[MUSIC PLAYING] SPEAKER: While setting classwork, one thing though we did point
out in the training from the very start was to actually try and map their folders.
So we ended up using Google G Suite. And we used the Google Drive as well as the Google
Classrooms. And that's so that you could do the equivalent thing on OneDrive and on Teams.
But one thing we did point out is if, for example, this is the new GCSE book here from Pearson-- it
could be any other book that you might use, as well. But what we looked at? We looked at
the contents page. And one thing I recommended to my maths team was, if you're going to share work
this way, it might be worth actually structuring your folders to map with your student work.
You might not follow the same order of the topics, but whatever you offer is
actually mapping so it's easy for them to go back, revise, because we want to--
if we go back to our vision, it's enhancing our pedagogical approaches. But it's also
making sure they're more independent, making sure they can access the work.
So if we set that up from the very beginning, then students can then follow throughout
the period, whether in school or out of school. And again, whatever we're setting up,
it shouldn't just be for this period now. This can really help students revise in the future,
if we have a system where we're sharing resources with them and
they can go back and revise as well, and help them with their exams and so on.
And the other thing, if you're using Google Classroom-- so I showed you an example of
Google Drive. Google Classroom, though-- and again, we took the contents page. And what
we said to teachers to do is-- and as you can see, you can see here my own, one of my new,
teams, I think this one is. Yep. And we have actually put the topics to still follow
the teams of work. And then the lessons are within that. And we've done that so that, again,
students can go back. And if they're at home, they can then go follow us into work as well.
Now this might be very simple, but like any other USB or hard drive that you might have had-- and I
know every time I get a new hard drive, I say I'll organized. And before I know it, I keep
sending and saving different files and folders. If we can make sure, if we're starting something new,
if we can structure it-- and I don't know about you, but if we can structure it,
then it'll be easier to access. And it'll be easier for students
to access and parents to access and find things as well, especially.
And this can really help [INAUDIBLE] to your level for [INAUDIBLE]. So it really helps within the key
stages as well, because they can then carry on and follow what they've learned from the year before,
because again, some of you might have even-- and then some of you might have a three-year
[INAUDIBLE] stage 4. So even from year 9-- so if you're saving things from year 9,
when they come to year 11, they can trace back to the [INAUDIBLE] the PowerPoint. And I know we have
offer and that we have a lot of platforms online. But when you see something that you've used in
the past, hopefully it might trigger something in the memory and help them remember, as well.
Oh, collecting work. This I'm going now into homeworks. We do have Show My Homework, where
we set different tasks. But what I've done is I've then asked them to submit the work
back in the Google Classroom. And if you haven't got that experience, then if you
go to the Google website with the biggest, you can see how you can collect work through that.
One thing, though, to be careful with, because if you try to receive the same amount of work as
if you would when they were in front of you, this would be a lot harder to mark and a lot
harder for you to monitor, as well. And so what I would suggest and advise-- and I've
done that with my own team-- is I said, if you still feel like you want to give that work,
feel free to give that. But I would, one, only give targeted tasks that I will mark.
And an example, if I had a whole worksheet with 10 questions, I'll probably give them a final
answers to mark themselves. And I might ask you, or my kid, about three questions where I
would ask them to stand back. And I'll mark those, because it's easier to mark 3 questions or even 2
instead of 10. And I would target those 3 questions would be questions that would
highlight misconceptions and would basically show me if they have good deep understanding
of the concept. I don't need 10 questions for me to understand that. I can have targeted 2 or 3.
If I want them to do some practice, well, they can still send me the work back. And
I can have a quick look because I think I put them [INAUDIBLE]. So here, for example,
this is [INAUDIBLE]. I mean, can you see how many pages she's put on the side? And again, this is
an A-level student. I have the same thing with my year 11s as well. But can you see how many pages?
If I were to mark this electronically for each one, that'd be a challenge. Now I do have the
option, and I've done that before. I might download them all and then print them myself.
But again, that's more time-consuming. And remember, the workload is a big thing as well,
because if you have a full timetable and you're trying to do that across all your year groups,
that can be quite time-consuming. So you need to put something in place that will help you.
So as I said, having-- I still want Sophie to send me all those
pages. I want to see her work. And I might, when I'm browsing,
notice that she's done something that I might want to highlight. Now whether I organize a meeting
with her online through a platform and I can, depending whether I'm allowed to have one-to-one
through an online platform. It depends what you've set up within your school. I might do that.
Or I might choose to use that question as a [INAUDIBLE] in my next slide lesson. Or
if I have some-- if Sophie's at home and the rest of them are at school,
and Sophie can watch my lesson via Zoom. Like I mentioned, or Google Meet, or any
other platform. Then I might choose to do that on purpose. I can target that information and
help her with that. As I said, when it comes to marking and submitting back work from her,
I've only selected two or three questions to do that only, and not all those pages.