Reporter should explain ‘clicker’ terminology

Re: “Profs Find Clickers Useful in Class,” News, March 27


March 28, 2007

To the Editor:

Emily Levine’s “clicker” article assumes that Sun readers know what a clicker is, how it works and what it produces or records. Many Sun readers (including me) do not currently attend lectures, are unlikely to have ever seen a clicker and probably found her article hard to understand. A good reporter and communicator defines or explains technology or terminology that is unfamiliar to his or her readers.

Ron Demer ’59