They are called Digital Mysteries and are for iPads. We have them for A Midsummer Night’s Dream (11-16), Romeo & Juliet (11-16) and Macbeth (14-16). Each consists of one open question on the play, e.g. ‘Which of the characters in 'A Midsummer Night’s Dream' possess the most power?’ and 15-30 slips of information to help them answer it. There are additional sub-questions provided which you can ask too! They come with built in differentiation (easy/medium/hard), so you can easily more suit them to each group.
What’s different about using mysteries to explore Shakespeare?
- Truly collaborative – more than one student can interact with the tech at once plus working in groups ensures lively discussion on these important English topics and the themes within them
- Engaging – students learn about Shakespeare plays in an interactive way rather than passively reading a chunk of text; topics are split up into snippets with pictures so they’re easier to digest
- Retention – users are asked to create groups and think of names for them then lay them out in a sequence… these two different perspectives of looking at the same information mean they remember more
- Deep learning – multiple discussion points and the open-ended nature of questions help students get fully immersed in the task
Three ways to try it now:
- iPad – Search 'Digital Mysteries Shakespeare' on
the App Store now.
Individual: The apps have been reduced to 79p/99¢/AU $1.49 FROM £1.49/US $1.99/AU $2.99.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet or Macbeth.
Bundle: The app bundle works out at 3 for LESS than the price of 2! So £1.49/US $1.99/AU $2.99.
Digital Mysteries: Shakespeare Bundle
- Windows PCs and laptops
Click here to download a 28 day free trial (or send this to your ICT team) – this includes all three Shakespeare mysteries plus more such as Of Mice and Men and Lord of the Flies
- Paper task of Romeo and Juliet
We can provide a PDF of the slips for this task for you to print off , just click here and put in the comments box 'RomeoandJuliet-paper'
Want to create your own iPad activities? Click here for new tool, the Thinking Kit.