LessonUp Webinars
Would you like to discover more about LessonUp? We offer free webinars on a regular basis. Join and learn tips and techniques that make every class better than the last.
Effective methods to enhance learners’ metacognitive skills
Metacognition is the process of being aware of how you think and learn, and of what you know and don’t know. Thanks to metacognitive strategies, you can empower your students to think about their learning.Give them the tools to recognise their abilities, direct their learning, and understand what causes their successes or failures.
The 3 essential points we will investigate together:
- A deep dive into what metacognition in the classroom means.
- How to make your students understand its life-changing potential .
- Clear, simple, targeted methods to encourage metacognitive skills.
During this webinar we will share our best practices, ideas and tips on how to empower your students’ metacognitive skills. Benefit from applying our targeted learning techniques during your lessons, with or without the support of LessonUp.
We provide a CPD certificate at the end of the webinar.
Revolutionising Education: How AI is transforming teaching pedagogy and lesson planning
This webinar will examine the use of AI in a modern education setting. We will be exploring the ways in which you can use AI to effectively enhance your teaching while still remaining in control of your classroom and content. Our AI integrations will vastly reduce the amount of time you use to plan lessons and set tasks. Be one of the first teachers in the world to experience the impact it could have on your daily practice.
By the end of this webinar you will:
- See how our AI integrations can enhance teaching and learning for you and your department(s).
- Be able to effectively and efficiently use AI to plan lessons ready for you to add your own unique flair.
- Include interactive and engaging questioning formats into your lessons and make the toolkit actively work for you.
How to apply Rosenshine principles in your classroom
In a recent White Paper, LessonUp outlined how teachers can apply Barak Rosenshine’s 10 Principles of Instructions alongside 12 learning techniques. Join us to learn how you can apply these principles of Instruction directly into your teaching.
What to expect:
- What are the Rosenshine Principles?
- How can you apply Rosenshine instantly in your lessons?
- How you can apply it using different tools like LessonUp?
After this webinar you can pick out the principles that resonate with your teaching style, and would work better in your class. At LessonUp, we believe in education first. In fact, you can apply all methods and features with or without our digital toolkit.
We provide a CPD certificate at the end of the webinar.
10 learning techniques to stimulate critical thinking
What’s happening in the world? What caused it? And what can we expect in the future? These are very relevant questions. In this webinar we offer you a selection of learning techniques to bring actuality into the classroom, and inspire your students. Let’s look into engaging ways to encourage them to think critically about news sources.
3 things we will explore during this webinar:
- Practical learning techniques to encourage critical thinking.
- Super interactive digital features to engage learners.
- Methods to make your students’ thinking process visible.
During this webinar we will share our best practices, ideas and tips on how to promote critical thinking both with and without the support of LessonUp. Feel free to try them out during your lessons, and see which methods work better for your students.
We provide a CPD certificate at the end of the webinar.
Encourage your students to become active learners
Active learning is a very natural way of learning. It focuses on how students learn - not only on what they learn. They are stimulated to ‘think hard’ and engage with the learning material. All teachers wish for a classroom full of active, engaged learners! Is that realistic though? Can you encourage all your students to become active learners?
3 things you will attain from this webinar:
1. Hands-on tips to encourage an active learning culture
2. Super interactive methods & features to engage learners
3. Targeted solutions that you can implement straight away
After this webinar you can pick out the techniques that resonate with your teaching style, and would work better in your class. At LessonUp, we believe in education first. You can apply all methods & features with or without our digital toolkit.
We provide a CPD certificate at the end of the webinar.
Getting started with LessonUp
Do you want to create your first lesson in LessonUp or do you need a refresher course? We'd love to help you find your way around our interactive platform. During this webinar, our trainers will cover the first steps in LessonUp.
What can you expect?
- What is LessonUp?
- How can you use LessonUp as an interactive tool?
- How to create a lesson?
After this webinar, you'll be able to get started with your first lesson and know how to deliver it to students.
We provide a CPD certificate at the end of the webinar.
The next step in LessonUp
So, you have created your first lesson, maybe tried a quiz with your class and enjoyed exploring all the ways you can implement the spinner to activate and engage exciting conversations in your classroom.
Now it’s time to start thinking about how you can maximise your efficiency using our platform, by looking at the organisation of your cohort, saving valuable time when adapting and distributing lesson materials and getting the most of the lesson reports. What can you expect?
- learn how to establish and edit classes
- practical advice on how, why and when to distribute lessons and assignments
- Examine the myriad of data options LessonUp will provide you with, once you have started creating class lists.
After this webinar, you will have a greater understanding of how more of the important administrative tasks function, have some inspiration on how you wish to organise and assign your LessonUp creations to different students and be able to navigate the reports functions of LessonUp.