studies and Spanish as examples within this article. I feel as though, this seems like a good program, but maybe not entirely ok to use in a classroom setting unless the teacher is competent with the software. I believe it can be used within Phys. Ed, however I wouldn’t want to take time from my students moving around and being active to sit in front of the computer for half or an entire period. If this software, Clicker 5, continues to be upgraded and improves, it can be a real good learning tool within a classroom.