At the end of a lesson it's useful to find out what children have learned during the time spent in that lesson. Here are some ideas for doing that:
1. Sum up this lesson in a Tweet. Ask the children to explain their learning from the lesson in 140 characters or less. This means the children need to be concise about what they write. These could then be added to a school or class Twitter account too.
2. Sum up your learning as a text message. Again requiring the children to be concise, but this time giving them 160 characters to work with.
3. Sum up your learning in 3 words. Give the children a word limit to explain their learning. Again requiring them to think carefully about their description.
4. Exit Polls. Give the children a question or task to complete on a slip of paper that they can put in a box as they leave the room.
5. Draw me a picture of what you learned today. Giving the children the opportunity to explain their learning in a different way.
6. Write down the 3 Key words from today's lesson. Could be particularly useful in science, maths or other lessons with subject specific vocabulary.
Just some ideas we've been trying recently that the children have enjoyed and have been a bit different to what we've tried in the past. We'd love to have some comments below offering other ideas you've used.