[aisle] Battle of the Books - "buzzing in" and best practices

[Karrie Fisher]

I've held a Battle of the Books for over 20 years and haven't ever done a
buzz-in.  I worry about kids with slower reflexes vs. kids with faster
reflexes.  I want all kids and teams to have the same opportunity to answer
the questions.  My kids answer on a Google form and they all have 30
seconds to answer.  I haven't had any issues with kids feeling like the
answer process was unfair, and even kids with slower processing skills were
able to answer the questions in that time.

Before the days of Google forms, each team got a booklet with 25 answer
sheets in it.  Again, everyone had 30 seconds to answer the questions.


Happily Ever After,
Karrie Fisher, Library Media Specialist
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On Tue, Apr 5, 2022 at 10:54 AM Emily Meszaros via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I'm running a Battle of the Books in a few weeks and wanted to get some
> tips on how to best track when teams "buzz in."  Last year I had a student
> spotter who would look for the first hand up - but, as you can imagine,
> that became a source of controversy.  ;-)
>
> How do you run your Battle of the Books buzzing in?  Any other tips or
> best practices?  I definitely learned quickly that students needed to wait
> until the question was READ to raise their hands!!  :D
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Emily
>
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> Emily Meszaros, MLIS
> Chelsea Elementary Library
> Frankfort, IL
> 815-469-2309 x.4531
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