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This case study explores how Carron Primary have been exploring digital floorbooks to capture learning in IDL across their school. Hear from teachers Aimee Allison and Linsey Archibald about their experiences planning for and implementing the move to digital floorbooks.
Context
“As part of our School Improvement Plan 2021/22 we were asked to undertake a test of change in our classrooms, linked to digital learning and relevant to our class. Aimee identified that it was sometimes tricky to evidence learning in IDL in the early years due to active learning and play. So, as a test of change, to both evidence IDL learning whilst also applying skills developed through Apple Teacher Training, she created what is now known as a Digital Floorbook, using Pages.”
What did you do?
“Aimee began a topic in P2, ‘Animals Around The World’ and began documenting the pupils learning journey. This included recording key questions and prior knowledge and then using Pages to record evidence, such as voice recordings, videos and photographs. We were then able to share pupil voice throughout the whole topic whilst easily reflecting back to the key questions and the journey so far. We then were able to link this to planning, E&Os, benchmarks and skills..”
Pages is a core built in iPad app that allows you to create documents. It has the ability to easily and quickly add a range of multimedia content. Pages can be exported to PDF or EPUB making it easy to download and share content with others.