If you read an earlier blog post you will have seen me talk about Geocube. Well I tried it out with some students today and they loved it. I let them spend ten minutes exploring the site and the different topics.
I then asked the students to create a small powerpoint no more than 4 slides on a topic of their choice (what they can create here is up to them I just chose to play it safe).
After this I asked them to go to:
The above website acts as a giant wall where students can 'stick' a post-it to it. I decided to ask the students to write down 3 pieces of information they have learnt from Geocube. Soon we had over 100 posts on the wall.
The students really liked the fact they could see on their computer but also on the whiteboard what they had learnt.
Below is a screen shot of the wall after I tidied it after the lesson:
I asked the class for homework to research 3 facts about volcanoes and earthquakes as this is our next topic and include pictures and possibly video links.
I think this will make an excellent start to the lesson!!
Mr. Still
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