Tweak of the Week iPads supporting learning through increased choice

Take away learning 1.Helps to embed knowledge and concepts. 2.Supports our understanding of the current level our students are working at. 3.Potential to support & develop independent student learning skills?? 4.Allows the students to be creative???

Supporting TAL using iPads Out of lesson work is about setting students free to be creative, try out different ideas. 1.make a video 2.produce a picture book with annotation 3.write a dialogue 4.produce an audio file 5.create a booklet explaining the ideas to pupils lower down the academy.

TAL Option Grid Knowledge & Understanding Produce a fully labelled diagram of the concepts you have studied. Skitch Write a description of our learning and submit it to Padlet / Showbie. Tweet what you have learned in class and outline your learning goals for next lesson, Edmodo Create 3 questions for your class mates to answer and answer 3 questions from the Padlet site. Produce a mind map of the topic which highlights the key themes you have covered in class. Mindo Application & Analysing Produce a 3 minute video presentation on the topic you have studied this lesson. iMovies Write a 500 word essay about the main points of the topic relating it a real life situation. Pages Produce pictorial discussion about the key concepts of the topic. This could be in the form of a graphic novel. My Story Collaborate with colleague to produce a shared resource which analyses the key themes of the topic. Take part in an online debate on a topic which you have studied. Edmodo Evaluation & Creating Write an imaginary debate between both sides of the argument to evaluate the key themes of the topic. Design a brochure on the subject covered which could be used to explain the topic to students new to the subject. Visit a website and evaluate its effectiveness in explaining the topic studied. Suggest improvements which could be made. Create a revision tool which could be shared with the class, this could video, audio, PP, pictorial, written. Design a board game on the topic you have covered.