Have your pupils ever asked you to explain how Maths is relevant to real life? There are many responses to this but this one was so compelling I felt I had to share it here. Maths explained by Nature – or vice versa The explanation of all this mesmerising content is mathematically explained here. Enjoy!
Repairing gadgets
My stepson turns 17 this week. The economic climate dictates it might not be his best haul of presents. To his credit, he has asked for things to be repaired. My experience of sourcing the cheapest way to get these repairs done is why I am writing. Items: Sony PS3 iPod Touch 2nd Generation
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Teacher Intangibles – you can’t touch this!
The things a teacher does that you cannot count. Each summer, NFL teams draft players from colleges around America. Losing teams get first pick of the best players. There was much debate about how high in the draft Tim Tebow would come. My stepson showed me a video of Tebow’s intangibles (will link when I
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Programming the Maths Curriculum
This was written as a response to Pete Bell’s blogpost ICT and Computing in Schools – Harness a new dawn AQA have attempted (2009)to take this issue seriously and consulted IBM, British Aerospace and other big corps to identify what they want from graduates. The answer, according to Barbara Wilson – chief examiner at the
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EdTechRoundUp is hanging out again
Last Sunday evening a few education technologists joined a Google+ hangout to start the EdTechRoundUp ball rolling again. EdTechRoundUp is a weekly online meeting of education technologists discussing any application or implication of the use of technology in education. The meetings were recorded, edited and distributed as podcasts for anyone that wanted to listen to
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