#MrAshtonSpotTheMistake

Over the weekend I was considering how to use the ipads in a different way ....

Before @AndyBartlettCPD left my school I had the pleasure of observing him. The lesson which I observed used a live twitter feed using the #poetryquestions.

I was able to adapt his idea to #MrAshtonSpotTheMistake ... I have always been a fan of this method as I feel it is a great way to peer assess someones work - without any in the class feeling the pressure of a very public class criticism ... I wrote 4 myself to discuss in class using an app called UPAD.

This was 1 example of the questions I asked ... students were able to use an ipad or there own electronic device that could connect to twitter ... The response and the depth of the answer I had come back was excellent and I felt that the class had excellent understanding of the topic. Students were then required to work in a group of 4 and write their own spot the mistake and post it on twitter.

There were a few issues with everyones solution coming under the #MrAshtonSpotTheMistake feed - so next time i may simultaneously post to edmodo ... This created a fantastic starter for the next lesson in which students then answered each others groups Spot The Mistake questions.

Writing an ebook

Now at Christmas is out of the way I am really looking to properly getting on with the iPad trial in my school.

I felt the time before Christmas was an extremely useful chance for the students in my class to get hands on. They appeared to really enjoy the chance and in our last lesson we had a go a writing an ebook. See the picture below ....

I felt the students need a little bit more direction no they have had a chance - so I created the following prezi to help them, please give me some feedback if you have any ...

I also plan on using "the app builder", more information can be found on twitter @theappbuilder. I also had a fascinating chat with a teacher from America on Skype @BushjMS. He had already implemented the use of this app with a class and he some excellent ideas. It was great to speak to a teacher from a different continent and hear some of the ideas that they implement over there ... One of the ideas Jeff gave me was "prove to me you've learned something" ... With a little direction from me I really do believe that my class could thrive under these conditions.

I'm also hoping to give my class the chance of writing their own socrative (@Socrative) quizzes. This is an absolutely brilliant resources, although time consuming to write a lot on own. Over Christmas I tweeted with my CPD account (@DaveAshtonCPD) and got a retweet from socrative about the possibility of other maths teachers sharing their quizzes. However, unfortunately I didn't have a huge uptake one people getting in touch ... This cold potentially be a brilliant way for me to use resources that my class make with other classes - providing their accurate of course

All that remains to be said is Happy New Year ... I look forward to telling you more about this project.