1. Maths and Computers in the Junior School

2. Jacqui Sharp’s Weblinks
http://www.jsharp.co.nz Main website
http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com ICT Teaching and Learning (integration of ICT into
curriculum areas)
http://jacquisharp.blogspot.com Web2.0 and Education (Web2.0 tools that can be
used in Education)
http://jacquiscourses.blogspot.com Course Support Blog
http://jsharp.wikispaces.com trial site testing out the use of Wikis in the classroom
http://mimioiwb.blogspot.com/ mimios and IWBs in the classroom
http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/ iPods & iPhones in education
http://delicious.com/sharpjacqui Delicious website bookmarks
info@jsharp.co.nz Email address

3. Browsers
Wordprocessing
Graphic Organisers, Drawing, Recording and Reporting

4. mimio

7. KidPix

8. KidPix

9. KidPix

10. KidPix Emergent

11. KidPix

12. KidPix Advanced Counting

13. KidPix

16. Pages/Word

20. Word

21. Geometry

22. Using Word, PowerPoint or Keynote to create
Tessellations
Word Tools
Auto shapes
Draw menu
Rotate and flip
Align and distribute
colour

23. How to teach?
Could be taught in a whole class lab teaching session
Whole class demonstration of selected skills in front of one
computer
Charts on wall
Monitors have been through a training session

24. Session One
Using Shapes
draw a Triangle

25. Session One
 - D (Mac) to duplicate shape

26. Session One
Drag the second
triangle to the right

27. Session One
Press - D
Repeat until triangles are
right across the page

28. Session One
Duplicate the first triangle
Go to Hold Command (Apple) key
down, click and drag to rotate
Move into place

29. Session One
Repeat the Duplicating.

30. Session One
Duplicate some more
triangles and see how they
fit into a pattern

31. Session One
Move the triangles around and see
what sort of interlocking patterns you
can make
Discuss what you are doing with the
other members in your group

33. Session Two
Teach new skills of shift clicking to
group a number of objects together
With this new skill duplicate and move
multiple objects

34. Session Two
Introduce colour
Demonstrate how to colour inside and lines
Use the Shift -Click to colour multiple shapes
Demonstrate patterns
Demonstrate Fill Effects patterns

35. Adding Gradient colour

36. Adding photos

37. Year 4

38. Exploring and creating patterns

39. Year 4

40. Session Two
Repeat last steps and try a different
shape from Shapes
Ask yourself the question which
shapes translate the best and why?

42. Session Three
Bring in another shape and test how it fits
with a triangle
Test how it translates
Create a tessellation

45. Session Four
Add more shapes testing for
translation, rotating and flipping
Which shapes work
best together and why?

54. Assessment Task
Why have
you
Design
chosen
wrapping What is
Who is it this
paper for the
for? particular
a special occasion?
design for
occasion
this
person?

55. Describing the symmetry in
patterns, objects and designs
(frieze
patterns, kowhaiwhai, wrapping
paper etc)

57. Keynote/PowerPoint

59. Internet
http://delicious.com/sharpjacqui/juniormaths

60. Start games Internet

61. Count in 2s and 5s

62. Circles

63. Management

65. Maths
There are folders for math groups
Activities for the week or day are in the
folders

66. Monitoring labels
K
M Computer
D Activities
O

68.  Create a slideshow in PowerPoint or Keynote
or mimio Notebook
 Include a mixture of links to
mimio, Keynote, Pages, KidPix and Internet
activities
 This is a cumulative file that can be added to
over time