360 Cities world map.
Aerial Panoramas.
And some other fun.
Enjoy.
http://www.360cities.net/
360 degree panoramic views, opening discussion points?
360 Cities world map. Aerial Panoramas. And some other fun. Enjoy. http://www.360cities.net/
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This week’s tool:- A lot of the feedback I give is spoken and although it moves pupils on there is no evidence when it comes to book trawls etc. I have started writing a V in pupils books every time I speak to them, then asking them to write next to it what we spoke about, what they learned and how it has moved them on. Pupils have responded really well, it gives them an opportunity to really reflect on what was dicussed and gives me an evidence base for the work I am already doing. A session run for key stage 2 pupils as part of developing transition. 56 pupils from 8 different Primary schools attended
Invites were sent out the week before, the certificate/ business cards given out at the end oF the session (you may need to download a couple of fonts for them to look right)
These documents were given in a 'Top Secret' envelope, pupils were given about 10/ 15 minutes to familiarise themselves with the contents.
All the codes are set to a World War 2 theme, with the class split in half (2 teams of seven groups). Each team gets part of the code, once they are all decoded they have to make them into a sensible statement. If they don't do it in a set time that city is destroyed. Teams get all the codes at once but have to prioritise to ensure they complete the most pressing codes first (led by a timer on the board). Warning note - One of the transposition codes has an error on it, it will be amended soon.
Lesson idea taken from The Math Book (Clifford A. Pickover). Imagine you are given a rope that tightly encircles the equator of a Basketball. How much longer would you have to make the rope so it is one foot from the surface of the basketball at all points? Next, imagine we have that rope around the equator of the Earth, which would make the rope about 25000 miles long! How much longer would you now have to make the rope so that it is one foot off the ground all around the equator? The surprising answer is 2Л for both the basketball and the Earth. This lesson uses this as a backdrop to discovering pi, systematic approaches to problem solving and algebraic proof with a little bit of stem and leaf and averages thrown in for good measure. It was originally written in Keynote so may have a couple of glitches with the powerpoint presentation.
This is my first key note presentation (also copied as a powerpoint) and my first step towards remote control of my board through my ipad. To get around a lack of Apple TV I have installed AirServer on my laptop (you can also use Reflection but I found this to be really clunky on my machine). With my laptop hard wired to the projector I can now run my lesson from my ipad anywhere in the room by mirroring my ipad through the wifi. The big plus is I can flick between video clips/ internet/ apps/ presentation at will. Be anywhere in the room but still push the lesson on when needed and with Keynote my board shows the presentation while my ipad shows all the notes I have put with each slide, this means I can prep my essential questions/ key points not to miss etc and see the little reminders you miss when your normally in full flow. Home testing is really positive. School wifi offers its own challenges.
When I have taught this topic in the past pupils follow well in class but retention over time is often an issue. I am trying this from a different angle (no pun intended), spending a lot more time on each theorem and establishing an ability to investigate and then an understanding of the proof. The power point is freely available from the TES website, I have included it here to make it easy to find as it is referred to in the smart board file.
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