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Interactive and Engaging Lessons
Interactive and Engaging Lessons
There are a number of excellent tools and apps to help support Teaching and Learning at Park Lane. Here, teachers can find guidance and suggestions of tools that can be used to engage students even more in their learning when in the Distance or Hybrid environment. Many of these suggestions can be found as Chrome extensions and can be adapted and added to teachers' current resources.
Subject specific suggestions can also be found and have been collated.
For more support consult with one of the Distance and Hybrid Learning Consultants in your subject area.
Featured Software - Mote Voice Note Extension
Featured Software - Mote Voice Note Extension
Mote is a simple extension that you can add to Chrome. It will allow you to attach verbal feedback to work.
Add this extension here.
Feedback
Feedback
Instant Feedback in Lessons
Instant Feedback in Lessons
😀 Create interactive series of activities using ready made online resources. Add pics, links and videos. Free space for 40 padlets.
😀 Quick fix for cover work if you create a bank of padlets ready to go.
😕 You cannot check progress / completion of work as it is not linked to GC, as it doesn't require an email sign in.
😀 Create a topic and ask students to respond in time-limited videos.
😀 Check students' progress in real - time and share as a learning community.
😀Make your Google slides interactive: text boxes, drawing tools, audio files, links for each student
😀 Check students' progress in real - time, 2 options: instructor paced or student paced
😕All lesson on zoom / on screen for verbal feedback so increased screen time
😀 an interactive whiteboard you can use to present or - even better - have students contribute with 'editor' permission
😀 directly access and edit Docs, Sheets, Slides, and photos stored in Drive.
😀 you can download the final product as a PDF: good for mindmaps, brainstorming, plenary exit questions etc
😕 full editing access for students could mean a student could delete / add text/images - if an issue arises, change the permission to 'view only mode'
Tutorial: here
😀 Access to a huge range of videos, great for listening comprehension - videos and questions are ready made.
😀 Create interactive video lessons. Add questions, audio and notes. Free space for up to 20 videos.
😀 Link it with Google Classroom with and see detailed analytics on your students' results.
😕 Some videos may not reflect your teaching style, e.g. monotone voice explaining grammar rules with little enthusiasm / interaction. Solution: crop / edit some parts out + do a voice over.
Tutorial: on the homepage
😀 Extremely easy to use and quick to set up (no logins, just a link).
😀 Great as starters or exit tickets.
😀 You can see all students work in real time.
Detailed Feedback on Assignments
Detailed Feedback on Assignments
Tutorial: here.
😀 Create voice note comments and feedback to Google Docs, Slides, Sheets.
😀 Available in multiple languages / automatic transcriptions - time saver for feedback.
Tutorial: here
😀 Create voice note comments and feedback to Google Docs, Slides, Sheets.
😀 Available in multiple languages / automatic transcriptions - time saver for feedback.
😀 Record the screen as you give verbal feedback so you can highlight specific sections of work
Subject Specific Guidance
Subject Specific Guidance
MFL
MFL
Duolingo: https://schools.duolingo.com/
😀Learn useful words and phrases with an adaptive learning engine.
😀Good progression to learn both vocab and structures for beginners (KS3 or lower proficiency KS4)
😀Teachers can track students' progress, create classes and view each student's activity on it, with topics/ times / points collected.
😕Some students might repeat the same basic topics too many times just to collect points; you can set specific skills or lessons to avoid this.
Memrise: https://app.memrise.com/signin?next=/home/
😀Very similar to Duolingo. Adaptive learning engine. Lots of courses to choose from, good progression.
😀Good for independent learning of pronunciation of new words.
😕Not possible to track students as a group, unlike Duolingo
Powtoon: https://www.powtoon.com/
😀students can make different animations and super interactive presentations
😀 easy to login with school email for free, good amount of templates
😀can be used to create speaking activities: story telling, dialogues, role plays.
Maths & Science
Maths & Science
General sites:
General sites:
😀 Easy to use for students and teachers (click on link above then top right for "new" , post code to students in zoom)
😀 Great for starters and plenaries
😀 Each student writes on their own whiteboard, teacher can view all white boards at the same time, students cannot see each others work
😀 Teacher can add a question, picture or feedback to all students at once or to an individual student
😕 Not automatically saved to one drive (although you can select save as PDF and then post on classroom)
😕 Difficult to add feedback to individual student, easy to accidentally erase all student's whiteboards
😀 Good for learning keywords, plenaries or recap.
😀 Many quizzes are already made for specific exam board topics (most KS3 active learn keywords by topic can be found here https://quizlet.com/subject/Drsmarsh/)
😕 Students can get distracted with "match up" activity rather than learning key words
😕 Application/understanding of ideas not tested
😕 hard to monitor students progression/give feedback
😀 Fun multiple choice quiz for students to recap keywords/ideas
😀 Can play as a class or set as an activity (e.g. to make $5,000)
😀Can import quizzlets
😕 Application/understanding of ideas hard to test
😕 hard to monitor students progression/give feedback
Science specific sites:
Science specific sites:
https://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/browse
😀 Great "virtual" practicals students can work through independently or in groups
😀 Updating regularly covers with new simulations
😕 Biology under represented
😕Teacher will need to spend time searching for a simulation/ making a practical worksheet etc.
😕 Must be completed on screen
https://app.senecalearning.com/
😀 CIE exam specific tutorials and activities
😀 Can set as classwork and/or homework
😀 Automatically monitor students progress and provides automatic feedback/ list of questions to review etc.
😕 Takes a while to learn how to use
😕 students need to use their screens
https://www.echalk.co.uk/
😀 Great plenary and starter Quizzes and animations (very good for KS3)
😀 Some virtual experiments (can collect data)
😕 Don't have access for all students/passive
😕 Don't have access for all students/passive
Escape rooms using google slides and forms (ask sally.marsh@parklane-is.com or silvia.lombardo@parklane-is.com if you would like help to create one)
😀Lots of student engagement
😀Develops problem solving/critical thinking skills
😕 Takes a long time to create
😕Need to check links thoroughly
Pear Deck (google slides add on)
😀Lots of student engagement/ you can add questions at various points in a presentation to check understanding
😀Can be multiple choice or written answer questions
😀Students cannot see ahead to answers/cannot see each others answers
😀You can see all of the responses
😕 Takes a while to navigate/learn how to use the add on
😕 Limited free trial
😀 The customisable interface is intuitive and help is available
😀 Great tool for group project
😕 Limited free trial
Maths specific sites:
Maths specific sites:
😀 A great resource for maths for all key stages
😀 Automatically saves class skills and students' past performance
😀 Can be used by teachers to set homework or assessments, or for independent revision by students
😀 As well as practice questions, lots of instructional videos available
😕 Students need to use their screens
😀 Particularly good for Key Stage 3 and 4 maths but also some good IB / A-level cross-over resources, for example introducing calculus
😀 Each topic has an online homework which students can practice independently or as an assessment set by teacher
😀 Each homework has an accompanying online lesson- can be used as a resource in lessons, or for independent review by students
😕 Students need to use their screens
😕 Not always "exam style" questions
😀 Good for Key Stage 3 and 4 maths
😀 Easy to search by topic in the "worksheets" page (https://corbettmaths.com/contents/)
😀 Each topic has a choice of instructional youtube videos, "textbook exercise" for lots of repetition/ drilling of key skills and "practice questions" for practising exam-style questions
😀 Can easily print off worksheets and exercises to work offline
😕 No instant feedback- students have to check their answers themselves
https://www.revisionvillage.com/
😀 Fantastic resource for IB revision
😀 Can review by topic or mixed revision
😀 Choose from instructional videos or past exam questions- with solutions
😕 No option to set homework or see student scores
Humanities
Humanities
English
English
Czech
Czech
Obecné a kreativní
= tvorba flashcards
😀 rozvoj kritického myšlení, lze využít v rámci různých předmětů
😀 mnoho videí
😕 pouze pro starší ročníky
= web pro tvorbu grafiky (plakáty etc.)
= web pro tvorbu grafiky
= web pro tvorbu myšlenkových map
= web pro tvorbu vlastních videí
= metodický portál pro učitele, užitečné tipy a rady
Český jazyk
😀 mnoho cvičení podle věku / ročníku
😀 návod pro učitele / rodiče, lze zakládat třídy
😀 mnoho her, není nutná registrace
😕 více času pro vytvoření a správu třídy
😀 přehledný zdroj pro práci se slovníky
Zeměpis
= krásně zpracovaná geografie podle jednotlivých ročníků
😕 nezabezpečený web
= další zeměpisný web, na němž naleznete hlavně mnoho slepých map, soutěží a her
😀 hromada her, přehledné zobrazení
😕 není řazeno podle ročníků ve škole, výběr je v závislosti na aktivitě
= další stránka, kde najdeme práci s mapou, slepé mapy, hry a kvízy
Dějepis
= dějiny formou videí
😕 videa jsou v aj (s čj titulky)
= na stránce je k dispozici řada pracovních listů včetně odkazů na videa ČT
= moderní dějiny ČSR, Evropy i celosvětové události
😕 nezabezpečený web
CAL
= slovní zásoba podle témat
= výuková videa pro cizince
😀 praktická témata
= výuková videa pro cizince
😀 praktická témata
= podcast
😕 nezabezpečený web
= četba, podcasty, české reálie
= deskové hry a různé aktivity
😕 ne vše vhodné pro online výuku
= slovní zásoba, metodika pro učitele, online poslechy ke knihám L. Holé
= doplňování souhlásek a samohlásek do slova
😀 slovo si lze poslechnout a doplnit podle toho, co slyšíme
😀 vhodné k procvičování dlouhých a krátkých samohlásek
Poslechy a videa
= to asi všichni známe :)
= to asi všichni známe :)
= slavné dny české i světové historie
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