Video platform. Most classroom uses are PR (passive consumption); IA appears when watching is paired with live shared annotation throughout.
Scratch loops tutorial video before next-lesson paired build
Year 7 are at the start of their introduction to Scratch. Today is a 20-minute introduction to the loops construct before they build their own programs in next lesson's paired session. The teacher has chosen a ten-minute Scratch tutorial video that walks through building a draw-a-square program from scratch using the repeat block.
Students watch on their iPads with headphones. They keep their books open and jot down the four steps the video covers: position the sprite, use the pen-down block, repeat four times, turn 90 degrees and move forward. The teacher pauses the projector after the video and asks the class to predict what would change if the repeat block was set to three instead of four; the discussion runs for the last five minutes.
Tools: YouTube
Coraline opening clip with comprehension Form
The unit is on writing to describe. Year 7 will write their own atmospheric story openings next lesson, but first they need a strong example to anchor the work. The teacher has cued up the first four minutes of the animated Coraline as a class viewing, then released it on the LMS so each student can watch on their own iPad.
Students watch the clip once at their own pace, headphones on. Then they answer eight comprehension questions on a Microsoft Form: four on setting (what makes the house feel old, the colour palette, the camera angles), two on atmosphere (the role of weather and silence) and two on the writer's craft (why the parents are introduced last, why the cat speaks first).
Tools: YouTube, Microsoft Forms
Watching a Bitesize geography video clip
The class watches a 10-minute Bitesize video on river formations. Students take notes in books.
Tools: YouTube
BBC Black Death clip with Forms comprehension check
Year 7 are towards the end of their medieval England unit. Today is a 25-minute recap on the Black Death. The next lesson asks them to argue whether it was the most significant event of the medieval period. The teacher has chosen an eight-minute BBC documentary clip that covers symptoms, transmission and the social effects.
Students watch the clip on their iPads with headphones. The teacher pauses the projector at the end of the clip for a 90-second whole-class clarification (the difference between bubonic and pneumonic plague, the rough death toll). Students then answer ten MCQs on a Microsoft Form. The class results are reviewed in the last three minutes.
Tools: YouTube, Microsoft Forms
Pythagoras worked-solutions video with comprehension check
Year 9 met Pythagoras' theorem last lesson. Today is a recap before independent practice. The teacher has chosen a 12-minute video from a curriculum-aligned channel that walks through three worked solutions: a simple right-triangle, a triangle with a calculator answer needing rounding, and a real-world problem (a ladder leaning against a wall).
Students watch on their iPads. Pausing and rewinding is encouraged. The video ends with a five-question Microsoft Form: identify the hypotenuse from a sketch, choose the correct equation for a given triangle, and round a final answer to one decimal place. The teacher reviews the live class results in the last two minutes and re-explains the rounding question if needed.
Tools: YouTube, Microsoft Forms
Watching a target-language vlog with comprehension worksheet
The class watches a vlog from a teenager in a target-language country (e.g. Spanish from Madrid, French from Quebec, Mandarin from Taipei). The vlog is 5 minutes long. Students complete a paper comprehension worksheet afterwards with eight questions in the target language.
Tools: YouTube
Combustion safety video and Forms check before practical
Year 7 are about to do a combustion practical involving a Bunsen burner, a splint and three different fuels. Department policy is that every pupil watches the safety briefing and passes a check before lighting any flame. The 15-minute lesson opens with a five-minute video produced by the science technician walking through the safety steps: tying back hair, eye protection, the position of the gas tap, what to do if a sleeve catches.
Students watch the video at their desks on iPads, then complete an eight-question Microsoft Form. The Form is set to require 100% before submission. Anyone who scores below 8/8 watches the video again and re-takes the quiz. The teacher only allows the practical to start when every name is on the green-tick list.
Tools: YouTube, Microsoft Forms
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