5 different strategies to stretch and challenge learners, as demonstrated at CNWL, June 2013

1. Stretching and Challenging
our learners
CNWL, June 2013
Carlyn Peever / Nick Madejcyzk / Tony Delahunty

2. Session Aims...
• be clear what Stretch & Challenge means
• reflect on some strategies for Stretch &
Challenge
• consider ways that ILT can help with
Stretch & Challenge
• to share ideas

3. “I've often thought that when something is
hard for you, whether it's going to law school
or anything else that challenges you, that's
probably what you should do.”
Hillary Rodham Clinton

4. “The ultimate measure of a person is not
where he or she stands in moments of
comfort and convenience, but where he or
she stands at times of challenge.....”
Martin Luther King, Jr.

5. Strategies
that work
for you

6. ?

7. Challenge
Wall
Activity:
• Take a look at some
examples around the
room.

8. Activity:
• Get learners to
compose questions
mapped to Bloom‟s
levelsUsing
Blooms

9. Activity with ILT:
• Use ILT to collaborate
on board/document:
e.g. Padlet:
– http://padlet.com/wall/ilt_bloom0
Using
Blooms

10. Activity:
• Rafael Nadal
• Ed Milliband
• The Shard
• Arabic
What’s the
question?
Jeopardy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps-mo07jxeA

11. Activity with ILT:
• Use Triptico
– (installed at Wembley, next
year at Willesden)
• “What‟s the Question”
app
What’s the
question?
Jeopardy

12. Big
Word
Activity:
• Take a word from
your subject area and
create an image that
both spells and
„explains‟ it

13. (“Big Word”)
Examples
(You can use
“Vocational
Learning” if
stuck)

14. Big
Word
Activity with ILT:
• Can use
mindmapping
software
– e.g.
www.text2mindmap.com
– e.g. http://bubbl.us/
• Infographics
- e.g. http://visual.ly

15. Activity:
The College has been
preparing all year for a
possible visit by
OFSTED. It has not
happened but they are
scheduled to see us by
September 2014.
Evaluate!
De Bono’s 6
thinking hats

16. Activity with ILT:
• Use a Forum or Chat
in Moodle to host a
discussion using
„Thinking Hats‟
De Bono’s 6
thinking hats

17. Impact!
• Using your SOW‟s, find examples where
you might use each of the above
strategies. Now, incorporate the strategy
into your SOW.

18. • Identifying similarities and differences
• Summarising and note taking
• Reinforcing effort and developing a „can do spirit‟ in the classroom
• Regular extended learning beyond the classroom
• Regular visuals, photographs, diagrams, models, objects to
reinforce key concepts and learning
• Co-operative learning
• Setting learning targets and goals for a particular topic
• Posing key questions and hypotheses to encourage deeper
thinking… what if?
• Cues, questions and advance organisers
Classroom
learning
strategies
that work
(www.marzanoresearch.com)

19. The end
Carlyn Peever / Nick Madejcyzk / Tony Delahunty