A Practical Overview for Teachers

What is SAM Learning GO!? SAM Learning is the market leader in online revision and exam practice for KS3 and GCSE, and is used in the majority of the UK’s state secondary schools. Independently proven to be highly effective, it has helped in raising attainment for over 3.4 million students over the last seven years.

How can it improve attainment? FFT Evidence GCSE Attainment Using SAM Learning GO! for 10hrs raises attainment Higher achievers - L5+ students at KS3. 4% more students than expected achieved 5+A*/A grades. Lower and middle achievers - nearly 30% of students achieved one grade higher than expected.

Features for staff Individual logins Content - Over 50,000 topic questions, across over 30 KS3 and GCSE subjects. Over 20,000 exam-style questions. 126 hrs of New GCSE content for 2009 exam specifications Flash based activities APP activities for KS3 Set tasks User defined Groups Usage Pupil Progress Manage Learners

Features for students Student driven learning – instant feedback on all activities completed Teacher driven learning - Set Tasks viewable on homepage Individual progress viewable Virtual World – avatars SAM Learning GO! competitions School incentives?

Login

Personal logins Click here to create your Personal login

Hands on session Create your individual login

Content Content menu

Creating a Set Task 1. Click Set New Task

2. Select subject

3. Click on the icon to view the activity before you assign it

4. The activity will open in a new window.

5. Select the activities to assign

6. Select the year group then class 7. Click Add

8. The class will show here

9. Click here then select a due date

10. Details of the task will be shown

Hands on session Set a Task for a class

Creating a User Defined Group 1. Click here to create a group

2. Enter a name for the group

3. Select a year group 4. Select the students by highlighting them then click Add

5. The group will show here

6. Select the teachers who you want to view and manage the group

7. Your group details will show here

Hands on session Create a User Defined Group

Progress Reports 1. To view learner Progress reports select Year, Class, Group or Subject 2. Select relevant dates then click Apply Filter

3. Your selected report will show here 4. Click here to see Detailed Learner Reports

Example of a User Defined Group report

Usage 1. Select the type of usage and then a relevant date

The data will show here