A number of teachers are telling us that the RAG is becoming a useful planning tool, especially at this time of year when you sit down to plan a lesson, module or a year’s worth of activities. Just load up the RAG and give it a shake. Thanks to Jonathan Furness for our most recent review.. “a brilliant tool that injects spice into planning learning and teaching. My kids loved afternoons using the RAG why isn’t it in every teachers toolkit”
Thanks to Iain Kilmurray who received his RAG via the wire using the new “email a RAG challenge” and responded with this neat bit of drawing, design and words overlaid on the wonderful RepRap Machine
Find out more about the RepRap here - it’s a prototyping machine that can duplicate itself!
This challenge took just 20 minutes at a Naace Conference in Blackpool in early March 2009. At first the group were quiet, then somebody had an idea, and soon they were stripping the tables of their starched white covers!
A topical RAG challenge on the man’s anniversary - the task think about the man’s achievements and then type the key points into Wordle (Image acknowledgement) Want a word to be more prominent type it in more until you are happy with the look and feel of the word tapestry. Produced in Loughbourough UK Jan 2009
The challenge in Newquay UK in January 2009 was simple - even though it was blowing a gale “walk the shape of a whale” and take the GPS recorder with you.
The Random Activity Generator is a delightful iPhone app that keeps giving you fantasticly random things to do. Simply Shake and Do.
From "Do the life-cycle of a frog as a recipe" to "Do the rules of baseball as a public apology" they keep on coming. Many of the activities are linked to Wikipedia pages or YouTube videos to help you if you get stuck.
