Gamification
I was playing a game on my Xbox the other day when I suddenly realised that I was not playing for fun. I was playing for work. Let me explain.
Month: August 2013
Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories
This is really cool. The graphs look like trig functions! Might be a way to introduce them.
Recycled Assumptions
Recycled Assumptions Interesting article on the idea of ‘school reform’ as it’s presented in the press. Well worth reading.
TickTock Starters
So I made some starters. You can find them here. The file name says ’25 starters’ but there’s actually more than fifty of them. I got carried away. There are some of the normal numeracy starters in this pack, but… Continue Reading
James Garfield Was the Only U.S. President to Prove a Math[s] Theorem
This is really cool! The Pythagorean Theorem has been proved many times, and probably will be proven many more times. But only one proof was made by a United States President. Five years before James A Garfield was elected president,… Continue Reading
Why teachers don't know best
This is a really interesting post and well worth a read. I’m not sure I agree with all of it. I especially hate it when anyone refers to pupils as ‘customers’, but it really got me thinking, and that’s always… Continue Reading
Chris Moyles' Quiz Night
A while ago, Chris Moyles had a TV show called ‘Quiz Night’. Part of the program was a maths quiz, done by various pop acts (including, shudder, One Direction). A lot of these are available on YouTube, so I collected… Continue Reading