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Find the structure that fits your lesson

You do not need to know the library. Say what should happen in your lesson, and the assistant or the filters leave a handful of structures. Below you also read how that choice is made.

  1. Step 1

    Start with the assistant

    At the top of “Structures” sits the assistant with seven tiles. Tap what you need a structure for, for instance “A lesson”, “Tutor time” or “A project”. You do not need an account for this.

    The assistant at the top of the Structures page, outlined: seven tiles, the first is A lesson, and a dashed tile to type or speak it yourself.

  2. Step 2

    Answer a few questions

    The assistant asks one question at a time, and you answer with a tap. For instance whether the material is new or already covered. You also see how many structures are left. If a question does not matter to you, there is a tile to skip it. With three or fewer left it stops asking and shows them. “Start over” takes you back to the first question.

    The assistant after the first answer: the choice A lesson, the Start over button, the number of structures left and the next question with answer tiles.

  3. Step 3

    Say it in your own words

    With a free account you can also click “Something else? Type or speak…” and tell in a few sentences what you need: which class, which topic, what should happen. The assistant takes what it can use and asks only about what is still open.

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  4. Step 4

    Or choose yourself with the filters

    In the bar above the cards click “Filter”. The seven coloured tiles answer one question: what should happen in the lesson right now? Activate prior knowledge, process, practise, retrieve from memory, apply, check understanding or plan. Each tile shows how many structures belong to it. You choose one: a second tap replaces the first.

    The open filter panel, outlined: seven coloured tiles with the learning functions, each with its number of structures and a short note, and the More filters link below.

  5. Step 5

    Narrow down by time, grouping and source

    “More filters” opens four rows: “Context”, “Grouping”, “Time” and “Source”. A second “More filters” adds “Lesson phase” and “Preparation”. Within one row your choices add up: pairs plus groups gives structures for both. Across rows it gets stricter: pairs and ten minutes leaves only short structures for pairs. Time takes one limit. “Reset” clears everything.

    The filter panel with More filters open: below the tiles the rows Context, Grouping, Time and Source with their choices, and a second More filters link for Lesson phase and Preparation.

  6. Step 6

    The assistant and the filters are one choice

    What you answer the assistant is then ticked in the filters, and the other way round. So you can start with the assistant and adjust with the filters. The assistant shows its proposal at the top, and the cards below follow the same choice.

  7. Step 7

    Sort what is left

    Next to “Filter” are three buttons. “Recommended” is our own order: structures for the classroom first, then those for teams and peer consultation, and within each group the most used ones in front. “Shortest” puts the shortest first, and “Alphabetical” helps when you already know the name. Every card shows the group size and the duration.

    The bar above the cards, outlined: All structures with the count, the buttons Recommended, Shortest and Alphabetical and the Filter button; below it the cards with group size and duration.

  8. Step 8

    Rather a structure that is already filled?

    Under “By subject” in the menu you pick your subject. You see the structures we already prepared for it, with questions or statements in them. One click and they are on the board, without an account. Afterwards you change the questions to fit your own lesson.

    The page with ready-made structures by subject: one card per subject, with the number of structures ready to use.

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