The LessonUp Blog

Feel inspired and supported with tips, tools and ideas from leading educators to take your teaching to the next level. The LessonUp blog is your go-to space for discovering engaging lessons, inspiring stories, innovative teaching strategies, and effective learning techniques.

Teacher Stories

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 mins.

How Anna Curtis inspires interactive teaching and learning at Colchester Institute

Teaching engineering with purpose

Teacher Stories

Teaching engineering with purpose: from presenting to guiding learners at Belfast MET

Will AI replace teachers

5 mins.

Will AI replace teachers? Exploring the future of AI in education

Teacher leading a CPD session

Teacher Stories

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 mins.

Transforming education globally: Richard Human’s journey with LessonUp

Students using ChatGPT in a classroom

4 mins.

Teach your students how to chat effectively with ChatGPT 🚀

a teacher helping students learn

Teacher Stories

5 mins.

Personalising learning at Ambitious College to support young people with autism

students participating in class

Teacher Stories

5 mins.

Affordable innovation: how LessonUp improved participation at Garibaldi School

Students participating in an interactive lesson

Teacher Stories

5 mins.

How Cerys Walker engages students in her lessons at Turner Schools

4 mins.

5 ways to use ChatGPT to encourage critical thinking

A teacher looking at the anonymous results of a poll question in lessonup

Teacher Stories

2 mins.

Encouraging quiet students to participate at Belfast Metropolitan College 🚀

Meet our new lesson editor: the future of lesson creation

7 mins

Meet our new lesson editor: the future of lesson creation

4 mins.

Start the new school term with fun and engaging lessons

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 min.

3 ways to present information effectively with hotspots

5 min.

Behind the scenes: Our Lead Product Designer shares some exciting news! 🚀

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 min.

5 ways to engage students with an open question

4 min.

4 ways to save time with our AI assistant for teachers

5 min.

The best AI for teachers? Pros and cons of 4 different AI tools

5 min.

Meet Joy from LessonUp

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

3 ways to use a quiz during your lessons

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 min.

5 ways to use a mind map during your lessons

2 min.

LessonUp as alternative to Kahoot

2 min.

Meet Gauri and Sophie—Women in tech who broke stereotypes

5 min.

Meet Renaldo, the inspiring teacher protagonist of our promo video

5 min.

5 ways of seeking better value for money with a dynamic digital strategy

a teacher sharing feedback with parents

5 min.

5 ways of increasing staff & parental engagement with a dynamic digital strategy

A student raising their hand to answer a question in a classroom but the teacher uses a spinner to give every kid a chance to answer

5 min.

5 ways of increasing student engagement with a dynamic digital strategy

a teacher supporting a student in need

5 min.

5 ways to support student & teacher wellbeing with a dynamic digital strategy

a classroom using digital tools to reduce the attainment gap

5 min.

5 ways of reducing the attainment gap with a dynamic digital strategy

A poll at the end of a lesson to show how the students understood the material covered

5 min.

5 ways to keep track of pupil progress with a dynamic digital strategy

teachers collaborating together and sharing lesson materials

5 min.

5 ways of encouraging collaborations between teachers with a digital strategy

a safe digital classroom for teachers and students

5 min.

5 ways of maintaining a safe digital classroom environment with a digital strategy

A teacher and student using sign language to communicate with each other online

5 min.

5 ways to support students with special needs with a dynamic digital strategy

3 min.

Pokémon, Van Gogh Museum, and LessonUp

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

Do you feel comfortable talking about mental health?

2 min.

3 ways to educate your students about AI

2 min.

Meet Maia, a truly groundbreaking AI assistant for teachers

4 min.

5 effective ways to stop your students from using ChatGPT to cheat

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

What are 3 main objectives of using exit tickets?

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 mins.

A simple way to introduce metacognition? Self-reflective scales for progress

House of cards, diamond 9 ranking

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 mins.

Diamond 9 Ranking 💎: a great method for revision & organisation of subject strengths

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 mins.

Offer your students ways to work on self-improvement: SWOT analysis

Student thinking, Van Gogh style painting, image generated with AI

2 min.

5 ways our AI assistant Maia can help you encourage metacognition

2 min.

5 ways teachers can use AI in the classroom

Teaching and Learning techniques

8 min.

Metacognition: a fancy word for something we all do every day

5 min.

Let’s talk about metacognition for what it often is: verbalising what you are thinking

Cover image blog 5 benefits of fostering a reflective practice

5 min.

5 benefits of fostering a reflective practice

Cover image blog Activate your students’ metacognition

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 min.

Activate your students’ metacognitive skills

Cover image blog_ Looking for an alternative to Edmodo_ Try LessonUp

4 min.

5 best digital education tools for teachers

Official launch groundbreaking AI lesson-making assistant

3 min.

Launch of groundbreaking AI lesson-making assistant Maia

Cover image blog: 3 unexpected ways AI-generated lessons keep surprising us

2 min.

2 unexpected ways lessons created with Maia keep surprising us

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 min.

Scaffolding in teaching: 5 strategies to stimulate active learning

Blog cover image_ What's going on in this picture

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

Bring actuality into your classroom 👉 What’s going on in this picture?

Blog cover image_ hot spots

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

Help learners practice swift decision making 👉 Hot Spots

cover image blog: How do teacher strikes and unrest affect you?

4 min.

How do teacher strikes and unrest affect you?

Blog cover image: offer students micro-learning during strike days

2 min.

3 ways to engage students when your school is closed

Blog cover image: hinge questions

2 min.

3 tips on how to design perfect hinge questions

Cover image blog_ 5 ways flipped learning boosts an active classroom

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 mins.

5 ways flipped learning boosts an active classroom

Cover image blog_ Encourage learners to reveal what they think. See, Think, Me, We

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min

Encourage learners to reveal what they think 👉 See, Think, Me, We

Cover image blog_ Help learners visualise what they have learned. I used to think… Now I think…

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

Help learners visualise what they have learnt 👉 I used to think… Now I think…

Cover image blog_ The activating lesson cycle

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 mins.

The activating lesson cycle

Cover image blog_ Help learners go beyond what they see. See, Think, Wonder

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min

Help learners go beyond what they see 👉 See, Think, Wonder

Cover image blog_ 5 reasons to centralise your education resources

4 min

5 reasons to centralise your education resources

Cover image blog_ Become the kind of school every parent dreams of

2 min

Become the kind of school every parent dreams of

Cover image blog_ Teach your students to interpret a story. Unveiling stories

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min

Teach your students to interpret a story 👉 Unveiling stories

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

Activate your students’ curiosity with… 👉 What happened before? What happens after?

Students participating in a classroom with raised hands

2 min.

5 ways to use ChatGPT to stimulate active learning

Cover image blog_ What does ChatGPT mean for you and your students

2 min

What does ChatGPT mean for you and your students?

Cover image blog_ Meet Thomas Courtley, our inspiring Education Specialist for the UK - Part 2

Meet Thomas Courtley, our inspiring Education Specialist for the UK - Part 2

Cover image blog_ Meet Thomas Courtley, our inspiring Education Specialist for the UK - Part 1

Meet Thomas Courtley, our inspiring Education Specialist for the UK - Part 1

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min

The 3 fundamental benefits of active learning

Cover image blog_ 3 visual ways to stimulate active classroom discussions

Teaching and Learning techniques

3 mins

3 visual ways to stimulate active classroom discussions

3 ways to promote critical thinking by asking questions

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 min

3 ways to promote critical thinking by asking questions

Cover image blog_ Play domino with a drag & drop question

Teaching and Learning techniques

1 min

Play domino with a drag & drop question

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 min.

5 ready-to-teach gamified lessons - Part 1

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 min

5 ready-to-teach gamified lessons - part 2

Cover image blog_ 3 benefits of using gamification in your class

Teaching and Learning techniques

2 min.

3 benefits of using gamification in your class

Cover image blog_ Teach your students a life-changing ability_ critical thinking

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 min

Teach your students a life-changing ability: critical thinking

Cover image blog_ Give a real world context to your students’ learning

Teaching and Learning techniques

3 min

Give a real world context to your students’ learning

Cover image blog_ Meet Jan-Wolter, Head of Education at LessonUp

Teaching and Learning techniques

3 min

Meet Jan-Wolter, Head of Education at LessonUp

Cover image blog_ Engaging learning technique to revise & assess. 5 about 1

2 min

Engaging learning technique to revise & assess 👉 5 about 1

Cover image blog_ 5 benefits of helping your students create e-portfolios

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 benefits of helping your students create e-portfolios

Cover image blog_ What do teachers think about LessonUp? Check out our Customer Satisfaction Survey

What do teachers think about LessonUp? 👇 Check out our Customer Satisfaction Survey

Cover image blog_ What can you do to monitor & measure mental wellbeing

Teaching and Learning techniques

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What can you do to monitor & measure mental wellbeing?

Cover image blog_ Tips to support the mental wellbeing of your students

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 mins.

Tips to support the mental wellbeing of your students

Cover image blog_ Tips and ways to engage your students with special needs - part 1

Teaching and Learning techniques

Tips and ways to engage your students with special needs - part 1

Cover image blog_ Tips and ways to engage your students with special needs - part 2

Teaching and Learning techniques

Tips and ways to engage your students with special needs

Cover image blog_ Try out LessonUp’s new, improved Mind Map

Teaching and Learning techniques

2

Try out LessonUp’s new, improved Mind Map 🤩

Teaching and Learning techniques

3

Guide and monitor your students all the way- applying Rosenshine's principles

Cover image blog_ Discover measurable ways to promote equality in the classroom

3 min

Discover measurable ways to promote equality in the classroom

Cover image blog_ Equip yourself to close the attainment gap in your classroom

3 min

Equip yourself to close the attainment gap

Students in class with hands raised, the teacher is using a digital spinner on the smart board for equality

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 min

Spin your students back to action!

Cover image blog_ Looking for an alternative to Edmodo_ Try LessonUp

3 min

Looking for an alternative to Edmodo? Try LessonUp

Teaching and Learning techniques

4 mins.

Dive into a new topic with enthusiasm - applying Rosenshine's principles

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 mins.

Gather student feedback in engaging ways - applying Rosenshine's principles

Teaching and Learning techniques

5 mins.

Effective ways to assess what your students know - applying Rosenshine's principles

Cover image blog_ Create a yearly overview with lesson modules in 4 steps

2 min

Create a yearly overview with lesson modules in 4 steps

Cover image blog_ Engage your students right from the first day - and every day

3 mins.

First impressions matter—Connect with your students from day one

Cover image blog_ Looking for the best tool for online teaching

Looking for the best tool for online teaching?

Cover image blog_ What happens when teachers design education technology

Teaching and Learning techniques

What happens when teachers design education technology?

Cover image blog_ Invite your students to ask questions during a digital lesson

3 min

Invite your students to ask questions during a digital lesson

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