Preparation
The teacher had selected a variety of artefacts dating from the Victorian era up to about ten years ago. These were objects the students would not immediately be able to identify.
The teacher uploaded images of the artefacts to a new e‑TASC project so that the students could link them to other items (how to upload images).
The teacher also entered the following questions into the e‑TASC tool (how to upload questions):
- What are the artefacts for?
- Who made them?
- What are they made of?
- What do they remind you of?
The teacher inserted links to the images based upon the students’ ability to use the internet for research (if needing a lot of guidance, these would lead to sites full of factual evidence). These students were quite independent, so the links led to sites to challenge their investigative skills.
Having prepared the material, the teacher used ‘Save as template’ to make it available to the students. Using the Student Registration Tool the teacher could then open an account for each of them. Students could now work on their own version of the template and store this online for the teacher to view (students could also access their work at home if online there).