Ideas for using Web Tools for Teaching and Learning in the Mathematics Classroom

1. Ideas for using Web Tools for
Teaching and Learning in the
Mathematics Classroom
Darren Barton – Southampton University
16th January 2012
d.barton@poolehigh.poole.sch.uk
tinyurl.com/amaths
@mrdebarton

2. Overview
VLE vs Google Sites
Interactive Whiteboards vs Flipped
Classroom Technologies
User Guides vs Jing

3. 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/

4. Sharing/
viewing of
No office docs
knowledge Sharing/
of web viewing of
design pdf files
needed
Why
Google
Sites in the
Classroom? Embed
Course
you tube
outlines
videos
Count
Course
down
calendars
Timers

5. 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?”

6. flipped-learning.com
Jon Bergmann
tinyurl.com/gcsemathsvids

7. First Attempt!
04/09/11, Exam
Question on Kruskal’s
Algorithm, 1000+ hits!
http://youtu.be/q90X-PvQQq8
More recently …
Explanation of factorising
brackets followed by
questions and answers.
http://youtu.be/jqs0_9wO_0A

8. +
Explain
Everything

9. http://goo.gl/P3mKJ

10. User Guides for Students
• Teacher notes?
• Teacher demo?
• Screencast of
steps?
http://screencast.com/t/0lkBztEAxvp

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

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

13. What is the equation of the trajectory the
yellow bird if it is ‘released’ at x = 1 with a
view to hitting the present?