Making a Worksheet Interactive

Geometry On Level and Honors

Objective: To take a multiple choice worksheet and make it interactive .

Differentiation:  Instead of playing a game as a whole class, each student played on their iPad. This let them go at their own pace, view hints if and when needed, and get feedback whether or not their answers were correct.

Programs/Software Used:

                                      iPads: Smart Notebook App

                                      ThinkPads: none

Description: I took a multiple choice worksheet and made it into a “game” or a better description would be an interactive worksheet. Students downloaded the notebook file and read the question. If they needed a hint, the “revealed” the hint. Then they clicked on the answer they thought was correct. The link then sent them to a slide letting them know if they were correct or incorrect. They could try again or move on to the next problem.

Reflection:  Is this the best way we can use the iPads in the classroom? Maybe not, but it was definitely better than students doing the MC worksheet by hand on paper.  I really liked how they could zoom in, draw on the diagrams and even add segments to connect points on a graph. I think the greatest benefit was the immediate feedback. They knew right away the areas that were lacking and the areas where they were good to go. Some of these topics had not been covered since last semester so the hints were very beneficial in the way of quick reminders. I would definitely do this again especially once the notebook file is already made (it took a while to type up and add all the links)

Apple/Android  Pro/Con: Many of the animations and fonts do NOT translate to the smart notebook app. Big disappointment because I use those a lot in my lessons. The androids do not have the notebook app at this time.