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I found this link in the forum about The Human Skeleton. and yes I can see that on a Friday afternoon as a games quiz it could be great fun to check levels of understanding on a particular topic.

I would now like to offer a personal point of view.

I find it extremely disappointing that all of the links and tools are made outside the State in which I operate in as a teacher / educator .

The spell checker is American, therefore we end up with errors that we then pass on to the pupils in our care if we are not careful.

I think we need to be very careful about how we approach these tools and their use, as the creation of these resources creates an extra burden on an already stretched teaching load and there is the potential to reduce our actual contact time.

A much better idea, in my opinion, is to use the wealth of free resources and games created by teachers, that can be obtained on the Promethean resources site for the Irish curriculum.. I have just gone onto the Promethean site and found several excellent quizzes / resources.

I am not sure why new is always a better solution.

I currently use a type of  rubric in the classroom for english and maths to enable a clear focus on what is expected from each pupil when doing their individual work. These are displayed on an A3 size poster in the relevant display sections of the room.Each pupil then has two simple charts one for self assessment and one for peer assessment (Picked these up when doing the Incredible Years programme).They are then able to evaluate their performance against the rubric and also get a friends point of view. These would be kept in their SALF folders and used as an on going assessment of how they are doing with me at “discussion time” and a joint decision will be reached if the particular piece of work supersedes the one currently in their folder.
They make that decision after the discussion and using the rubric . After this module, I can see that I could use a rubric for a variety of subjects.

Module 2
There are useful resources in the modules presented which will be very useful in furthering  the SSE process.

Many of the tools presented to us in this course if used properly, are presentation tools that can be used by both our colleagues and also the pupils in our care.

They allow for the sharing of information to be shown / displayed in both a visual and concise form with back up of all data that has been gathered.

Used effectively they can grab the attention on a multi-sensory level which can be very appealing.

Mind mapping is a tool which I use in the classroom when looking for ideas or want to explore what the children already know or may need to find out about. Until now I have either done this on a Whiteboard or a flip chart. This tool can just make it more open. It can stimulate us to reflect on areas that might need work and allow us to keep track of what progress is being made and to plan clearly any future activity.

Module 2
There are useful resources in the modules presented which will be very useful in furthering  the SSE process.

Many of the tools presented to us in this course if used properly, are presentation tools that can be used by both our colleagues and also the pupils in our care.

They allow for the sharing of information to be shown / displayed in both a visual and concise form with back up of all data that has been gathered.

Used effectively they can grab the attention on a multi-sensory level which can be very appealing.

Mind mapping is a tool which I use in the classroom when looking for ideas or want to explore what the children already know or may need to find out about. Until now I have either done this on a Whiteboard or a flip chart. This tool can just make it more open. It can stimulate us to reflect on areas that might need work and allow us to keep track of what progress is being made and to plan clearly any future activity.

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