Venn Diagram

Creating a few nice graphics and then incorporating a simple script enables you to produce a whole array of resources for your students.

Venn Diagram

This is another version of the above diagram where students get hints and an 'ideal answer' when they hover or press a button. Very useful!

Double Bubble Diagram

The Double Bubble Diagram is one of my favorites as it gets the class thinking about two separate issues. Excellent for compare & contrast activities!

A fun way of using Drag & Drop

I generally dislike Drag & Drop exercises where users drag items about and they snap into place if they are correct or bounce back if they are not, as it doesn't encourage thinking...but sometimes their just a bit of fun! Note the semi-alive cartoon characters...

Matrix Diagram

This diagram is simple fantastic when it comes to prioritise tasks or issues in ways that aid decision making e.g. identify connecting points between large groups of characteristics, functions, and tasks, or show the ranking or priority of in an interaction.

Fishbone Diagram

Sometimes named the Cause and Effect Diagram as it is a great tool for examining effects and the causes that create or contribute to those effects. I got many of these ideas from Thinking Skills and Eye-Q which is perhaps the best book available. If you have a chance to attend one of their workshops you will not regret it as they are outstanding!

A Simple MFL Mystery: Is Paul Going to Start Smoking?

Using basic scripts, Flash can be used very well with Thinking Skills activities such as Mysteries.

Idea for using Living Graphs

I love Living Graphs as they give students the opportunity to work with overviews which are so crucial! Take a look at this one and think about what you can do to make it more useful for your classes e.g. maybe add a few empty cards so students can add their own thoughts? Or why not only give them blank, draggable cards which they have to manipulate?

An effective Drag and Drop Activity

Make working with tables fun! This is a great way of using Flash, particularly for the Interactive Whiteboard as it provides opportunity for discussion and reflection.

Engage your students to write! Part I

I encourage teacher to use this style of 'interactive' worksheets as we, the teachers, can set up help buttons where classes can get examples of how to tackle a particular task. This is also a great way of incorporating Assessment for Learning using Adobe Flash

Engage your students to write! Part II

Turn the classic Burger Diagram into an interactive writing task!

Make use of Diamond 9

Diamond 9 is a real gem in my book. Create one in Flash and you'll never have to cut out another card ever again!

Another Diamond 9 idea

This task is even more sophisticated as it uses a number of different, yet simple, Flash features.

Interactive White Board: Practice French Grammar 1

Drag & Drop has become popular recently and Flash has provided teachers with an effective tool to produce effective, stylish and fun tasks for their students. This one is perhaps one of the easiest activities to create with Flash.

Interactive White Board: Practice French Grammar 2

Another version using the same techniques as above.

Interactive White Board: Practice French Grammar 3

Just to give you an idea of the difference between snapping/bouncing tasks which require little or no thinking, and activities where students have to place an item and give a reason for their choice.

Interactive White Board: Practice French Grammar 4

Another version using the same techniques as above but without any items snapping or bouncing. Which one do you prefer?