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My SETT session

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Robert Jones

Saturday 23 September 2006

My brief session at SETT went quite well I think. I spoke about how I've been using the Activote pads for formative assessment in my classroom, and gave out the voting pads for the audience to play with. Nothing particularly new about this, but I did emphasise a few points that have helped me to be successful:

  • Keep it short and sweet - don't put your pupils through a set of 20 votes in one go!
  • Get their names in the system - pupils take the whole thing more seriously if they no that their votes are being recorded with their own names.
  • Don't EVER show the results with names! The whole point of electronic voting systems is that they avoid exposing the failings of pupils to their classmates.
  • Have fun! These things are great fun to use, so don't be too po-faced about it.

Before going to SETT I asked my S1 class what I should say about the boards and voting pads. They said:

  • They make maths more fun, and you learn better when you are having fun
  • Some people wouldn't want to come up and write on an old whiteboard but everyone wants to write on the new boards
  • They are good because they let shy people answer questions without being embarassed
  • Some people don't like to ask for help, but with the votes the teacher can find out who needs help

I was flabbergasted by these replies. Go S1!

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