From OHP to IWB

One recent development was to update a group task I used at the begining of the year, the task on Lathe Identification recaps on parts of the Centre Lathe and encourages discussion within class whilst the learners are working in small groups.

The original task was a laminated picture of a Centre Lathe with associated labels, this was originally developed by Steve Gregory at Sheffield College. One issue with this was that the strong members of the group tended to take control and soon had the labels linked to the picture. As an addition to this I also got learners to think about what important item was missing from the picture. This was closely linked to Health & Safety so the missing part should be identified as the machine guard.

During the recent resource group meeting at Leeds I developed a further aid to this in the form of a word document (Centre Lathe) which could be projected to the (IWB) interactive white board and therefore enable the learners to work individually to identify the labels to the correct part of the machine. This will further develop inclusivity and differentiation as I can select a learner early in the task who I think may struggle, thus enabling them to chose a label for a part of the machine they are familier with. A copy of the document was also returned back to Steve Gregory for possible use during future lessons.


References:-

Petty, G. (2004) Teaching Today, 3rd Edition. Cheltenham: Nelson Thornes Ltd.

Reece & Walker. (2006) Teacher, training & learning, 6th Edition. Tyne & Wear: Business Education Publishers Limited.

Acknowledgements:

Steve Gregory, Engineering Tutor Sheffield College and member of the North East Engineering Network (stevegregory@sheffcol.ac.uk)