TEL LESSON

• Film and TV
• Further Education (Key Stage 5)

Name a TEL tool
that you enjoy?

a detached house

a terraced house

a bungalow

Camera Lens

Think of this as the eye of the Camera 

Camera body

Think of this as the brain of the camera 

Using a Canon Camera- Key Parts

Spin to reveal a camera part: 

Pink Sand Beach in The Bahamas derives its colour from which of the following?

1. pink hibiscus bushes surrounding the beach
2. Pulverized coral and shells
3. Pink dye is mixed into the sand by humans
4. Flamingo urine

Pros:

1. Highly interactive 
2. Immediate and recorded feedback
3. Can be individualised
4. Good for Differentiation
5. Increased participation 
6. Asynchronous or flipped delivery 
7. Appeals to multiple learning style (VARK)
8. Shareable/ accessible 
9. Ample open access content
10. Facilitates classroom management

 

  

Cons:

1.  Minor PowerPoint slide compatibility issue 
2. Learning curve
3. Institutional Firewall issues
4. Slight video Lag
5. Minor Slide playback issue
6. Sharing content as PDF not ideal
7. No read aloud feature
8. Font size designed for minimal text.

  

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

How likely are you to use LessonUp in your own teaching?

Sounds interesting - I'll definitely use it.

Sounds interesting but I'll need to investigate it further.

Sounds interesting but I prefer other apps.

Sounds good but I can't see its use in my teaching practice.

I won't be using it.