Teacher's guide · 5 minute read
Get the most out of Flag Flash
Follow this and your class will know most of the world's flags by the end of term. It starts with your first lesson and builds up from there. Each step has a button that takes you straight to the right place.
Your first lesson
Fifteen minutes from nothing to a result for every student. You need your classroom screen and one device per student, or per pair.
- 0 to 2 minPut the code on the board
Open your class and press Show on board. Students go to the join page, type the code and their first name. Names appear on the board as they join.
- 2 to 10 minPlay a live game
Set a quiz (Europe on Easy with 10 flags is a good first one) and press Host live game. Read each flag out as it flashes up. The leaderboard after every flag is where the noise starts.
- 10 to 12 minTalk about the hardest flags
The results show which flags the class got wrong most. Put two of them side by side and ask what's different. This is where the learning happens.
- 12 to 15 minSet it again as homework
Set the same quiz as homework with a due date. Students can retry as often as they like, and only their best score counts, so everyone can finish on a high.
Tip Worried about one student always coming last? Pick 2 teams in the live game lobby. The board shows team scores instead.
Your first week
Five small things that make the rest of the term easier.
- Add your class list
Paste your register on the Students tab, or fill it in from Google Classroom. Every student then joins with the right name, and you can stop anyone else joining.
- Turn on the weekly review
In the class's Settings, tick Set a review quiz every Monday. Flag Flash sets homework on the 10 flags your class missed most, every week, without you lifting a finger.
- Set a class goal
Pick a weekly target, like 500 flags right. Every quiz and practice counts, and the whole class sees how close they are.
- Try the flag of the day
Open Flag of the day as students come in. One flag, four choices, and facts when you reveal it. Two minutes, and it settles a class.
- Read your Monday email
Every Monday you'll get one short email: who's done what, who hasn't handed in homework, and a quiz to set next.
A routine for the rest of term
Flags stick when students see them little and often. This takes about ten minutes of lesson time a week.
- MondayReview quiz goes out
Set automatically on last month's hardest flags, due the next Monday.
- Each lessonFlag of the day
Two minutes at the start, as students settle.
- Mid-weekA new region as homework
Move round the world one region at a time. Try answering by capital city or on the map once they know the flags.
- FridayLive game or class battle
End the week loud. Challenge a colleague's class to a battle: points are averaged per player, so a small class can win.
Tip Students who finish early can practise on their own from their class page. It counts towards badges, coins and the class goal.
Get every student involved
The same quiz doesn't suit every student. These settings change it for the ones who need it.
- Match difficulty to each student
Tick it when you set a quiz. Flags slow down for students who are struggling and speed up for those who aren't.
- Each student's own mistakes
Choose it under Flags from, and every student gets the flags they've personally got wrong.
- Extra time
Open a student on the Students tab and give them extra or double time on each flag.
- Read aloud and high contrast
Students can turn these on from their class page. Read aloud says the answer choices and each flag's name.
- Their own language
Students can play in English, Spanish, French, German or Portuguese. Set it in the class's Settings.
See who's learning what
Everything students do lands in your class, so you never have to mark a flag quiz.
- Results and the hardest flags
Each quiz shows every score as students finish, and the flags the class found hardest.
- Each student's progress
Click a student to see their scores over time, their progress by region and the flags they should practise.
- Reports for parents' evening
Print student reports prints one page per student. Add a comment and it's ready for parents' evening or the end of term.
- A link for parents
Make a progress link for any student. Parents see their child's quizzes and badges, nothing about anyone else.
- Your gradebook
Send any quiz's scores to Google Classroom, or download every result as a spreadsheet with Teacher Pro.
Bring in a colleague
Flag Flash works best when a whole department uses it, because then classes can battle each other.
- Share a class
In a class's Settings, press Share. Your colleague sees results, sets quizzes and hosts games with their own sign-in. Good for cover and team teaching.
- Invite them and get a free month
Send your invite link from your classes page. When they make their first class, you both get a month of Teacher Pro free.
- Make it a school thing
A school license gives every teacher Teacher Pro, a school dashboard and a class tournament each term.
Stuck on something?
The help pages answer the questions teachers ask most, from students who can't join to printing reports.