Ict in maths presentation for my favourite lesson

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Joshua HarnwellAssistant Head of [email protected]

Technology in Mathematics Education

“My Favourite Lesson” @ Roseville College

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Automation

ICT is about making my life easier!

Monday, 10 October 2011


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Communicating with parents and students



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ExplanationApplication

Tracking HomeworkMonday, 10 October 2011

The idea is to use recycling paper to print calendars on.

http://www.re-print.me/

Print one for each class and put it up on the wall. The teacher (or a student) can write

the homework each day.

http://www.re-print.me/


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The move to online homework tracking


1. Use TwInbox to post to twitter2. Get RSS Feed from Twitter

3. Use twitterfeed.com to post to facebook page

http://www.twitter.com/http://www.facebook.com/

Communicate homework and vital information to students and parents

http://tinyurl.com/mrharnwell2011 and http://www.twitter.com/mrharnwell

http://www.twitter.com/

http://www.facebook.com/

http://tinyurl.com/mrharnwell2011

http://tinyurl.com/mrharnwell2011

http://www.twitter.com/mrharnwell


OneNote > My Lessons > Demo

Over to OneNote…



OneNote > My Lessons > Demo

Over to OneNote…

Sync with Sharepoint OR Web via Skydrive

Students (and parents) can access directly!



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Parents want to help their son with homework?


DEC (Dept of Ed and Communities) has developed a site to help parents know what

students are doing in schools

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

There are some quick factsheets which student may find helpful when revising.

Example.

http://www.schoolatoz.nsw.edu.au/

https://www.det.nsw.edu.au/eppcontent/glossary/app/resource/factsheet/4068.pdf


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Flipping the Classroom



Flipping the Classroom

Lecture part of the lesson at home.

More engaging, interesting activities in class.

Example: Year 8 Number Plane Graphs- Tick Sheet- Screencast Videos (recorded using

http://screenr.com)- Quizzes and solutions (assessment for

learning)


http://screenr.com/


Flipping the classroom: Feedback

Did you like the freedom in how you could learn in this topic?




How good do you think your understanding was of this topic, compared to the way you usually learn?




Feedback from a parent…

“I want you in front of the class, teaching!”




Comments from students:

I hated this topic doing it on the computer and thought it was a terrible way to learn

i really disliked learning by myself, id rather be tought by the teacher and be given and forced to do homework. i felt i didn't know anything for this topic




Comments from students:

When he made us choose our homework, i feel i didn't do enough.

I liked how could work at our own pace but I need to work faster if I want to achieve better results.

I liked how we could chose to do what subjects we did and did not understand.

I really liked that we could choose what to do and then move on if we know the rest.



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ScreencastingMonday, 10 October 2011

Screencasting is recording a video of your computer screen, while you are working

on it. It can also record sound.

http://www.screenr.com/ (online)http://www.camstudio.org/ (software)http://www.techsmith.com/jing/ (free/paid)

Flipping the classroom

http://www.screenr.com/



http://www.camstudio.org/



http://www.techsmith.com/jing/




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Blogging with Year 8



Data: Graphs and Tables

Task: Decide on a topic that you are interested. Write a blog post on Scholaris explaining why you are interested in this topic and what you can investigate statistically.In future posts, you will need to create and upload graphs to your blog.Find a source of data that you can use to investigate your topic. You may like to consider the following:• Cars• iPhone / iPad• Harry Potter – IMDB http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/business • NRL http://stats.rleague.com/rl/rl_index.html• Cricket http://cricket.com.au/stats-scores • Climate Change http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/• Music http://www.ariacharts.com.au/• Radio http

://au.nielsen.com/products/nmr_radio_radioratings_archives.shtml


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/business

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0926084/business

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/rl_index.html

http://stats.rleague.com/rl/rl_index.html

http://cricket.com.au/stats-scores

http://cricket.com.au/stats-scores

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/

http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/data/

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/

http://www.ariacharts.com.au/

http://au.nielsen.com/products/nmr_radio_radioratings_archives.shtml

http://au.nielsen.com/products/nmr_radio_radioratings_archives.shtml


Making it Web2.0

• Students were directed as to whose blog they had to comment on…

• Example 1• Example 2• Example 3


http://start.knox.nsw.edu.au/myClasses/Year%208%20Mathematics%208MA6/Blogs/Alister_ASHWORTH/default.aspx

http://start.knox.nsw.edu.au/myClasses/Year%208%20Mathematics%208MA6/Blogs/Alister_ASHWORTH/default.aspx

http://start.knox.nsw.edu.au/myClasses/Year%208%20Mathematics%208MA6/Blogs/Simon_BOLD/default.aspx

http://start.knox.nsw.edu.au/myClasses/Year%208%20Mathematics%208MA6/Blogs/Lachlan_HIGGS/default.aspx


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Teaching and Learning Applets



Applets

• This is where I started, putting technology into my lessons

• Teacher Applets

• Students Applets

• Lets students visualise Mathematics



Applets: Examples

• GeogebraTube• Student Applets:

– Isometric Drawing Tool– Constructions

• Creative Commons Images: Slope


http://www.geogebratube.org/user/profile/id/127

http://illuminations.nctm.org/activitydetail.aspx?id=125

https://start.knox.nsw.edu.au/myClasses/Mathematics/Documents/tool006.swf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/elisfanclub/2300851157


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BookmarkingMonday, 10 October 2011

Online Social Bookmarking lets you easily store bookmarks in one place (backed up),

search them and share them with others.

http://www.delicious.com/ http://www.diigo.com/https://bookmarks.google.com/Store your links, so that you can find them

againShare links with colleagues – each department to have a diigo group?

http://www.delicious.com/



http://www.diigo.com/




https://bookmarks.google.com/








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Other ideas for teaching Mathematics



Google SketchupMonday, 10 October 2011


Google Earth

Runway numbers are chosen based on the magnetic heading of the runway. In areas where the compass indication are unreliable the true north heading is, denoted by a T prefix. Example: Sydney Airport NS Runway is on a bearing of



Google Earth

The Pentagon (US) – Is it a regular pentagon?

Check Angles and check sides

“Exmouth Cape Tourist Village” – (look slightly to the north)



Google Earth: 2D Measurement

Have students create a field diagram (by taking measurements) to work out the area of the school, or their home.

Find the area of the sector below, by taking appropriate measurements. (This is at the Athletic Centre at Sydney Olympic Park).


To easily find the perimeter and area, you can use a Google Earth Add-on called GEPath. This can be used to check calculations. Find the perimeter and area of your

school. How big is your school oval? Most likely, it will be close to 1 Ha.

http://www.sgrillo.net/googleearth/gepath.htm


Google Earth: 3D Measurement

Find the Great Pyramid at Giza – by taking appropriate measurements, what is the surface area and volume? (Its height is approximately 139 m). You can also show 3D Buildings to get a good look.



Google Earth: Parabolas

To the east of Lydd Airport, KENT, United Kingdom. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_mirror for information on these fantastic structures!


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_mirror


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Google DocsMonday, 10 October 2011

Use google docs to collaborate for documents or spreadsheets

http://www.offisync.com/http://tinyurl.com/googlecloudconnect

I check homework, using my iPhone and then use OffiSync to open the Google

Spreadsheet in Excel

http://www.offisync.com/

http://www.offisync.com/

http://tinyurl.com/googlecloudconnect

http://tinyurl.com/googlecloudconnect


Microsoft Word and Maths

• Equations Suck!• Microsoft Math• Symbols ALT-0176



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ComicsMonday, 10 October 2011

Create a cartoon / comic strip. Drag and drop the speech bubbles, people and scenes.

http://www.bitstrips.com/

Create a cartoon yourself for a topic, or get students to present their work in cartoon

form.

http://www.bitstrips.com/


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Copy part of a pictureMonday, 10 October 2011

Copy parts of images or parts of your screen.

Microsoft Office > Insert Screen Shot > Screen ClippingSnipping Tool

Modify difficult diagramsAnd make the background transparent


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Convert PDF Files to Word Documents


Convert PDF documents, with diagrams, into word documents to edit.

http://www.pdftoword.com/

Example




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Wolfram AlphaMonday, 10 October 2011

How many hairs are on a human head?Solve 2x+10=15

http://wolframalpha.com/

Students can investigate a topic, taking difficult mathematics out of the equation –

and explaining how to do it!

http://wolframalpha.com/


Skype

• One of my students in Year 11 Extension 1 Mathematics was scheduled to have an operation on his knee and came up with a brilliant plan to not fall behind. The course goes very quickly and missing any lesson can be difficult – we were going to cover Superannuation using a GP.

• He organised with a friend to skype in from home to watch the lesson as we progressed.

• For part of the lesson, he was sitting on a table in front of the projector screen (well… the laptop he was skyped into).

• For the rest of the lesson, he sat in his usual seat.• I wonder if UStream would have been an easier alternative

– although it would not have allowed him to put up his hand and ask any questions.



Hardware

• Bluetooth mouse!!• Monitor• Lectern• Eye-fi Card



Hardware

• The future of Mathematics Education…

The Samsung Windows 8 Tablet
