Professor Creates Interactive Software To Enhance Student Learning

In search of an inexpensive solution to engage students in challenging courses like physics and astronomy, a semi-retired professor has created a popular interactive software tool that reportedly increases  classroom participation and boosts grades and learning. FarSightNet software allows a professor to mark up PowerPoint slides and it also allows interactive written responses from students in class, each of whom is equipped with a wireless tablet computer. FarSightNet allows the professor to "call" on a student to solve an equation, for example, and can project that response on the board for everyone to see. Read more at:
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