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Urbis, Manchester

Using mobile phones, the service will help to bring paintings, sculptures, historical objects and architecture of Manchester to life. During the tour, all images and sounds are downloaded to each pupil's individual online store. At the end of the tour pupils are invited to see and discuss their online collections and go on to create multi-media stories.

Downloads:

Teacher's Pack
KS2 Pre-visit Lesson Plan
KS2 Visit Lesson Plan
KS2 Post-visit Lesson Plan
KS3 Pre-visit Lesson Plan
KS3 Visit Lesson Plan
KS3 Post-visit Lesson Plan

www.urbis.org.uk Book an OOKL session by contacting us through:

info@urbis.org.uk

Call +44 (0) 161 605 8200

Sample stories:

Quotes:

Teacher

''I love the lesson plans. They are clear, informative, easy to follow and inspiring. All the information you need is there. The pack is full of ideas of how to get to the learning goals in an interesting way.''

Student

''We love it, its brilliant!''

Step 1: Choose a host and call them to book a session.

Step 2: Once you have booked, you'll be sent log in details by email. You'll then be able to register classes and create a visit.

Step 3: Prepare for your trip by downloading a teachers' pack, reviewing the lesson plans for the venue and providing a pre-visit lesson for your students.

Step 4: Your students can log in to OOKL and prepare for the visit by adding things to their own multimedia store or looking through featured stories online.

Step 5: On the day of the visit make sure your students have a clear goal for the trip. They'll be able to collect objects and record a memory of their visit using text, photography and sound recordings.

Step 6: Back at school or at home, your students will be able to see what they and their classmates have collected, learn more about the things they've seen at the venue. They can then create multimedia stories that they can show to their family, present to their class so you can assess and comment on.

Step 7: When they are happy, your students can publish stories for you to assess formally.

Step 8: You can then choose to feature their published stories so that they can be seen by other schools and the general public.

Step 9: Please provide us feedback so we can make future visits even more engaging and useful.

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