Technology News
Tech PD Thursday @ 3:15pm in the Technology lab
What's on this Thursday?
All of the TaLE interactive objects have been downloaded and organised via a spreadsheet to make them obtainable directly from our school server drive. Come along and find out how easy it is to locate and use these resources.
Websites - A Focus on Numeracy
Interactive Sites for Education
Contains links to interactive resources for just about everything. Here is the direct link to the maths section.
Erich's Puzzle Palace
An amazing bank of puzzles here that would be great for engaging students at the beginning of a lesson or as an enrichment activity. You could even use them as a homework task. There are enough puzzles here to keep you going for years!
Maths Pickle
Looking for an interesting video to introduce a topic or explain it in a real world way? Maths Pickle has videos for K-12 designed to engage and inspire mathematical learning.
Maths Builder
Maths Builder - Sign up for a free month trial and access all resources for free. The Naplan Zone has NAPLAN style numeracy tests which have interactive games attached to each question to provide consolidation on that particular concept.
iPad Apps to try during Maths
Wordfoto
Allows you to take a photo and then import a list of words. For example, create word-photos of 2D shapes found in the environment as seen below.
SketchBook Express
A sketching app that has a symmetry function. Students can experiment with creating their own symmetrical drawings and patterns.
5 Dice
This order of operations game has students create number sentences that equal the target number. You can set the difficulty to suit the needs of your students.
Have a Happy Easter everyone!
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Got a question? Got a great website/app to share? Want some help with something specific? Send me an email and I will schedule it in to one of our afternoon sessions.
Got a question? Got a great website/app to share? Want some help with something specific? Send me an email and I will schedule it in to one of our afternoon sessions.
Email: laura.chaffey@det.nsw.edu.au
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Location: Junction Public School, Union Street, Merewether, New South Wales, Australia
Phone: 02 49631343
Twitter: @laurachaffey