{"id":24992,"date":"2025-03-27T10:50:04","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:50:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/?p=24992"},"modified":"2025-06-30T13:26:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T12:26:00","slug":"making-resources-for-teaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/2025\/03\/27\/making-resources-for-teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Making resources for teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"builder-section-text_12\" class=\"builder-section-first builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-next-text builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_12-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p><a id=\"ttfmake-1724748076\" class=\"ttfmake-button\" style=\"background-color: #0165be; color: #ffffff; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; padding: 4px 10px; border-radius: 100px;\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/digilearn\/new-home\/enhance-learning-and-teaching-with-digital\/\" data-hover-background-color=\"#2499a7\" data-hover-color=\"#ffffff\"><i class=\"ttfmake-button-icon fa fa-home\"><\/i>\u00a0back to learning, teaching and assessment home<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A well-crafted resource should be considered an important part of learning. Resources should be structured to convey meaning clearly with concise, bulleted text, alongside meaningful images or data representations and with lots of &#8216;white space&#8217; on the screen.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"builder-section-text_33\" class=\"builder-section-prev-text builder-section builder-section-text builder-section-last builder-text-columns-1\" style=\"background-size: cover; background-repeat: no-repeat;background-position: center center;\">\n<div class=\"builder-section-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\" id=\"builder-section-text_33-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>When presenting new information or ideas, educators should keep it clear and concise to reduce cognitive load on learners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Presentations or videos should be short and succinct. This goes for the visual, audio and text presented. Below are principles to follow when designing teaching materials and resources.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/68D-PKOScQM?si=fynM3oLO7f2ZDQCK\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Tr4Rerh08c?si=Atr_btTyZlLJkDMz\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\" id=\"builder-section-text_33-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Educators can use presentations to explain ideas or videos to demonstrate skills. Google Slides and Microsoft PowerPoint are available in glow.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8lASDb4xRE?si=PzLeDBzT_V2thVQr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r8lASDb4xRE?si=PzLeDBzT_V2thVQr\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0M-CPvzLWDk?si=5LCOdbCkSG1ji7ha\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TSxY7HtvBwc?si=PzxQ4i6mMsF2SHGT\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><br \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_tptSIE7aVQ?si=SDbjSk9wUuIfl10x\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-3\" id=\"builder-section-text_33-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div id=\"builder-section-text_31-column-1\" class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-1\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<h2>Checking learner understanding throughout the lesson<\/h2>\n<p>Educators can use quizzes to check learner understanding. Google and Microsoft Forms are available in glow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid383947\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4B3bjOfhyOk?si=E6USXVXBCzkyBvSI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid172748\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qg6h8VRQZjs?si=pVIPM3Ld3nO0vobH\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"builder-text-row\">\n<div id=\"builder-section-text_31-column-1\" class=\"builder-text-column builder-text-column-2\">\n<div class=\"builder-text-content\">\n<p>Educators can use collaborative spaces, such as Microsoft Whiteboard to share and group ideas using \u2018post-its\u2019. to check the understanding of a group of learners. Microsoft Whiteboard is available in glow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid62858\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1IyPpO9OCSA?si=j0a29d3QN0qAA3SI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0back to learning, teaching and assessment home A well-crafted resource should be considered an important part of learning. Resources should be structured to convey meaning clearly with concise, bulleted text, alongside meaningful images or data representations and with lots of &#8216;white space&#8217; on the screen. 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