How to create a ‘Spin’ PowerPoint

Lesley Ann McDermott

Think of questions that will test student recall

Type individual questions per slide

Keep the background ONE colour

Here are a few ideas on what you could include in a ‘Spin’

PowerPoint

Closed Questions

Multi-Choice Questions

Use ‘spin’ to randomly select exam questions

• Set 3 exam questions per slide for random selection choice

• Describe• Explain• Assess

• Students choose ONE question

• Timed conditions

Use ‘spin’ to randomly select exam questions

• In pairs select as many keywords as you can to answer the following questions.

• Describe• Explain• Assess

• Timed conditions

Decode the Question Type

Identify the topic, type of question, key dates, key words

Unscramble the Anagram

Identify the correct spelling of

True or False statements

Complete the sentence

Identify the ‘Odd One Out’

Identify the missing word in the sentence

Give ONE fact about

Give THREE facts about

What was the consequence of...?

Key Events

Quickly place the events in chronological order

Use Images

Match the artefact to the correct time period

Use Images

Match the event to the image

Use Images

Identify the Key Individual/s

Use a Source

Identify the topic from the source

Use a Source

Indentify the True Statement

Use a Source

Identify the Tone of the Source

Use a Source

Identify the Purpose of the Source

Use a Source

Identify the Type of Source

Use a Source

ONE way this source is reliable

Use a Source

ONE way this source is unreliable

Use a Source

Make ONE inference

Use a Source

Choose the correct inference

(set this up by including 3 inferences – only one is

correct)

Use a Source

How is this source both reliable and unreliable as

evidence?

Use a Source

ONE way this source is useful to a historian

Use a Source

ONE way this source is not useful to a historian

Use a Source

This source shows bias

Why is it still useful and what does it tell us?

Include a few ‘Miss a Turn’ slides sprinkle amongst the

question slides

‘Miss a Turn’

Use a mix of these ideas in

one ‘Spin’ game

You could ask students to create their own revision

‘Spin’ games to test classmates

Share the ‘Spin’ Game idea with colleagues – it can be

used in ALL subjects

Here are a few ideas on when you could use

a ‘Spin’ PowerPoint

Starter

Plenary

Revision Tool

Add to the VLE

Take the ‘Spin’

challenge

Use whole class on IWB

Use lollipop sticks with names on -

randomly select students

Students use on their own to

revise

Ask everyone in the class, even

the teacher

How to set up the ‘Spin’ PowerPoint's

Go to ‘Animations’

Tick Advance slide ‘automatically after’ 00:00

Click Apply to All

Go to ‘Slide Show’ ‘Set up Slide Show’

Under show options tick loop continuously until ‘Esc’

Click OK

Instructions

• Press ‘S’ for start

• Press ‘S’ for stop

• Press ‘Esc’ escape to end

What I have found...Students are

mesmerised by the spinning

At first they think the board is not working

Students enjoy the challenge of pitting themselves against the random

question selection

Consolidates

Repetition

Reviews

Reinforces

Builds memory skills ‘Miss a Turn’ allows a time

out

Sense of suspense

Builds competition

They don’t take very long to make

Enjoy creating your own

Lesley Ann McDermott