Teaching and learning

As mentioned in one of my previous posts, I strongly believe formative assessment is key to quality learning, and is in line with the IB MYP approach to teaching & learning. When I found the ‘Peer review‘ assignment type I was excited and I have not been disappointed with it. In a nutshell Students upload their assignments, they are then given (at least) two of their classmates’ assignments to peer review, against a set of criteria defined by you....

In a recent survey I conducted, most of my younger students complained that Moodle is not ‘fun’ enough and that they would like to see more use of educational games. I have already discussed and quickly reviewed the ‘Game’ module but today I’d like to focus on the ‘Crossword’ component of the module. Below is a video showing you the crossword in action I have found the crossword to be versatile and have used it for the following:...

The ‘Checklist‘ package (updated less than a week ago) is very easy to use, and creating your first self-assessment with it should be a breeze, as long as your criteria for self-assessment are clear and easily understandable by students. Although it is a great resource, I must warn you that the Checklist package does not allow for a scale to be used (e.g. I am very confident doing this, I am confident doing this, I am sometimes confident doing this, I am not confident doing this, I do not know how to do this) and you should use either the ‘Questionnaire‘ or the ‘Feedback‘ modules to achieve this, though in my opinion it takes longer to setup and is not as ‘child friendly’....