Lesson Account: A sequence of 4 lessons introducing the topic of linear functions. For the French version click here. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: Tablets and teacher PC (with Internet access) Interactive Whiteboard. Software: NetSupport School (connected classroom technology) OneNote Maple TA. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying Processing and Analysing Providing…
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Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about optimisation involving the construction and calculation of areas and the comparison of percentages. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: Tablets (iPad 1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow Apple airserver OR Showme and Reflector OR Plickers. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying Processing and analysing….
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Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about proportional relationships and the ratio concept in the context of maximising profit. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: Tablets (iPad 1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow + Apple airserver OR Showme and Reflector OR Plickers. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying Processing and analysing….
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Lesson Plan: A problem-solving activity about understanding the ratio concept and mathematical reasoning. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 11-14 years. Hardware: Tablets (iPad 1 per class or student). Software: Socrative or Classflow + Apple airserver, OR Showme and Reflector, OR Plickers. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying, Processing and analysing. Time needed: 2-3 hours. FaSMEd…
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Lesson Account: A lesson focusing on 2D shapes and tessellations. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 10-11 years. Hardware: iPads and Interactive whiteboard. Software: ‘Tessellation Creator’ app. Functionalities: Sending and Displaying. Time: 1 hour. FaSMEd Partner: University of Nottingham. Summary The lesson focused on clarifying concepts and terminology about 2-D shapes before students explored the concept of…
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Lesson Account: An inquiry based lesson involving number. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 13-14 years. Hardware: iPads for students Interactive whiteboard. Software: Nearpod (connected classroom technology). Functionalities: Sending and Displaying. Time needed: 1 hour. FaSMEd Partner: The University of Nottingham. Summary The lesson focused on an investigation, using positive integers only but requiring students to…
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Lesson Plan: “The archaeologist Giancarlo” is a sequence of lessons set within the context of early algebra. The lessons involve interpreting, comparing and discussing different representations (verbal, symbolic, graphical) of a relationship between two variables. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 9-12 Years. Hardware: Tablets for students PC for the teacher Data Projector Wireless router. Software:…
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Lesson Account: A problem-solving lesson using the concepts of volume, capacity and surface area. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: iPads – with Internet access – for students Interactive whiteboard. Software: Google forms (student response system), Showbie (connected classroom technology),         Explain Everything (optional). Functionalities of Technology: Sending and Displaying. Time needed:…
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Lesson Account: A sequence of 3 lessons using using NetSupport School. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: Tablets and teacher PC (both with internet connection), Interactive Whiteboard. Software: NetSupport School, Maple TA, OneNote. Functionalities of Technology: Processing and analysing, Providing an interactive environment. Time needed: 3 x 60-90 minutes. FaSMEd partner: Ecole Normale…
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Lesson Account: A lesson using the application Showbie to collect and display student responses. Subject: Mathematics. Age of students: 14-15 years. Hardware: iPads and interactive whiteboard. Software: Showbie application. Functionalities of Technology: Sending and displaying. Time needed: 1 hour. FaSMEd partner: The University of Nottingham. Summary The lesson focused on developing students’ understanding of distance-time…
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