Changes I have made using mini white boards, to my starters and to my questioning.
3 changes this year. I have been teaching since 2008 and in that time I have made some small and some large changes to my teaching. However, I have been consistent in my methods for the past three years, until this year. Throughout this year I have made three changes to my teaching that are detailed in this blog. The major one is the way I use mini whiteboards (MWB). Previously these were used in my classroom for instant feedback (and still are). I read one of Craig Barton’s three top tips which detailed how to use these as an aid for starter questions. Before this change I would leave four questions on the board, take the register, ask the students to do the questions, walk around the room and then stand at the front and try to gauge understanding. Now the books are left in their boxes until later and I just have MWB and pens on the students’ desk. I have two questions on the board (it would be better to just have one question on the board, but I have two as I still need some ...