Student Assembly

Can you think of a link between these 4 famous people? Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Walt Disney, the creator of Disney Motion Pictures and Disney Land Colonel Harland Sanders, the founder of KFC

They are all independent learners Independent or self-regulated learners are active and curious: they create their own hypotheses, ask their own questions, coach one another, set goals for themselves, monitor their progress and experiment with ideas for taking risks, knowing that mistakes and ‘being stuck’ are part of learning. DfES, 2006

Florence Nightingale A celebrated nurse and pioneer in nursing education, Nightingale herself was self-taught with some help from her father.

Colonel Sanders Colonel Sanders, founder of the KFC empire, dropped out of school in the 6th grade. Upon reaching retirement age without much in the way of funds, Colonel Sanders decided to better himself with self-education and the founding of KFC.

Branson has dyslexia and had poor academic performance as a student, but later discovered his ability to connect with others. On one of Branson's last days at school, his headmaster, Robert Drayson, told him he would either end up in prison or become a millionaire. Branson's parents were supportive of his endeavours from an early age. When 15-year-old Richard decided to breed budgies and persuaded his father to build a huge aviary, his father built it. Branson's parents have been described as encouraging. Richard Branson Highlight that independent learning doesn’t necessarily mean doing it on your own. It’s about having the motivation and initiative to try, taking whatever help is available along the way.

Walt Disney The namesake and co-founder of Walt Disney, this cartoonist taught himself to draw by copying drawings in magazines. He continued to learn throughout his life, always looking for new opportunities to improve

Are you an independent learner? Have you ever felt determined to learn something and gone out of your way to ensure you did? How did it make you feel? Asks students if any of them are independent learners. Have any of them been determined to learn something and gone out of their way to ensure they did? Gymnastics? Guitar? The next level of that computer game? Ask them how it makes them feel when they’ve worked hard to learn something?

Why is independent learning so important in year 11? ...help you learn how to work at your own pace, meet deadlines and organise your time effectively … help you identify areas of strength and weakness ...improve your academic performance Why is independent learning so important in year 11? ...increase your confidence and motivation … develop a sense of self-responsibility and self-discipline ...revise for your exams!

Well, you can do all this with Doddle! Doddle is an online homework and revision resource that makes it easier for you to understand what you’re covering in class. Your teachers can assign you homework quizzes and use Doddle in lessons. Or, you can use Doddle on your own to revise and find extra help with other homework.

To log in to Doddle, go to www. doddlelearn. co To log in to Doddle, go to www.doddlelearn.co.uk and click on the login button at the top. Teacher’s note: Why not replace our site screenshot with your school website here if you’ve added a link to Doddle? Enter your school name, username and password. Your teacher will give you your username and password at the end of this assembly.

Doing your homework On the home screen, you’ll see your ‘To Do’ list. This lists your homework across all subjects, in order of how soon it’s due.   To complete a homework, click on an assignment in your To Do list. You can then see all the quizzes your teacher has assigned, as well as any comments they’ve made.

Improving your marks Once you’ve completed a quiz, it moves in to the Completed tab. You can then choose to retake the quiz as many times as you like. Your teacher can see you first, best and last score.

How can your teachers help you use Doddle? In order to complete a quiz, your teacher must assign it to you. There a tonnes of different types of quizzes. Mini quizzes are great for homework as they take about 20 minutes. Why not: Suggest your teacher sets you a quiz to help you revise? Ask your teacher to set you an extension quiz so you can challenge yourself?

Revision You don’t have to wait for your teacher to assign work. With Doddle, you’ve got access to loads of revision materials, so you can use Doddle whenever you need to: revise for an exam or end-of-unit test find out more about a topic. Click on ‘Browse’ to see all your revision materials for that subject.

In Browse, you’ll find: Presentations – in-depth introductions to whatever you’re studying. Worksheets – use these during exam preparation to vary your revision. Revision – quickly recap a topic when you’re revising for exams. Interactives – animations and activities that let you see ideas in action.

Take control of your learning: … learn wherever, whenever, - even if you haven’t got your textbooks with you! …browse for resources if you didn’t understand something in class …do your homework on the computer instead of on paper! With Doddle you can… ...learn through interactive and engaging activities! …know how well you did as soon as you finish a quiz and have a way to improve your score! ...revise for your exams!

Your form tutor will give you a letter to take home to your parents and a sticker with your login details for your planner Log in to Doddle with the username and password on your sticker Complete the ‘Using Doddle’ quiz Explore Doddle!