When practice isn’t possible…

Name:
Subject Area:
 What was the problem?
• Linking historical & design thinking – What makes this connection?

• Scaffolding Remotely – How can I effectively model and support this

-quite complicated-task without being able to visually demonstrate it?

• Supervising Assessment – How can I circulate amongst students whilst

they complete the worksheets?

 How did you overcome it?
• Searched for Teaching Resources – Millions of websites, groups and organisations have

amazing lesson plans and resources

• Brainstormed all the technology we had available and

looked into their capabilities – Microsoft website, Padlet for assessment

• Planned ahead – All students had their own folder set up on Teams with their worksheets

and resources available. Live documents allowed me see them working in real time
Innovative assessment

Live documents
What did you learn from it?

• We are a community of practice. Ask, research, borrow…

• Clever people have created solutions for almost every

issue – Tech!

• Being brave pays off

 Summary
The progress in digital skills across all year groups • Have you faced similar problems?

has been significant

• What creative solutions did you find?
If you challenge yourself, learners will mirror this
• Do you think blended learning will always be a
and rise to meet high expectations
part of education now?
Peer reviewing of work – as with the worksheets in this
• How are you preparing for that?
session, raises aspiration as higher level students inspire

other learners.
Resources

Document Analysis Worksheets | National Archives – Worksheets and some good lesson plans

https://padlet.com – Assessment tool that students enjoy

Collaborate on files in Microsoft Teams – How to use live documents in Teams

https://web.microsoftstream.com/video/c21974a7-bc80-40ee-b9ac-9d721b9c69cc - Link to the recording of the

session

https://bit.ly/3qdWq7e - Link to the Canva presentation from the session