Interactive Amplify (IA) sits at the Interactive row and Amplify column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Geography lessons for KS5 that classify as IA, plus anti-examples that look IA but are not.
Critical globalisation case-study annotation
The teacher posts a globalisation case-study text in a shared class Doc. Students add suggesting-mode comments on lines they find most or least convincing, with reasoning. The class plenary scrolls comments, drawing out where critical thinking converges and diverges.
Tools: Google Docs
NEA hypothesis option workshop on shared wall
Each student posts three potential hypotheses for their A-Level NEA fieldwork investigation to a class Padlet. Three named peers comment on each post: one strongest, one weakest, one suggested refinement. Students then revise their preferred hypothesis based on the feedback.
Tools: Padlet
Live fieldwork data analysis across class
Each student brings their A-Level NEA fieldwork data to a shared class spreadsheet. The class collectively scrolls all data sets, with the teacher highlighting students whose data shows interesting patterns and asking them to explain. Pairs then write a one-line interpretation of one classmate's data.
Tools: Google Sheets
Lessons that look IA but are not
Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.
This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.