Posts Tagged ‘Plenary’

Pixar Pitch

Sunday, February 24th, 2013

I spent part of the half-term reading Dan Pink’s new book ‘To Sell is Human’.

Don’t be put off by the title. Pink’s message is that selling is no longer the preserve of the salesperson; everyone is now in sales, including educators. Each day we sell our message to students.

One of my favourite chapters is about pitching. There are a number of ideas that could be used with students, particularly when summarising knowledge.

One that I’m going to have a play with, and is mentioned in the video, is the Pixar Pitch. The idea is based on the format of stories told within a Pixar movie. This week I’m going to try adapting it as a plenary activity.

pixarpitch

I’ll let you know how I get on…

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Connect 4

Sunday, November 14th, 2010

connectfour Nothing special, simple little game I play as a plenary. Divide the class into two, ask a team in turn a question. When correct, drop in a counter. Click once on a circle for yellow, twice for red. (228 kb pps). Right click and save as…

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Twitter as a starter or plenary?

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009

A bit of a follow up from my Facebook profile template.

I’ve used Twitter live in the classroom before, I really like the need for students to think carefully, and prioritise, the text they use. But we don’t always have net access -so as with the Facebook profile, I’ve produced a template on PowerPoint, I’ve orientated the slides to portrait, looks better and there is more room for students to insert text.

Student twitter template
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I thought this could be used to summarise the main learning points of a lesson, the key points made in a video, or the most important facts to remember about a case study. You could also use it creatively for a character/place/process within a lesson.

I also liked the idea of using the Twitter template as a more formal starter or plenary, so produced this guess the Twitter user template, I’ve animated it, so people only need to change the text. Both can be downloaded from Slideshare.

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What if they had a Facebook Profile?

Saturday, August 29th, 2009

I’ve been working on several schemes of work, it’s surprising how uncreative you become under pressure. One of my escapes has been reading about people having much more exciting times during their holidays on Facebook.

I was working on a R.S. scheme of work and wanted students to produce a summary of their thinking about Lucifer, for some reason I wondered what Lucifer’s Facebook profile would look like. It’s just how I think ;) .

I’ve devised this profile outline, I thought it might get students thinking creatively. Students could justify their thinking.

I then thought it could be adapted to non-supernatural entities, how about Old Harry?

harryface

I think it might be a nice little starter or plenary activity, alternatively teachers could create one and ask students to justify their decisions.

Do you think this would be useful?

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