Amazing Interactive Maths Videos

AMAZING! I love Spy Guys + Students love Spy Guys = Winning for All

Check out Spy Guys and Math Live: 

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/mesg/html/math6web/index.html

http://www.learnalberta.ca/content/me5l/html/Math5.html

Both websites have a number of different lessons on various maths targeting grade 5 and grade 6 levels. Students especially love the lesson on fractions with the "pizza man". Each lesson is interactive and can be used with an Interactive White Board and touch screen. There are mini-activities and games associated with each lesson too. 

Check it out! An easy and excellent way to incorporate ICT into the classroom :)

 

Wall Wisher

One way of integrating ICT in the classroom is through the use of Wall Wisher in your lessons. This tool can be used for any grade level and for almost any topic area. I often use Wall Wisher when beginning a new topic as a wonder wall.

The way it works is that teachers create a wall (page) and students can post a response on the wall. Students don't need a log on which makes it easy to use. Teachers can also create a setting that all posts need to be approved by the teacher before going on the board.


This is a Wall Wisher page I created when teaching about credible sources for researching. Students had to answer a question and locate the answer in three different websites:
http://wallwisher.com/wall/year6findingfacts


Another one I've used this year is to post Wonder questions to begin our unit on the Olympics:
http://wallwisher.com/wall/olympicsinquiry

This is a very engaging tool for students and they love seeing their posts/comments on an internet page.

ICT in the Classroom - AITSL Teacher Feature

One of my co-workers has been working with the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership (AITSL) and asked me if I could help her with a project.

Long story short, I was asked to create a small video of myself speaking about a current issue in education. I chose to answer the following question: "How is ICT changing what you do as a teacher?"

Here is a link to my video: http://www.teacherfeature.aitsl.edu.au/node/238

The school I work at has a huge focus on ICT in the classroom and I was only able to speak about just a few of the things I use in my classroom in this video due to the length of the video. I will continue to blog about the different uses of ICT to share my ideas.