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 Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: April 5th, 2010  Posted in: 1. Learning and Teaching | e-learning Tags for this post: app | free | iPod | math | mathematics | maths | touch.  2 comments - more welcome!The maths department at Birley recently purchased 12 iPod touches for use in lessons. I’ve been getting them set up and trying them out. They have caused great excitement in my lessons – in fact, just seeing the iPods was enough to drive some of my students into a frenzy of excitement! Anyway, this is very [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: December 28th, 2009 Posted in: 1. Learning and Teaching | 3. Teacherhacker | Wordpress | e-learning Tags for this post: image | rollover | Wordpress. Leave a commentYesterday I wrote about creating rollover images in Wordpress. This is all very nice, but what’s the point? 1. Engagement Last term I sat with some students and asked them to show me things that they liked on various websites. There was no agreement whatsoever about preferred colour schemes, design styles or layouts, but almost everyone liked [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: October 5th, 2009 Posted in: 1. Learning and Teaching | 2. Events and Happenings | e-learning | for teachers | resources and ideas Tags for this post: #tmnw | cool tools | ed-tech | PLN | teachmeet. 2 comments - more welcome!
I’ve wanted to go to a Teachmeet for ages, but somehow other things kept getting in the way. Last Friday, I finally made it. (If you are thinking, ‘What’s a Teachmeet?’ then click here) A few friends and colleagues clearly thought I was a bit mad (You’re driving to Manchester? The rain! On a Friday? The [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: October 1st, 2009 Posted in: 1. Learning and Teaching | e-learning | resources and ideas Tags for this post: collaborate | ed-tech | PLN | share | teacher. Leave a commentI’ve been trying to find a way to share ideas with my colleagues in the maths department, but I’ve been finding this much more difficult than I expected. This is no reflection on my colleagues – they’re a great bunch of people who are really open to new ideas. It is a reflection on my own [...] Posted by: Lois Lindemann on: November 30th, 2008 Posted in: 1. Learning and Teaching | e-learning Tags for this post: centimetre | cm | conversion | convert | education | free | Imperial | m | math | mathematics | maths | Measure Island | measurement | measuring | metre | metric | millimetre | mm | Resources | ruler | units. One comment so far - more welcome!OPTION 1: I’ve only got 5 seconds – what’s this all about? Click here to see the menu for The Ruler of the Island – a set of videos and activities that are designed for students to learn about measuring accurately using a ruler or tape measure. |
Hi, I'm Lois Lindemann - welcome to my blog! I teach maths and ICT at Birley Community College, a secondary school in the UK. This is where I'm planning to share links and explore ideas that I find useful or interesting - hopefully other educators will also find something of interest here. Thanks for dropping in. Feel free to comment. NB: Any opinions expressed here are those of the author or commenter; they don't (necessarily) reflect the view taken by Birley CC.   |
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