I recently happened across the following TED talk by Dan Meyer, discussing the role of digital media in his maths classes. I was pretty inspired by how he uses film to motivate pupils and improve their problem solving skills.
It got me thinking about how I could use digital media with my own pupils to enthuse them about problem solving.Read More »
QR codes, or Quick Response codes.
For a long time I’ve struggled to see their relevance in a classroom. However I’m slowly becoming a convert!
Apart from the obvious ease of being able to guide pupils to websites without having to get them to correctly type in a huge long web address I’ve recently been using them quite a lot in maths. I just want to share a very quick activity that is easy to set up, but that instantly gets everyone on their feet problem solving!Read More »
Dan Oakes 