As with my previous effort, I've continued to be inspired by You Suck at PowerPointand had another go at creating a presentation that follows the principles outlined in that document.
Covering Chapter 3 of the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Unit 1 textbook, the presentation I've put together and the accompanying resources to follow are designed to enable me to teach using the flipped classroom model. An example of how this can be used in your teaching is described here.
A great starter or plenary activity which, like my previous post, cover Understanding Customer Needs - Chapter 2 of the course textbook.
I've been continuing my look at implementing the Flipped Classroom model in Business Studies. Listening to his podcast, I was introduced by @tecknoteacher to the acronym USA, a teaching and learning model that follows the sequence Understand, Summarise and Answer. Let's assume that for homework we asked students to read (Understand) and make notes on (Summarise) Unit 1 Chapter 2 of the course textbook. Here is a great kinaesthetic-type (Answer) activity for the following lesson. It gets students out of their seats - in fact they should be hopping up from their seats! Hop Around Cards is an idea I spotted on the Teach-ICT website. Download the pdf from here. Instructions on how to use the Hop Around Cards are contained within.
This great starter or plenary activity covers Understanding Customer Needs from Chapter 2 of the GCSE Business Studies textbook. The missing vowels game was inspired by @VictoriaCoren and @OnlyConnectQuiz. As with my other activities, this one started as an attempt to promote literacy in Business through a targeted DART (Directed Activity Related to Text) activity. It does just that by removing the vowels from the 10 key words displayed, leaving students to fill the gaps. Easily adapted to any subject or topic.
As with my previous attempt, this Word Wall game that I use was inspired by @VictoriaCoren@OnlyConnectQuiz. The activity is also an attempt to promote literacy in Business Studies through a targeted DART (Directed Activity Related to Text) activity. This version covers Understanding Customer Needs - Chapter 2 of the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies textbook (authors Anderton and Gunn).
There are a variety of ways of tackling the Word Wall with a class:
1. Delete everything except slide 2, then let the class sort the wall individually using PowerPoint
2. Print multiple copies of slides 2 and 3. Cut up slide 2 so that all the words are separated. The class can then sort the wall individually or in pairs.
3. Print slides 4-19 and tape them under random seats. Draw a 4x4 grid on the whiteboard. Let the 16 students with the words work as a team to sort the wall at the front of the class.
4. Finally, this version gets everyone in the class involved. Start by drawing two 4x4 grids in the room - use whiteboards, pinboards, flip charts, the floor etc. Print 2 copies of slides 4 -19 and share them among the class. Students can then work as a team to sort the 2 word walls.The Connections Word Wall is great as a starter or plenary. It is easily adapted to any subject.
As with my previous effort, I've continued to be inspired by Jessedee's You Suck at PowerPointand had another go at creating a presentation that follows the principles outlined in the presentation.
Covering Chapter 2 of the Edexcel GCSE Business Studies Unit 1 textbook, the presentation I've put together and the accompanying resources are designed to enable me to teach using the flipped classroom model. An example of how this can be used in your teaching is described here.
Here’s an approach that you might want to use with your
Year 10 Business classes starting in September. It’s an approach that is built
around the flipped classroom model, and which aims to fulfill a number of objectives:
Keep whole-class teacher talk time to a minimum
Maximise the opportunities for teacher/student one-to-one time
Emphasise the importance of homework
Provide opportunities for assessment
Prepare students for the Unit 1 AND Unit 3 exams
Provide fun, engaging and practical lessons
All resources required are available here. This is how
you could use them:
Lesson 1
Start things off with the “Introduction to Businesses” topic by showing this
fast-paced video:
Next, run through the “What is a Business” SlideShare
presentation. Contained within the presentation are a number of worksheets and a "Create a Mobile Business"
activity. Students begin this activity with a view to continuing it next
lesson. The teacher moves around the room offering one-to-one support.
As a plenary activity, run
through the Missing Vowels Quiz.
Homework is to make notes
on Chapter 1 of the course textbook. The idea here is to maximise the benefits
of the flipped learning approach.
Lesson 2
Use the Word Wall activity as a starter.
Next, have the students
complete the Assessment/Writing Frame worksheet. Here, as early as possible, we
are beginning the process of not only testing students’ knowledge prior to the
Unit 1 exam, but also teaching students how to answer Unit 3 questions.
The remainder of the
lesson is spent continuing work on the Mobile Business ideas. Again, the teacher moves around the room offering one-to-one support.
Homework is to finish the
Mobile Business ideas ready for a show-and-tell next lesson
Lesson 3
Use the Hop Around Cards
as a starter
Create a wall display of
all the Mobile Business ideas. Everyone can gather round and briefly describe
their business.
This will only be a short post just to provide a link to a video I've been working on. It's the first of a series - part of a project called 60SecondMindmeld. The videos are accompanied by a comprehensive set of resources - more details of which will be posted in a day or two. In the meantime, take a look at the video and let me know what you think.
