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Musings of a Maths Blogger
Colleen Young
http://colleenyoung.wordpress.com
Writing Things Down
□ Gives you a permanent record
□ Helps your memory
□ Shows you are serious
□ Makes you more accountable
□ Helps you work things out
□ Improves your writing!
Sacha Chua - How to brain-dump what you know
Writing Things Down
□ Writing became such a process of
discovery that I couldn't wait to get
to work in the morning: I wanted to
know what I was going to say.
Sharon O'Brien
□ Writing is thinking on paper.
William Zinsser
Sacha Chua - How to brain-dump what you know
This year I will ....
Organise all my ideas and
resources so I can find them again!
Searching for things ...
Searching for things ...
This year I will ....
Use a greater variety of starters.
Mathematics – Starters and Plenaries
Mathematics – Starters and Plenaries
Composite Number Tree by Jeffrey Ventrella
Composite Number Tree by Jeffrey Ventrella
Composite Number Tree by Jeffrey Ventrella
FlashMaths – J Hall Arithmagons – resources
Arithmagons – resources
Arithmagons – resources
This year I will ....
Ask great questions.
Rich Questions Bloomin’ Mathematics
Bloom’s Digital Bloomin’ Mathematics
Bloom’s Taxonomy
There are some excellent resources
available on the web on Bloom’s Digital
taxonomy. The digital version of the
taxonomy accounts for the new
technologies and the processes and
actions associated with them.
This year I will ....
Integrate rich tasks into my normal
classroom practice.
Rich Tasks
National Strategies Nrich Rich Tasks
All in a Jumble
from Nrich
This year I will ....
Ask great questions.
Rich Questions Bloomin’ Mathematics
This year I will ....
Keep on using resources that students
can then use at home.
Top >10 Maths Websites for Students
WolframAlpha Examples
WolframAlpha Examples
Desmos Graphing Calculator
Desmos Graphing Calculator
Filling & Pouring Manga High Statistics Reference
This year I will ....
Try some new resources.
I’m Looking For ....
Scratch from MIT
Wisweb Applets
This year I will ....
Use technology more where it can
enhance learning, eg for collabration.
Digital Tools
Do your students
communicate
in more than one
way?
Do your students collaborate
and share ideas?
Digital Tools
7S....Their AMAZING Story, of the WIKISPACES!
Do you give students enough
time to reflect?
"I have practiced lots of IT skills but not
really intentionally."
"You can write anything you want about
your own learning."
'Improved my team working skills"
"I like getting feedback any time and
anywhere"
This year I will ....
Write a story
Digital Tools
Mathematics Stories
Mathematics Stories
Shapes by Chloe and Lois
Shapes by Chloe and Lois
Shapes by Chloe and Lois
Shapes by Chloe and Lois
Shapes by Chloe and Lois
Wallwisher
Bubbl.us - Diagrams
This year I will ....
End my lessons with an appropriate plenary.
Plenaries
This year I will ....
Use a greater variety of homework
activities.
Homework Ideas
Is it helpful to have the details of any
current homework online?
Is it helpful to have the details of any
current homework online?
□ Yes!
□ Very helpful
□ Yes, very
□ Definitely
□ Yes, very helpful, especially if you are off
□ Yes, very good for disorganised people (ie me)
who always forget to write it down!
Homework Ideas
Homework Ideas
• Set some questions with solutions and mark
schemes
• Prepare ahead
• Revise and Recall
• Rich Tasks
• Use Online Resources
• Vocabulary
• Reflective Writing
• Collaborate online
• Do two!
Homework Ideas
This year I will ....
Give my students clear and frequent
feedback.
Feedback Progression
KS3 KS4 Guide by Emily Hughes
ClassDojo Training YouTube Tutorials
This year I will ....
Try some of the challenges from Shelley
Terrell’s 30 Goals 2013.
The 2012 Goals, The 2011 goals, The 2010 goals
This year I will ....
Read more.
“It is what you read when you don't have to
that determines what you will be when you
can't help it.” ― Oscar Wilde
“Classic' - a book which people praise and
don't read.” ― Mark Twain
Reading

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