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e-Tools to Support Learning Maths in

Authentic Contexts

Jan-Marie Kellow

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JMK

Ko Maungakiekie te maunga iti.

Ko Pacific Ocean te moana

Kei Whangamata taku kaainga ināianei

No Tāmaki Makaurau ahau.

Ko Jan-Marie Kellow tōku ingoa

Institute of Professional Learning: Te Whai Toi Tangata

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Effective Pedagogy in Maths

  • Providing opportunities to develop mathematical language and dialogue skills- explain/justify
  • Encouraging student reflection
  • Creating structured and purposeful tasks
  • Making connections between mathematical ideas and differences/access prior knowledge
  • Establishing an effective learning community/sharing mathematical thinking with others
  • Using visualisation
  • Helping students be aware of progress
  • Providing individual thinking time

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ICT tools are commonly used to provide students with practice or independent activities. While this is certainly valuable, a teaching approach that integrates ICT tools into learning experiences can lead to increased “collaboration, independent enquiry, shared knowledge, and mathematical engagement”

(Effective Pedagogy in Mathematics/Pāngarau BES, p136).

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Dan Meyer - Maths Makeover

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Putaruru Primary ki-o-rahi field.

What maths was involved?

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Technologies used

Camera (phone, ipad, tablet)

i-pad / tablet

Internet searches - measurements, prices etc.

QR codes - the stories, the game, the process

Blog - the process, the stories

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Google Forms

Collect data

Surveys/Questionnaires

Feedback

Self Assessment

Forms - Intro

Forms - Pt 2

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Camera and Video

Capture the learning.

Example

Find maths in your environment

Add photos and videos to other apps

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Recording the Process

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Can type, draw, add images and record voice.

Use for maths strategies, reflective journals, recording the process, flipped learning etc.

iPad Free option gives one book.

Full version is $6.49

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Alternatives

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Makeover an area of your School

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Making a School Chicken Coop

What maths would be involved in this?

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Supporting technology:

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School Gardens

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Flight

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Other Contexts

  • Fundraising
  • School Camps
  • Cooking
  • Environmental issues
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Dan Meyers

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Sites

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Links