Freeform Class Planning Idea

  I have been trying to find a way to plan for my lessons which reduces my workload while supporting my students to know what they will be doing clearly in each lesson.

I have discovered Freeform is a perfect platform for both planning and teaching. I write up each lesson into a template on a class-board which is shared with the students via Classwork or Google Classroom. The students can only view the board, which means what I write in there is safe and can't be changed by them. It is a great way for students who are absent to see what we are doing 'live' in class as everything I write on the board goes straight into the freeform, and is projected on the board, rather than me writing stuff up in whiteboard pen and rubbing it off. It is also a great way to attach images and links for students to go to during the lesson.

I am hoping that I can build up my yearly lesson plans in Freeform and then reuse the board again next year for my new class - hopefully reducing my work for the following years, because I can just tweak things as I go, rather than completely recreate a new plan from scratch.

I teach a Supported Learners Class and it is a great way for me to 'model' the tasks during the lesson. I can handwrite an example on the Freeform board with my apple pencil and ipad, for the students to watch while they are working, so they can see an example of what is expected and how to go about it in on their own device.