Digital Mysteries - Info

WHAT IS "DIGITAL MYSTERIES"?

Digital Mysteries – learning through collaboration

Based on an established paper-based learning tool, it is popular with teachers who value problem-solving and collaboration due to its open-ended nature and focus on group work.
From a library of mysteries on various subjects, students are given 20-30 slips of information. They usually have a strong narrative thread about people experiencing events. The process typically involves reading the information slips and grouping them. Students can then create a sequence which represents their answer.

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                                                                                                          The students' thinking is more visible on the digital version (right).

WHO IS DIGITAL MYSTERIES FOR?

The program can be adapted to suit:

  • younger learners
  • hard-to-engage students
  • higher achievers, or
  • results focused learners

 

HOW WILL IT HELP MY STUDENTS?
  • Reading: Enhances reading skills by breaking down subject information into manageable pieces of text.
  • Retention: Improves retention by interpreting the same information through different perspectives.
  • Collaboration and communication: Builds important life skills through group work and useful discussion triggers.
  • Engagement: Makes learning an enjoyable, interactive activity by working with friends on relevant, digital tasks.
  • Reflection: Develops higher level thinking using specifically designed tools, open-ended problems and working in groups.
  • Achievement: Improves achievement levels by developing basic and higher level skills and increasing engagement.

 

HOW WILL IT HELP MY SCHOOL?
  • Use existing technology: Helps your school become a place of 21st century learning using existing technologies.
  • Library: A wide range of teacher-prepared, curriculum-based  tasks with clear learning objectives.
  • Differentiation: Engages disinterested pupils, yet challenges higher achievers to reach their full potential.
  • Formative assessment: Supports formative assessment by making students’ thinking accessible via specifically designed tools.
  • Lesson planning: Makes lesson planning easier as tangible outcomes are made clear for each task.
  • Reporting progress: Assists with documenting students’ progress through generated reports and logs.

 

WHERE CAN WE USE IT?

There are a multitude of options to suit you that utilise your existing hardware:

  • Touch: Digital Mysteries can be used in touch mode to support collaboration around tablets, touch screens or tabletops.
  • PC/laptop: All you need is an extra mouse or two for each computer; this gives each student their own cursor allowing all to be involved. It also means participation levels can be recorded.
  • Interactive whiteboards: Digital Mysteries can turn into a whole class experience by making use of your classroom's interactive whiteboard.

 

 

                            

WHERE CAN WE DOWNLOAD IT?

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