This week I could see that some pupils weren’t getting it and others clearly were. When this happens I like to the use the good work of some as exemplars to those who haven’t ‘got it’ yet.
But how to do this?
Of course, I could wait, mark the good work and the bad work and then start the next lesson by showing some how they have failed. But this seems a little harsh to me.
Or I could hold up the good work and talk about what makes it so good. But then some can’t see it.
The best thing for me is to instantly show an image of the good work so that all can see what their successful peers have done and work towards getting it.
Now I’ve had very efficient ways of doing this in the past at previous schools:
- visualisers are great, but I don’t have one in my classroom.
- I’ve found an iPad connected to an Apple TV to work great.
- I’ve tried to use an Android tablet with a Chromecast, but the wifi settings of a Chromecast are often not geared for the networks found in schools and so don’t work.
- a tablet with Reflector App on your PC works well, so I’m told, but I haven’t got that working in my classroom yet.
And so, without the required technology, I was forced to take a photo on my tablet, share the photo with my computer (via the cloud) and then display the photo on the screen. Rather an inefficient process.
Although this took a few extra seconds, it was still a more efficient way of feeding back than holding up the work and expecting everyone to see from all over the classroom.
And now I’ve added the ‘more efficient image feedback’ heading to my New Year’s resolution mindmap – so I have to find a more efficient solution by the end of the year.