Resources, musings & lesson ideas for teaching, learning & enjoying maths.
After blogging about the state of my classroom last week, I spent a bit of time during our training day on Monday putting up some new displays along one wall. It’s now looking much nicer, and wall number two is coming on nicely. Display bundle (from @c0mplexnumber via TES), including the “Change your words” display. Propaganda poster campaign (from @mr_g_walton …
My classroom (after) Read More »
Blog posts “Instagram” (@JemmaPDuck) ~ If Facebook’s not enough for you, how about conquering the next bastion of social media? This blog post looks at interesting ways to use Instagram in the classroom. “Twitter Chats” (@DrBennison) ~ A pretty comprehensive guide to Twitter chats and how to get involved if you’re a Twitter newbie. “Ban the Future” (@Sue_Cowley) …
Pick of Twitter 06/09/15 Read More »
I’ve had my website in some form for about three years now; I created my original site using Weebly as my knowledge of HTML was (and still is) fairly limited, and I was more interested in quick functionality than building everything from scratch. As I’ve gone along, I’ve found loads of places with useful information …
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So after I blogged about my top five stationery must-haves a couple of weeks ago, I thought I’d share today’s back-to-school shopping haul. There’s a mix of Wilkos and Poundland goodies here, including a few new things I spotted on my walk around the shops! These fluorescent stars are from Poundland (yes, all 90 for £1!) and …
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I spent a bit of time yesterday poking around on AQA’s new GCSE site – there are some superb teaching resources, which I’ll be returning to this year, but also some other interesting finds. As I mentioned yesterday, I found a nice formula poster and a list of command words used in exam questions, which I decided to make …
Command word posters Read More »
So today’s post was supposed to be sharing some posters I made today, but unfortunately it seems that Windows 10 not only wants to reset my system clock every time I log in, it also wants to disable my trusty PDF creator. In lieu of this, I thought I’d share some goodies I’ve found while …
Blog posts “It’s tragic how I start loving a subject as soon as it’s over” (@guerinmaths via @MathsEcho) ~ A superb post that really struck a chord with me about attitudes to maths in Year 11. “Fighting the last war – reflections on 2015 GCSE exam results” ( @steveadcock81 via @miss_mcinerney) ~ Interesting reflections on the validity of current approaches …
Pick of Twitter 30/08/15 Read More »
A quick post tonight to share Google Trends, an interesting little web app from Google that allows you to explore what people have been searching for online. I discovered this site a few years ago, and it’s great for getting some interesting real-life data and graphs for short discussions in the classroom.First of all, there’s a …
Exploring “The Language of Mathematics” to discover how primes are used in cryptosystems. It’s another prompt post today… Something I read/learned this summer that intrigued me… Although most of the books I’ve read this summer have been decidedly un-mathematical (for some reason, I’ve started reading history books about the War of the Roses), I did manage …
An intriguing use of primes Read More »
I mentioned in my Pick of Twitter a couple of weeks ago that I’d found a link to blog post prompts. Well, we’re on post 40 of 51 now, and I’m getting writer’s block, so thought I’d pick a prompt and go with it for today’s post. I thought this one looked interesting: Read 3 posts from blogs …