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As ever, Ollie Bray has blogged yet another piece of software to try in our classes. I noticed he had made a Wallwisher for TeachMeet 09, to give participants the chance to thank the sponsors and just generally add comments. It struck me that this might be a great way to encourage pupils to give feedback on lessons or units as a means of ongoing evaluation. Would also be good for some thinking skills and decision-making exercises; pupils could post their viewpoints and we could see a whle range of opinions build up.
Thought I’d pilot this with my S3 class who are doing glaciation; I need to know how they are coping before they get a formal assessment.

Interested in using objective questions in Geography. While not a feature of Intermediate or Higher, they do provide a very useful diagnostic assessment, which can give quick, accurate feedback-as long as they are well designed. Lots of types, ranging from simple True false, through to multiple choice (A-D, usually) and more complex Assertion-Reason style. Going to sample some styles with my classes; plenty to choose from; see eg http://www.s-cool.co.uk/gcse/geography/rocks-and-landscapes/test-its/rocks-and-landscapes-multiple-testit.html
here’s a few for starters:

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