Pupils can find the experience of remote learning quite daunting especially when ‘interacting’ with peers online or having to participate during live lessons. The research suggests peer interaction is important to motivate, but we also know how important it is as a teacher to direct and engage pupils when teaching. Below you can find some …
In preparing for future remote learning it is important to draw from the evidence and our experiences so far. Below you will find various guides and strategies in order to plan most effectively for remote teaching to maximise engagement and learning. 1) The EEF published guidance in relation to effective remote learning. The full report …
Seneca learning is a fantastic website targeted at Secondary pupils with a wide range of subjects organised by exam board. It can be used for free to create a “class” for pupils to study content for different subjects. You can set courses as an ‘assignment’ for pupils to ‘study’ and then set tasks, usually quizzes …
There are many different ways to facilitate remote teaching by recording your screen as you talk through your lesson. Here are some of the software some of our staff have been trialling in order to engage pupils more in remote learning: – Recording a powerpoint presentation (2019, Windows) (2020, Mac) – Using Active presenter to …
One Drive can be a fantastic way to share resources with pupils, additionally to enable them to upload their work to the folder for the teacher to see, assess, and provide feedback. See below an example of work uploaded for Art, with teacher feedback. See below for video tutorials regarding setting up One Drive: – …
Flipgrid is an app that facilitates collaborative discussion between pupils and teachers. Teachers can subscribe for free and create an online ‘class’ where video lesson introductions or discussion topics can be recorded and posted. Pupils are then able to record their own response to be viewed by the class and teacher – a great tool …
The Massolit website provides over 650 short (10-12 minutes) curriculum-relevant video lectures, developed by top university academics for Sixth Form pupils. They explore the broader context (in subjects such as English Literature, Psychology, History, Philosophy & Ethics) and are effective at provoking discussion and debate. The website is currently enabling teachers to sign up free …
The BBC have put together a wealth of resources for the Primary, Secondary curriculum. These lessons cover a range of subjects and usually have video inputs with some activities set for pupils to complete. Subjects covered include: Maths and English for every year group, as well as regular lessons in Science, History, Geography. Art & …
This website can be used to supplement home learning using pre-existing resources. Pupils select or are directed to a lesson topic, take a short quiz at the start and end of the lesson to assess their understanding (this is automatically marked) and can listen to video content explaining the topic. Their Primary curriculum covers English, …
Socrative is a fantastic app to use to set pupils quizzes, polls and other formats to test their understanding. A powerful tool to be used as part of your home learning strategy – answers are automatically assessed, it also can be embedded within Showbie. Here is a video to demonstrate the uses of Socrative Pro.