Pros : Interactive elements –
LessonUp incorporates
features of various TEL tools.
‘All in one teaching platform’
· Provides an immediate
feedback to the learner in
relation to activities completed
· The teacher can create
individual or group tasks
· Lessons can be differentiated
· LessonUp is an effective tool to
increase student participation
· May be used in classroom,
online, asynchronous or flipped
classroom type of teaching
· It helps address various
learning preferences
· The teacher can filter shared
contents
· Opportunity for the teacher to
share the presentation in a PDF
form or via link.
· The traffic light system may be
used as a classroom
management tool and/or a
differentiation tool.
· There are ready made
presentations that may be used
by the teacher.
Cons:
Current resources such as PowerPoint presentation can be utilised however, slides are uploaded as images. Therefore, cannot be edited. However, different activities may added. · For new users, it may take time to create their own presentation to maximise the use of different features · There may be firewall issues in some Colleges/schools if Vimeo or YouTube is blocked. · There were instances when a presentation starts from the last slide rather than slide 1 · PDF form of the presentation may be too small for some users · At the moment, there is no read aloud feature and immersive reader to promote inclusion and to meet learning needs of some students. However, the teacher may record their own voice while presenting. · Font size may be small for some users