David Puttnam spoke in Dublin tonight - he had some interesting ideas including ORACY - A web definition explains "oracy" as…used to describe a person's ability to efficiently communicate with others via the spoken word as well as to fully understand oral communication. Wilkinson…created the word to emphasize the need for school children to be able to fully use oral skills as an essential basis for learning and social integration. It is an analogy for the words numeracy and literacy, and aids in bringing the focus of oral skill on par with reading and writing in the classroom.
This is a 'must try' maths iPad app. Play fun, useful and beautifully designed games for every numeracy topic. Adding to algebra! The more you play, the more levels that get unlocked.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Support for:
- continuing professional development
- teaching and learning
- leadership and management
- literacy, language and numeracy
- preparing for inspection
Look at the report: http://www.m-learning.org/docs/The%20m-learning%20project%20-%20technology%20update%20and%20project%20summary.pdf
"The m-learning project - funded by the European Commission,
the project partners and (in England) the Learning and Skills Council - was considered highly innovative and unusual. It not only involved developing learning materials to run on handheld devices in a time of rapid technological development, but also targeted reluctant young adult learners with poor literacy or numeracy."
Grades K-2nd - "HappyNumbers.com is an online resource that brings math to life through high-quality graphics and animation combined with clear, simple instructions and immediate feedback. Our interactive, individualized lessons use a scaffolded approach to reinforce all aspects of elementary-level numeracy and operations. HappyNumbers is compatible with most internet-enabled devices, such as IWBs, PCs, Macs, iPads, and Android tablets."
"In September we introduced the new curriculum across all subjects and all of our school. This was scaffolding using the Chris Quigley's Essentials materials, during the previous year we had used a numeracy curriculum created by teachers within the Deal Learning Alliance, which a great source and piece of collaborative work in its own right, held too many links back to APP statement and old national curriculum levels. As as school we were finding that the DLA maths document did not provide the scaffold for the raised expectations in mathematics primary curriculum, furthermore, the deeper into the curriculum we delved, the harder it seemed to make the teaching, learning and assessment work efficiently."
There is a risk that the mistakes of the past – both teaching to the test by schools and micro-management of the school system through the means of exams and league tables – may be repeated in the EBC.
nternational evidence from high-performing education systems suggests more formative assessment during schooling would be beneficial
But an over-reliance on summative assessment can distort the quality of education by becoming the dominant focus of school activity.
Removal of the currently over-specified and repetitive national curriculum from primary schools in favour of clearly defined goals on literacy, numeracy, science and computer science.
more stretching
judged by Ofsted
Move the focus of our exam system to 18 and develop clearly rigorous and stretching standards for both academic and vocational A-levels, with maths and English retained until 18 for both
A study
should be commissioned to advise on the right balance of timing and the optimal mix between formative and summative assessment
A superb cartoon based maths site with areas for parents, teachers and kids. Play fun multiplication and time activities.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
A fabulous maths blog with a huge catalogue of Primary maths resources, many of these available to download as PDFs.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
Turtle Diary is a wonderful, must try site packed with a huge collection of online interactive games and activities for young children, including maths and literacy resources.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Early+Years
A maths whiteboard resource about area and perimeter. Watch an explanation and then complete randomised questions with a virtual ruler to measure.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths
A great whiteboard game for teaching about number lines, decimals and place value. Work out what the number is along the number line.
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths