Ideas for using Web Tools for Teaching and Learning in the

Mathematics Classroom

d.barton@poolehigh.poole.sch.uk

tinyurl.com/amaths

@mrdebarton

Darren Barton – Southampton University 16th January 2012

Overview

VLE vs Google Sites

Interactive Whiteboards vs Flipped Classroom Technologies

User Guides vs Jing

Google Sites

Simple way to share your lesson notes and resources with students and colleagues.

Free!

Simple login via your gmail account.

Example: tinyurl.com/amaths

Sign up: https://sites.google.com/

Why Google Sites in the Classroom?

Sharing/ viewing of office docs

Sharing/ viewing of pdf

files

Embed you tube videos

Course calendars

Count down Timers

Course outlines

No knowledge of web design

needed

The Flipped Classroom

“What if students could use all of their lesson time interacting with peers and

the their teacher whilst working on their assignment, rather than having to spend

(a large?) proportion of their time listening to their teacher?”

flipped-learning.comJon Bergmann

tinyurl.com/gcsemathsvids

First Attempt!04/09/11, Exam Question on Kruskal’s Algorithm, 1000+ hits!

More recently …Explanation of factorising

brackets followed by questions and answers.

http://youtu.be/q90X-PvQQq8

http://youtu.be/jqs0_9wO_0A

+

ExplainEverything

http://goo.gl/P3mKJ

User Guides for Students

• Teacher notes?

• Teacher demo?

• Screencast of steps?

http://screencast.com/t/0lkBztEAxvp

Angry Birds

• Use Angry Birds to prompt discussions about Calculus in class!?

What is the equation of the trajectory the yellow bird needs to follow?

What is the equation of the trajectory the yellow bird if it is ‘released’ at x = 1 with a view

to hitting the present?