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==Social uses== *In [[World War II]] clickers were used by Allied paratroopers preceding and during [[Operation Overlord]] as a way of covertly identifying friend from foe.<ref name=Ferguson /> A soldier would click once and if two clicks were received in return from an unidentifiable soldier then his identification was confirmed.<ref name=Ferguson>{{cite AV media |people=Jonathan Ferguson |date=5 June 2024 |title=D-Day 80th Anniversary Special, Part 1: Paratroopers, with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqzHBEXl8_E |access-date=6 June 2024 |time=16:40-17:30 |location= |publisher=Royal Armouries }}</ref> *Clickers are used to provide audible feedback for human students learning using a method called [[TAGteach]]. *Clickers were used to organize [[Catholic]] group activity.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hommerding |first1=Alan J. |title=We Support the Sisters |url=http://www.latenitecatechism.info/latenitecatechism/sisters/ |website=Late Nite Catechism |access-date=20 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110228222259/http://www.latenitecatechism.info/latenitecatechism/sisters/ |archive-date=28 February 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=James R. |title=does God use a clicker? |url=https://pickleheavenpress.com/2020/05/27/does-god-use-a-clicker/ |website=Pickle Heaven Press |access-date=20 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929173359/https://pickleheavenpress.com/2020/05/27/does-god-use-a-clicker/ |archive-date=2020-09-29 |language=en |date=27 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=White |first1=Sue |title='Nuncrackers' at Saginaw's Pit and Balcony brings humor for Catholics, everyone else |url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/2012/11/nuncrackers_puts_a_crazy_spin.html |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=[[mlive]] [[MLive.com]] |date=30 November 2012 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=What is a clicker and what does it look like? |url=https://www.askacatholic.com/_webpostings/answers/2010_04APR/2010AprWhatIsAClicker.cfm |website=www.askacatholic.com |access-date=20 December 2024}}</ref> <blockquote>"The clickers were [[dime store]] crickets that made a nice, loud click, perfect for signaling a [[First Communion]] class so all the kids would stand up at the same time, and kneel at the same time, and start filing down the aisle together."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ebert |first1=Roger |title='Heaven Help Us' movie review & film summary (1985) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/heaven-help-us-1985 |access-date=20 December 2024 |work=www.rogerebert.com |date=February 11, 1985}}</ref> β [[Roger Ebert]]</blockquote>
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