Education Revolution
In this entry I am writing down some of the thoughts I have following two things that I have paid attention to this week. The first is the TEDxLondon event on the theme ‘Education Revolution’. The second...
Physical Manipulatives
This is a brief reflection on my experiences this week in thinking about the merits of physical Vs virtual manipulatives. Working in a school with a one to one laptop programme always invites yuo to think...
CAS - which way to go?
This blog entry was written as part of a reflection on the ICTMT 10 conference held in July in Portsmouth, UK. CAS for schools is tricky decision at the moment, but I must confess that this conference...
ICTMT10
This blog is a short reflection on my experience of the ICTMT10 conference in Portsmouth 5 – 8 July 2011. I will not attempt a complete review of the conference for two reasons. Firstly, it would be impossible...
Data is out there!
The longer I teach mathematics, the more apsects of it I enjoy teaching. My preferences vary from group to group and course to course, but just at the moment , I think it is really exciting to teach statistics...
Poker Machines and Percentages
This blog entry is really just designed to ask the question above and not to answer it. The hierarchy of mathematical sub-topics has always fascinated me and I have never really been clear on what I would...
Creativity
I am nervous about writing this blog and have often thought that one of the dangers of blogging is that it invites us to share our thoughts before they are fully developed. Whilst this is to be encouraged...
Animated questions
Dynamic geometry and similar dynamic software have been a major influence on my own understanding of mathematics and consequently my own teaching. Start with the notion that all squares actually meet...
For one reason or another I have been consumed by a desire to find out more about the implications of facebook for education this week. No doubt what I have learned in a week still leaves me way behind...
Negative Power
Most of my blog entries will come about as part of my preparations to teach in the coming week and this one is no different. Tomorrow I start the calculus unit with my 2nd year IB Maths Studies students...