Category Archives: Tech

Open Evening and Magic

Posted on May 4, 2014 by

This week we had open evening (The question as to whether it was a good idea to have teachers in school until 8pm the night before grades were due into the database is another matter). We spent 3 hours talking … Continue reading →

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Do Farmers use Desmos?

Posted on November 11, 2013 by

Last year I wrote about min and max tasks with real life examples. This year I used the same ‘tray’ task again: But this time I used Desmos to collect their results: And then to check our function seemed valid: … Continue reading →

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#ExploreMTBoS Task 2 – Ode to Twitter

Posted on October 18, 2013 by

Twitter has been a revelation to me this last year. It has helped change the way I collaborate, communicate and develop as a teacher. It has connected me with so many people I now consider among my best friends. It … Continue reading →

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#TMC13 – Day Three – Delicious Plannning; King Eli; Bootcamp.

Posted on August 5, 2013 by

Day One here, Day two here. Day Three was a Saturday, and there was clear evidence of fallout from the piano bar in the opening session. I felt fine because I had an early night 😉 Peeling it Back: Lesson … Continue reading →

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#3Acts – Bouncy Ball

Posted on June 18, 2013 by

This happened: So I thought about this, and realised that basically, the two things I wanted to do pretty much already existed: Dan Meyer: Andrew Stadel: Then I stopped being lazy and started planning a couple of ideas: Then set … Continue reading →

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Geogebra favourites

Posted on May 27, 2013 by

I’m not a Geogebra expert. My friend Kev is much better than me. But I wanted to share what I DO know, because people keep telling me they haven’t used it, or don’t understand it or never heard of it. … Continue reading →

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Lego, Stickers and a bit of sorcery

Posted on April 19, 2013 by

This is all @fawnpnguyen and @bobloch’s fault. Started Linear programming today with one of my favourite classes. Ever since I read this post by Fawn I’ve been super excited about the activity and I ordered some extra bricks (thought apparently … Continue reading →

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#3Acts – Lasering the Moon

Posted on February 15, 2013 by

So if you could do me a favour and watch this short clip that would be good. Lasering the Moon – Created with WeVideo from Nik_d_maths on Vimeo. I put together this intial pass at a sheet to work through … Continue reading →

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BETT(er?) – Tweeps this is your fault!

Posted on February 3, 2013 by

I went to BETT on Saturday with my little sister (Squeak). Aside from the chance to see a ton of undiscovered (to me) edTech resources, investigate some companies, find out what some tech was like to use, it was cool … Continue reading →

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