afl

Using a thumb-o-metre is a great AfL technique. The teacher asks students how they feel about a topic e.g. how confident do you feel using the SUM function in excel. Student indicate with thumbs up, down or level. This gives the teacher a really quick overview of how well the whole class understand the topic.

Techniques to find out what students are learning (during the lesson) and what they have learned (after the lesson when planning the next lesson). Strategies include ABCDE cards, basketball discussions, hinge questioning, class votes, no hands up, mini white boards, carousels and more.

A simple random name selector that can be used as part of AfL when questioning the class to ensure the same students don't always answer the questions. Macros will need to be enabled.

The interactive spotlight allows you to hide answers on a powerpoint slide. This could be a list, a brainstorm etc. The 'spotlight' can be moved across the slide to reveal answers.

Usually when you create a PowerPoint presentation the items (shapes, pictures, text) cannot be moved or dragged about when you view the show. A macro in this PowerPoint allows you to do just that.

This example allows you to drag around a 'spotlight' which reveals text previously hidden as the text colour is the same as the background.

An excel spreadsheet using a macro to run a countdown timer. If you want to set students on task and give them X minutes to complete it, why not have a countdown on the whiteboard so they know how long they have left?

An A5 self assessment sheet which can be used during a lesson plenary. This encourages students to think about what they have learned during the lesson and recall important points and key words as well as indicating whether they understood using smiley faces.

Resources to be used to help with assessment for learning and classroom management in Media (and indeed other subjects too!)