28 August 2008
The Product  

 

Learning Bug is changing the way students are using technology to help them learn as well as saving schools thousands of pounds a year.
 

But first, what Learning Bug is not...

  • A way of managing hours and hours of content. Content isn’t knowledge in the same way Tesco isn’t a restaurant
  • A VLE. Organising work is part of the preparation for the learning process but isn’t learning
  • An MLE. See VLE
  • An endless stream of multiple-choice questions. Guessing isn’t learning
  • A way for teachers to put all their lessons on-line. Lessons should be far more adaptable and flexible than something that is typed up and uploaded for perpetuity. And anyway who’s got the time to do that?
  • Technology for the sake of it. Who needs whistles and bells when you have deep thinking and learning going on
  • A lot of hard work for the teacher. Originally designed for use during cover lessons all the teacher needs to do is tell the Bug what topic to focus on. That’s it. When was the last cover lesson you planned that involved just typing one word?
 

So what is Learning Bug?

It's a powerful and truly innovative system for combining technology with great pedagogy to get young people thinking and learning in a way that taps into:

  • Thinking
  • Learning
  • Multiple Intelligence theory
  • 8Way Thinking
  • Teamwork
  • Researching
  • Time management
  • Assessment for learning
  • Memory strategies
  • Independent learning

 

In a nutshell, Learning Bug takes learners through a series of tasks to help each to think and learn about whatever topic the teacher has chosen for that lesson process. In fact, once the teacher has chosen the subject matter, they can pretty much sit back and twiddle their thumbs as the Bug takes the group from one task to the next, managing their time and their motivation until it declares the ‘winning’ group at the end of the lesson.

What’s more, the work generated during a Learning Bug session – thoughts, questions, insights, answers, assessments, knowledge – can then be used by the class teacher in the following lessons as a springboard for further work.

Imagine a cover lesson, for example, where you not only have to simply type one word or sentence as your lesson plan but also come back to a whole array of student-generated resources in your inbox that will help you easily plan great future lessons.

Designed in a unique collaboration between Ian Gilbert of Independent Thinking Ltd, with his specialist knowledge of thinking, learning and motivation and Clevedon Community School, a school originally looking to find a way to use technology to stop wasting money on poor quality supply teachers, Learning Bug is being launched in seven schools across North Somerset before its official UK launch on 2008.

For more information about Learning Bug, to speak to teachers actually using it, to book a time when you can come to Clevedon and see it in action for yourself, to find out about pricing (and how investing in Learning Bug means you can actually save money – lots of it!) please contact us.

We look forward to hearing from you.

The Learning Bug Team
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