Interactive Transform (IT) sits at the Interactive row and Transform column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Geography lessons for KS4 that classify as IT, plus anti-examples that look IT but are not.
Cross-school case-study debate
UK class debates a partner school in a developing economy on a contested globalisation question (e.g. is fast fashion a net good or harm?). Each side argues from their national perspective; teacher-judges on both sides facilitate. Live, contested, peer-vs-peer.
Tools: Microsoft Teams
Live global-data collaboration with partner school
A class partners with a school in a different climate zone (e.g. UK paired with a school in southern Australia, the US Southwest, or Singapore). Both classes record local rainfall, temperature and humidity data into a shared spreadsheet for two weeks. They then video-call to compare patterns and discuss what the climate difference reveals about geographic processes.
Tools: Google Sheets, Microsoft Teams
Real-time fieldwork data sharing across countries
Two classes (UK and a partner country) conduct similar fieldwork (e.g. high-street pedestrian counts, river-channel measurements at equivalent sites) and share data live to a joint spreadsheet over a video call. Both classes interpret the cross-country data together; each team writes a one-line interpretation of the other team's findings.
Tools: Google Sheets, Microsoft Teams
Lessons that look IT 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.