21C LD Learning Activity Description Template

Revised May 2013

21C LD Learning Activity Description Template

Please describe your learning activity through the elements below. Please complete one of these templates for EACH accompanying learning activity. Choose the learning activities that you feel provided the best learning opportunities for student learners.

1.  Title of learning *activity (*e.g. task, lesson/s, unit of work, project...)

What did you hope students would learn from this learning activity? For example, what were the learning intentions or goals? Were learners aware of these in advance of the learning work?

3.  Did you have learning goals from more than one discipline (for example, literature and history, or science and maths) for this learning activity?

4.  Were learners required to work in pairs or in groups for any part of this
learning activity?

·  No

·  Working with partners or in groups was optional. Please describe below the work that
learners did together.

·  Working with partners or in groups was required. Please describe below the work that
learners did together.

5.  Were learners allowed to work with technology (ICT) for any part of this learning activity? Please go into more detail in the box below.

·  No technology was used for this learning activity

·  Learners could use technology for this activity

·  Learners were required to use technology for this activity

6.  What criteria did you use to judge the quality of learners’ work on this
learning activity? Were learners aware of the criteria in advance of undertaking the learning activity?

7.  How long did the learning activity take?

·  Completed in a single class period or session

·  Completed inside a week

·  Required substantive time e.g. a week or more to complete

8.  What verbal instructions did you give to learners?

9.  What other information (if any) would you like to include that may help another
teacher using this learning activity to be successful?

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