Using ICT to support active learning in Geography
Video Overview
Interview with Teacher about the use of mobile phones and tablets in her Geography lessons. She uses a wide range of applications to support teaching and learning. She provides a wide range of differentiated resources for her students to access outside of class. The use of ICT caters to all types of learners.
Description
Geography teacher explaining the use of Kahoot, Padlet and ThinkLink in their classroom using a range of devices. Pupils are allowed to use personal devices in class as well as school iPads. Kahoot is used to introduce the lesson. Pupils engage in a quiz to elicit previous knowledge on the topic. Pupils then recorded each other answering revision questions as a means of peer and self assessment. Padlet was then used at the end of the lesson to show what the pupils had learned. Teacher uploads resources to the website and assigned ThinkLink work for homework.
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Digital Learning Framework
This video supports the following statements of the Digital Learning Framework (DLF):
Teaching & Learning (1. Learner Outcomes)
- 1.3 Pupils use digital technologies in highly effective ways to develop their knowledge, skills and understanding in accordance with the content objectives, learning outcomes, skills and concepts of the Curriculum.
Teaching & Learning (3. Teachers’ Individual Practice)
- 3.2 The teacher selects and uses planning, preparation and assessment practices that progress pupils’ learning.
Teachers use appropriate digital technologies to design learning activities that facilitate personalised and differentiated learning.
Teachers use appropriate digital technologies to design complex, real-world problems and structure them in a way that incorporates key subject matter concepts.
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