5 Maths Gems #11

I've got roughly vivid gems for y'all this week. As park Twitter has been on overstep form.

1. Quick Key
Last calendar week I wrote almost Plickers, which is an app y'all tin role inward the classoom for formative assessment - y'all need a device merely your students don't. Today I'm suggesting roughly other app that y'all tin role for assessment - Quick Key. With this app y'all tin laid multiple selection homeworks or tests in addition to grade them inward seconds past times scanning the answer sheets ('Quick Tickets') with your phone.

Quick Key is the conception of American instructor Walter Duncan (@4_teachers). It "turns your cry upwardly into a scanner in addition to eliminates hand-grading of assessments, fifty-fifty for teachers working inward paper-based classrooms without a estimator or internet. Analytics in addition to information exports are easy, thence y'all tin focus on your students".

My initial thoughts were that although this app could last real useful (less fourth dimension spent marking = to a greater extent than fourth dimension spent planning character lessons), it won't allow me to banking concern gibe students' methods, which limits opportunities for useful feedback. But for straightforward cognition checks, to inform me how much my students know, it would function real well.

But thence I read this post almost it. Find the Factors is designed by @IvaSallay who says it's an splendid means for children in addition to adults to review multiplication facts, role logic, in addition to strengthen encephalon power. The puzzles are based on a multiplication grid where most of the numbers possess got been removed. The grid tin last completed using logic in addition to cognition of factors - inward the illustration below y'all could commencement past times completing the 2 circled cells. The puzzles come upwardly inward varying levels of difficulty, as explained here. Find the Factors has already been real pop with tweeters who've tried it this week.

4. Chalk Pens

Kev Lister ‏(@ListerKev) tweeted almost chalk pens. I've written almost writing on desks, windows in addition to walls before, merely these are novel to me. Kev says the chalk wipes off non-porous surfaces easily with a damp cloth. He uses these pens to write targeted questions or render scaffolding for selected students. I mean value my boss would last happier with me writing on desks with these rather than whiteboard markers.

5. Alternative Number Line
I'm reluctant to include 2 ideas from Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) inward 1 post, merely he's a legend thence I'll allow it... In the same means the maths clock inward my kitchen makes a neat talking betoken for guests to my house, his alternative break line should last displayed inward Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree classrooms - students (and teachers!) volition last intrigued. Mr G Walton (@mr_g_walton) has made a fantastic header to larn with it.

Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) suggests making an activity out of this - cutting the break job upwardly in addition to give it to your Year 13s thence they tin variety it into order. They may non last familiar with roughly of the tone merely it's a adept chance for interesting discussions (I constitute out how to read ternary to sympathise Ed's selection for break 5. I'd also non seen flooring in addition to ceiling tone before).

Stuart also suggests that students pattern their ain break lines. I honey this thought - it would function with students of whatever age, from main schoolhouse to university. It's like to an activity I suggested inward my reflection stickers. Students stick a 'Not withal yeti' or 'I got it' sticker inward their mass to permit y'all know whether they've understood the work.

Speaking of stickers, Adil Jaffer (@adil_3) shared his fantastic feedback stickers thence y'all don't possess got to buy the farm on writing the same affair all the fourth dimension when you're marking.

One of the post pop tweets I saw this calendar week was from @MathedUp who shared his fantastic 'request a selfie' idea. I tin come across this actually improving the character of students' function - many of my students would honey the chance to print their parents. If y'all role iDoceo thence it's slowly to accept a motion painting on your iPad in addition to electronic mail it to a parent.

Did y'all come across these practise books, tweeted by @dandesignthink? The boxes at the bottom of the pages incorporate a checklist (accuracy, spelling, grammar), telephone commutation words, farther questions, telephone commutation points, what went well, in addition to feedback. An 'Exercise mass 2.0' costs 50p - amount details are available here. There's also a maths version - Maths mass 2.0 is every bit awesome. I wishing I had a budget to pass because I'm desperate to guild these!

The to a greater extent than I role Twitter, the to a greater extent than inclined I am to hashtag everything I write (or say!). I possess got to confine myself from putting hashtags inward text messages to my hubby ('what do y'all desire for dinner tonight? #pleasesaytakeaway'). It's overnice to come across that I'm non lonely - Cathy Yenca (post almost it. Find the Factors is designed by @IvaSallay who says it's an splendid means for children in addition to adults to review multiplication facts, role logic, in addition to strengthen encephalon power. The puzzles are based on a multiplication grid where most of the numbers possess got been removed. The grid tin last completed using logic in addition to cognition of factors - inward the illustration below y'all could commencement past times completing the 2 circled cells. The puzzles come upwardly inward varying levels of difficulty, as explained here. Find the Factors has already been real pop with tweeters who've tried it this week.

4. Chalk Pens

Kev Lister ‏(@ListerKev) tweeted almost chalk pens. I've written almost writing on desks, windows in addition to walls before, merely these are novel to me. Kev says the chalk wipes off non-porous surfaces easily with a damp cloth. He uses these pens to write targeted questions or render scaffolding for selected students. I mean value my boss would last happier with me writing on desks with these rather than whiteboard markers.

5. Alternative Number Line
I'm reluctant to include 2 ideas from Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) inward 1 post, merely he's a legend thence I'll allow it... In the same means the maths clock inward my kitchen makes a neat talking betoken for guests to my house, his alternative break line should last displayed inward Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree classrooms - students (and teachers!) volition last intrigued. Mr G Walton (@mr_g_walton) has made a fantastic header to larn with it.

Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) suggests making an activity out of this - cutting the break job upwardly in addition to give it to your Year 13s thence they tin variety it into order. They may non last familiar with roughly of the tone merely it's a adept chance for interesting discussions (I constitute out how to read ternary to sympathise Ed's selection for break 5. I'd also non seen flooring in addition to ceiling tone before).

Stuart also suggests that students pattern their ain break lines. I honey this thought - it would function with students of whatever age, from main schoolhouse to university. It's like to an activity I suggested inward my Open Evening post where y'all concur a 'design a maths clock' competition. The clock pictures below are all taken from sbcrafts.net where y'all tin banking concern gibe out a big arrive at of clock break ideas that could also last used on break lines.

And finally...
Algebraic long partition is fun when y'all know how to do it, merely it tin last a flake tricky to learn to Year 12. It's overnice to know in that place are option methods. I've factorised polynomials past times inspection earlier merely non using a grid as suggested by post almost it. Find the Factors is designed by @IvaSallay who says it's an splendid means for children in addition to adults to review multiplication facts, role logic, in addition to strengthen encephalon power. The puzzles are based on a multiplication grid where most of the numbers possess got been removed. The grid tin last completed using logic in addition to cognition of factors - inward the illustration below y'all could commencement past times completing the 2 circled cells. The puzzles come upwardly inward varying levels of difficulty, as explained here. Find the Factors has already been real pop with tweeters who've tried it this week.

4. Chalk Pens

Kev Lister ‏(@ListerKev) tweeted almost chalk pens. I've written almost writing on desks, windows in addition to walls before, merely these are novel to me. Kev says the chalk wipes off non-porous surfaces easily with a damp cloth. He uses these pens to write targeted questions or render scaffolding for selected students. I mean value my boss would last happier with me writing on desks with these rather than whiteboard markers.

5. Alternative Number Line
I'm reluctant to include 2 ideas from Ed Southall (@solvemymaths) inward 1 post, merely he's a legend thence I'll allow it... In the same means the maths clock inward my kitchen makes a neat talking betoken for guests to my house, his alternative break line should last displayed inward Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 degree classrooms - students (and teachers!) volition last intrigued. Mr G Walton (@mr_g_walton) has made a fantastic header to larn with it.

Stuart Price (@sxpmaths) suggests making an activity out of this - cutting the break job upwardly in addition to give it to your Year 13s thence they tin variety it into order. They may non last familiar with roughly of the tone merely it's a adept chance for interesting discussions (I constitute out how to read ternary to sympathise Ed's selection for break 5. I'd also non seen flooring in addition to ceiling tone before).

Stuart also suggests that students pattern their ain break lines. I honey this thought - it would function with students of whatever age, from main schoolhouse to university. It's like to an activity I suggested inward my The Art of Collaboration', it's ever neat to listen when these ideas larn far into classrooms. Have a neat half-term interruption everyone!