Class Pi at Southwestern Region of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges
As part of the AIMS2 Computer Science Cohort I had the chance to work with a team of four and work on a Raspberry PI board. This project would provide a instructor a way to gather information from their students during lecture. The Raspberry PI would serve a website where they would vote and analyze the professors methods of teaching the material. Class Pi, the official name of the project, was presented at the Southwestern Region of the Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges and won 1st place in the poster presentations.
Abstract – ClassPi
The purpose of ClassPi is immediately obvious to all college students – creating a better system of communication between the instructor and the student. There are countless cases in which students are unable to grasp the concept of a topic, or instructors cannot gauge the level of understanding of their students. ClassPi serves as the mediator, to bridge the gap between instructor and student. ClassPi allows the instructor to post up questions about his topic for the class to see. Students are able to respond to those questions and give feedback about the instructor’s topic. Students’ answers are made immediately visible to the instructor by means of graphs. This provides the instructor with fresh, live information regarding students’ understanding of the course material. ClassPi runs on a Raspberry Pi server, which provides an ample amount of mobility. Students are able to access ClassPi via WiFi enabled devices. Features for instructors include Instructor View, where they are able to upload questions before the start of the class, to see the results of the quiz, and to see how focused the students are on the topic. Student features include a quiz-taking page, and a feedback field. These features in ClassPi help modernize the traditional classroom to new technologies, which will result in better student-instructor communication and overall positively impact education.