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Activity Search Criteria

Subject

Many Roamer activities engage several subjects at the same time. The list cites prominent subjects only. It does not include subjects that belong to activity extensions.

Age Group

The target age of the activity can vary student ability and need. For example an activity might introduce an idea with one group of students, but act a reinforcing activity for an older group.

Activity Availability

For completeness and to provide the teacher with a complete vision of what activities she can do we include activities that teachers need to buy.

Technical Rating

This refers to the your ability to use the technology. It does not refer to the complexity of the technology, the age of the students or the difficulty of the subject matter. Some very sophisticated technology is simple to use. For example a television is a complex device, but everyone can use them. The aim of the rating is to ensure that you do not use activities that require advanced skills until you have sufficient experience and training.

The aim of the rating is to ensure that you do not use technically complicated activities until you have sufficient experience and training.

		Novice	You are a complete beginner or know only the basics and as yet have not had significant experience of using Roamer in the classroom.

		Practitioner	You know how to use Roamer and some of its most popular accessories. You have often used in the classroom. You are comfortable with using the free Online Valiant Training to advance your skills.

		Expert	You have a lot of experience of Roamer in the classroom and know all the basic and many of the advanced Roamer skills. You are an active member of the Roamer community and have probably developed activities for the Activity Library.

Lesson Time

These provide teachers with a rough idea of the activity time. Often activities can be dealt with in different ways so you may want to take longer or take less time.

		Part of a Lesson	This includes activities like demonstrations, catalysts, provocateurs, etc. They are used in a small part of the activity. The robot may form an important part of the activity, but it is not substantial part of it.

		Lesson	Roamer may not be all of the activity, but it plays a substantial and often central role. The activity does not extend beyond one or two lessons.

		Minor Project	Here Roamer plays a substantial role in an activity that lasts for several lessons.

		Major Project	Here Roamer plays a substantial role in a lesson that lasts for many lessons.

“Substantial” does not necessarily mean that you use Roamer all the time, but it is a core part of the activitiy.

Student Groupings

		Single Student	This is as it says: an activity for a single student.

		Small Group	This is an activity that could involve up to ten students. Generally its two to five.

		Whole Class	This is as it says: an activity for the whole class.