John Davitt, the creator of Learning Score demonstrates the software at the education technology trade show BETT 2009 and explains how it breaks away from existing linear lesson planning methods by involving both the teacher and the learner.
Demo - Here you can view a demo of the learning score.
How can Learning Score be used? There are many ways, and more are but here is one scenario that has happened during the trials:
A "eureka moment”.
“I was planning a lesson a few days in advance for an introductory Economics class. Looking for inspiration and thinking about the range of resources and activities that I might use, I started the Learning Score.
Suggestions jumped out at me as I explored the various ideas in the structured storehouse at the bottom of the screen. Suddenly I saw "role-play" as a suggested activity and my lesson idea crystallised. Why not start with a role-play - acting out in groups of three the differences between a monopoly and a co-operative?
I pulled the “small group” icon onto the score under the role play heading. Next I added a PDF of a document which students can access on the web but I want to walk them through it first. Next I added a picture to show the group - annotated with key vocabulary.
Finally I chose an assessment method to use at the end of the lesson I went for simple traffic lights - hold up red if you haven't got it, amber for not too sure and green for good to go.
Then I saved the Learning Score and added it to the departmental folder for future use. It will be perfect for a supply teacher covering a lesson - they can see what to do when and have all the resources to hand”.
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