Showbie in Action: Show Learning with Blank Documents

Showbie in Action is our latest resource for year 3-6 classroom teachers. The booklet is a practical guide to Showbie, using an iPad.

In this guide, you will learn how powerful assignment, feedback and communication tools can be easily integrated into your day-to-day practice and see real-life, subject-specific examples in action.

Each chapter of this book is supported by educational research, step-by-step instructions and sample assignments you can add to your class to help get you up and running with Showbie. Today, we share the third chapter, “Show Learning with Blank Documents”, including a ‘Draw That Homophone’ sample assignment for Year 3 students.

See Their Thinking

In English, students are challenged to show their understanding of the different meanings of homophones through drawing each word and then making a voice note to put each homophone pair in sentences. Blank documents enable us to put together a ‘just right’ challenge for our students to annotate and share their learning through writing, drawing and audio reflection. We can then use the same tools to provide them with feedback on their work.

Try It Yourself

Create a Blank Document

In your assignment, tap on the + button and choose Create Document.

Name Your Document

Give your document a name and choose an orientation.

Set Up Your Document

Choose the style you wish to use and the sizing of that style (where applicable). Then select how many pages you would like in your document. Finally, press ‘Create’.