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Welcome 

to LessonUp.

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• Education Specialist for LessonUp
• Qualified teacher and experienced faculty leader 
• PedTech Expert and teacher trainer

Thomas Courtley

Welcome to LessonUp!

In the next few minutes, you'll experience what it's like to teach through LessonUp and how it feels to participate as a student. 

Feel free to note any questions you have, and I will happily re-visit these at the end!

Join the lesson

1. Take your mobile phone and go to lessonup.app or open a new tab on your computer/laptop.
    
2. Scan the QR code or fill in the code that you see in the left bottom corner of your screen.
    
3. You are now participating in this lesson
   as a student.

What is your favourite aspect of teaching?

What is your experience (if at all) of LessonUp so far?

Mind map

The mind map is very easy to use in a lesson. To activate prior knowledge or to create group discussions  about a subject.

Difficulty

Usability

Pedagogy

The mind map can be used in the following teaching phases: activating prior knowledge, instruction, practice  group discussion, 

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QuizAt how many degrees Celsius do you bake an apple pie?

How often should teachers use quizzing in their teaching? 
"At least..."

👉 Answer through your mobile phone!

1. Once a term
2. Once a week
3. Once a lesson
4. Only for formative assessments

Quiz question

The quiz question is very easy to use in a lesson. To activate prior knowledge or to quickly question students about a subject.

Difficulty

Usability

Pedagogy

The quiz question can be used in the following teaching phases: activating prior knowledge, instruction, practice, evaluation.

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What has the most impact on the environment?

What ingredients go into an apple pie?

Drag the right ingredients to the bowl.

apple

butter

yeast

baking flour

pear

salt

eggs

cinnamon

Drag and drop

This type of question is often more challenging than a quiz question. You can use a drag-and-drop question in countless ways: from fill-in-the-blank exercises to topography.

Difficulty

Usability

Pedagogy

The drag-and-drop question can be used in the following learning phases: instruction, practice, evaluation.

In your opinion, If students' use of technology is ingrained so tightly to their ability to work in the future, why doesn't the DfE invest more in it?

Open question

With the open question you can let your students think about the lesson material. There is also more room to provide a detailed answer.

Difficulty

Usability

Pedagogy

The open question can be used in the following learning phases: activate prior knowledge, practice, evaluation.

How confident are you in your own ability to use technology for education?

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Poll

The poll is versatile and easy to use. For example, to poll the mood of the group or to end the lesson with the poll as an exit ticket.

Difficulty

Usability

Pedagogy

The poll can be used in the following learning phases: activate prior knowledge, evaluation.

Spinner

The spinner is a great way to initiate engagement and interaction with your students. You can randomly call on your students to answer or create discussion. Or you provide terms or questions that can then also probe more discussion.

To learn more about the functionality, implementation or next steps in LessonUp - including inspiration for new and creative ways to use the platform, check out these channels!

'How-To's'

Learning Techniques

Questions?

You will need some help at some point in your LessonUp journey, nobody becomes an expert in anything overnight. 

Contact me at: [e-mail]

or use the chat button in the lower right corner of your screen to speak to one of our customer support team anytime.

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