Plickers

We love Plickers at Spongy Elephant. Plickers is one of those classroom essentials that every teacher can embrace with every class. Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. Use Plickers for quick checks for understanding to know whether your students are understanding big concepts and mastering key skills.

What are you going to learn about?

In this FREE Learning Trunk, you’ll learn how Plickers works in a classroom using the printable markers that can be printed from the website. You’ll also get an overview of how to create Classes, Questions and how the Live View works.

Who is hosting this Learning Trunk?

This is a CURATED Learning Trunk built for you from content sourced online. We have selected these particular authors after reviewing several available online.

How long do I need?

Less than 10 minutes.

Anything else I need to know?

Work through the Learning Trunk in order to ensure you can see how the whole solution fits together.

Mentoring

Mentoring is a powerful personal development and empowerment tool. It is an effective way of helping people to progress in their careers and is becoming increasing popular as its potential is realised. It is a partnership between two people (mentor and mentee) normally working in a similar field or sharing similar experiences. It is a helpful relationship based upon mutual trust and respect.

Virtual Reality & 360

Virtual Reality is here to stay. Fact. Last year I did a talk on the Bett Arena stage on how we can see VR developing over the next few years in education and the potential is really exciting. From the fantastic ClassVR, a classroom-ready solution, to strapping cardboard kits from Google to your head, the stimulus and new experiences VR can bring to lessons is unprecedented.

In this Learning Trunk I’ll be introducing you to some quick wins with VR. Headsets are the way to go, for sure, however, if you don’t have the budget for dedicated headsets and you are looking for ways to convince your school that they can be a sound investment – i’ll get you going. You’ll find out how to immerse yourself in content using your interactive screen/board and how to access thousands of educational VR and 360 content, in seconds.

SMART Notebook

SMART are one of the heavy weights in the world of interaction and SMART Notebook is a staple for many teachers all over the world. Beyond the basics, there is considerably more to SMART that can empower teachers to create learning experiences that are collaborative, engaging and most of all, FUN!