Kahoot
A fun game based app and website that allows you to create fun quizzes to assess students’ learning.
Quizlet
A flashcard app that makes revision easy. Create cards for your class or get them to create their own packs that can be shared. Ways to use Quizlet in your teaching Create flashcards or set as hw to task to create Encourage students to use as main revision tool (Example image of flashcards below) …
Apple Clips
The latest app created by Apple that can be used to create and edit simple videos. The Apple Clips E- Learning Express session took place 17th October 2017 showing how to use the app as well as ways it can be used inside and outside of the classroom Download Powerpoint Ways to use Apple Clips in …
Socrative
An app where students can share their understanding by answering formative assessment questions in a variety of formats: quizzes, quick question polls, exit tickets and space races.
Pearltrees
A place to organize all your documents. Save web pages, photos, files, docs, PDF, notes and organize them into collections – these can then be shared with your classes.
Showbie
A fantastic app/website that allows you to give feedback to students easily once they have uploaded work. Free version allows unto 10 assignments. Single licence with unlimited assignments costs from £80 – can be shared by whole team to allow collaborative access Upload files for students to open within the app (PDF) or download Leave comments, …
Yes tags
When questioning purposefully disagree in your questioning by adding a negative question at the end of a question to encourage the child to fully justify and provide further reasoning for their answer. For example, “That’s right, isn’t it?…”
Questioning to address misconceptions
A simple but effective cue card with 7 steps to use when a child provides a wrong answer. Take the time to explore that aspect further by prompting them and cueing them. Addressing misconceptions
Pose, pause, pounce, bounce
A great technique to stimulate class discussion, get lots of students involved and access that deeper reasoning. Pose_pause_pounce_bounce
Socratic questioning
The use of disciplined and thoughtful questioning to examine ideas logically and help students consider the validity of those ideas. It can be used to challenge assumptions and flaws to deepen understanding. Look at this resource for some useful question stems. Socratic questioning