A collection of some of the core things I hope to hang onto in the maths classroom, including links to ideas that connect well with my values/beliefs/philosophy etc. Dan Meyer has certainly been influential and this recent post titled “Engagement in Read More …
Tag: engagement
More resources and links from ‘the Dan’s’ at 3P learning conference 2014
Dan Haesler’s “This won’t be on the test” Prezi Dan Haesler’s keynote on engaging kids Prezi See his ‘projects with purpose‘ site Later sourced these links that Dan likes as well – they’re good sites for youth to explore/develop their Read More …
‘The unteachables’… some ideas
An early task in PPLE (2012) was to watch a series of videos call The Unteachables (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-unteachables) – about a group of kids in the UK, considered by many to be just that – unteachable! A ‘teacher of the year’ Read More …
Classroom management: seating
One particular reference piece I wanted to hang onto was Jon Orr’s seating plan/strategy using the grouping cards, with options based on colours, equations, symbols etc. Can use to mix seating up (as I’ve done with a year 9 class) Read More …