ABSTRACT
Student response systems are effective technological teaching resources for use in religious education. Using traditional or web-based response tools when addressing both the cognitive and affective learning domains in introductory and advanced religion courses renders effective means for increasing student motivation and classroom engagement. Response activities facilitated through systems such as Kahoot, Quizizz, Poll Everywhere, AnswerGarden, iClickers and Socrative can lower subject-matter anxiety, create safe learning environments for shy or apprehensive students and create an open atmosphere for discussing religious subject matter. When implemented with practical matters in mind, such as effective formulation of questions, a focus on learning course objectives, answer timing of response activities, intentionality in development of answer options and post-polling clarification of all answers, the pedagogical benefits of using student response systems in teaching religion are manifold.
