http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy Interactive Whiteboards and Electronic Voting Systems in Maths Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:54:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I went in to see the maths department at Knox today.  It was interesting to see how confidence has grown in the use of the whiteboards, and gratifying to be able to answer some questions about the use of the boards. Rotation seems to lend itself particularly well to whiteboard work, ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2007/01/18/visit-to-knox/ I came across this today - the best high school level stats site I've seen: http://exploringdata.cqu.edu.au/ http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/21/a-great-information-handling-site/ The word on the street is that multiple choice is coming back for higher. With this in mind, I've scanned 40 old (I mean very old) higher questions and put them into a flipchart as ACTIVote questions, with the right answer stored for each one. This could ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/15/higher-mulitiple-choice-flipchart/ It isn't often that you come across a blog entitled "the beauty of mathematics" so I thought I'd share it :) http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/09/the-beauty-of-maths/ Today I visited North Berwick High School. I had a great day, but only managed to visit half the department. This was partly because I got caught up in Ski trip admin first thing - getting caught up in stuff is always a risk when you are out ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/08/visit-to-north-berwick/ This Friday, the maths teachers of East Lothian were guests of the Ross High School maths department. We were treated to a mouth-watering spread of home baking before we began the session - most appreciated, and I'd like to think that a precedent has been set! John from Promethean kicked off ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/04/friday-afternoon-at-ross/ My wonderful S3 general maths class have begun blogging. Mhari volunteered to be scribe for yesterday's lesson, and produced a great first post, on Prime Numbers. She has set the standard high! Her post does contain one little slip - I'm hoping that someone else in the class ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/01/our-first-learning-blog/ I popped into Dunbar this morning - and had the good fortune to walk into Wendy's birthday party. We discussed the use of blogs in education, and despite my confusing explanation Mags has decided to start a learning blog with one of her classes. Douggie also expressed interest in doing ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/11/01/visit-to-dunbar/ I was trying to explain to my advanced higher class why F=>T and F=>F both come out true.  I came across this Web site, that explains it quite nicely in terms of a promise. http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/27/logical-implication/ In reply to my last post, Robin Strain asked "Can you persuade me the advantages of blogging?" Great question Robin - I think it deserves a fresh post :) 6 months ago I would have asked exactly the same question. I am involved with an online community of educators ... http://edubuzz.org/blogs/jonesieboy/2006/10/25/so-whats-so-special-about-blogs/