Nearpod

How fabulous is Nearpod? Thank you Nikki for introducing it to me. I have now created a presentation for my department to read through at their own pace on a teacher training day. It will show them how to get started using the ipads in their classrooms and all the apps I have used so far.

Geoboard

Year 11 have been using 'Geoboard' to produce solutions to the following problems:-

'Can you draw a shape with an area of 4 cm squared? What perimeter does your shape have?'
'Can you draw a shape with a Perimeter of 12cm?'
'Draw a shape with area of 6cm squared that is not a rectangle?'
'How many shapes can you draw with area 10 cm?'




Feedback from students has been:-

7/10
www - You could use desent size tables and shapes
EBI - Easier to put the elasti at the bottom

www - because its easier to use and not complicated
EBI - triangles was tricky

www - helped me to understand the concept of how to stretch different angles
EBI  - triangles needed to be easier to stretch

www - it is a good app to be able to test adn find areas of different shapes

Year 10 have been using the GCSE Number app to support their learning in the topic of Ratio and Proportion.

Students answered the following question: Was it helpful using the iPad for learning and understanding. The responses have been as follows:

"I could check my answer straight away"
"Yes, because it gives you multiple answers so know if you'd gone wrong"
"Yes, but I like the way we do it without an app too, but the app lets me know if I'm right or not"
"Yes, it helped me to check my answers and showed me a correct solution"
"It's good as it explains how to work out the questions"
"I really liked using this app as it let me use what I had learnt in an exam context"
"Yes but only after questions in the book to get practice for those harder questions on the app"