Revision is a tricky business! Everyone needs something different – it is the ultimate manifestation of personalised learning.
As you will have seen from previous posts I’m not averse to chopping up exam papers or using technology to make things interesting. I also recommend YouTube videos for different revision topics.
This week I started printing QR codes, linking to online resources, onto stickers and attaching them to worksheets/books.
All pupils need is a smartphone/ipad with a barcode scanner installed. They can access the extra material whenever it is appropriate and the alternative explanations can be useful. It also helps keep pupils on task while you are helping others.
I used QRstuff.com as you can print directly to stickers (you can download them as .png files too), however there are many other sites available. If you scan the QR code above, you can access the QRstuff site too.
We’ve just issued a revision leaflet of C grade topics with QR codes linking them to videos and websites for each topic – students seemed really interested. Thinking of putting them on homeworks and student self assessment sheets as well.