Debit or Credit
One transaction, one named account, and the room decides which side it goes on. The first thing every accounting student has to make automatic, and the thing they keep getting wrong under time pressure.
What it is
One prompt at a time, and the room decides: Debit or Credit.
- 18 prompts, each with a short explanation that appears after the answer.
- Answers are scored on speed as well as correctness, so the fastest and the most accurate are usually different people.
- It runs on phones, or on the board alone with nobody joining and the room answering out loud.
- The board shows how many have answered and never what anyone answered, until you reveal.
Why it works
Because a room that has to commit to an answer finds out what it actually thinks.
- A wrong answer costs nothing, so people commit rather than waiting to be told.
- The split on the board after the reveal is the discussion. You can see which way the room leaned.
- The explanation is read out when everyone is still holding their own answer, which is when it lands.
- The report afterwards names the prompts the class got wrong, which is what you reteach.
How a session goes.
- Join2 min
A code goes on the board and everyone joins with a nickname. Skip this entirely in board mode.
- Prompt20 sec
One prompt, large, with the answers underneath and a countdown running.
- Reveal40 sec
The split appears, the answer is marked, and the explanation goes up.
- Repeat12 min
Through as many of the 18 prompts as the time allows. You choose how many in setup.
- Result3 min
Standings, four awards, and a saved report listing what the room found hardest.
The board shows one thing. Their phone shows another.
- The prompt and the answer options, large enough for the back row
- A countdown ring and one dot per person as their answer lands
- The split across the options once you reveal, with the answer marked
- The explanation, to read out
- The prompt, and one button per answer: Debit or Credit
- Their own choice, locked in, with the others dimmed
- Whether they were right, and what they scored
- The explanation, in their own hand, after the reveal
What we would tell you over tea.
- Let the room argue before you reveal. The answer is less interesting than the disagreement.
- Read the explanation out rather than leaving it on screen. It is written to be said.
- With phones banned or the wifi down, turn on board mode in setup. The activity runs identically and nobody joins.
- The report names what the class got wrong. Open it before you plan the next class.
Ready when you are.
Making an account takes a minute, and the whole library opens with it.