Description This is a team activity that runs over a semester. The goal is to make a movie where all the main topics or concepts of the subject are covered so it can be used as a good revision tool for studying for an exam. Every group has to make a short movie with an Full Article…
Documentary Divas!
Overview: In pairs, learners prepare, film and present a short ‘fly-on-the-wall’ documentary. One learner takes the role of the ‘star’ or ‘diva’ (popular choices include are Marilyn Monroe, King Henry VIII and Andy Warhol!) the other takes the role of interviewer/film maker. Description: Show learners http://www.ehow.com/video_4755794_documentary-filmmaking-techniques.html or similar clip. This will give them an overview Full Article…
Rainbow Milk
Magic but real experiments! A Romanian project for Physics The activity for pupils age 12-18 Red, blue and yellow are called the primary colors. Just by mixing these colors, you can get all the colors of the rainbow: RED + YELLOW = ORANGE; RED + BLUE = PURPLE; BLUE + YELLOW = GREEN What you Full Article…
The Future Internet
Loved this for the clear way in which the content was presented but even more for the graphics and the media mixing of video, still pictures, images of hand drawn flip chart pages and stop-motion.
ICT for ‘hard-to-teach’ maths topics
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Hard-To-Teach-Secondary-Maths-Using-ICT-6047747/ Love this video – both because it provides practical ideas you can copy and also because it illustrates some of the tensions and divergences of opinion within maths teaching. In particular, it raises the issue of how much hand-calculating is necessary – if any. My personal opinion veers towards the ‘no hand calculation’ end Full Article…
Toontastic!
Age: 7+yrs Ease **** Overview Through this activity, learners investigate writing in the comic book genre. They will learn how to use dialog to express their ideas and create fun and original story sequences. This is particularly good for investigating sequencing and plot. Description Ask the pupils to bring their favourite comic book to school. Full Article…