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Musings of a maths blogger
1. Musings of a Maths Blogger
Colleen Young
http://colleenyoung.wordpress.com
2. 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
3. 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
4. This year I will ....
Organise all my ideas and
resources so I can find them again!
Searching for things ...
14. This year I will ....
Ask great questions.
Rich Questions Bloomin’ Mathematics
15. 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.
16. This year I will ....
Integrate rich tasks into my normal
classroom practice.
Rich Tasks
36. "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"
37. This year I will ....
Write a story
Digital Tools
47. This year I will ....
End my lessons with an appropriate plenary.
Plenaries
48. This year I will ....
Use a greater variety of homework
activities.
Homework Ideas
49. Is it helpful to have the details of any
current homework online?
50. 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
51. 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
52. This year I will ....
Give my students clear and frequent
feedback.
Feedback Progression
55. 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
56. 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
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