ICT for Teaching, Learning & Assessment

Summer Course 2015

Module Three
Session One
Venue:
Presenter:

PDST Technology in Education 2015

What is Numeracy?
Numeracy encompasses the ability to use
mathematical understanding and skills to
solve problems and meet the demands of
day-to-day living in complex social settings.

(Literacy & Numeracy Strategy: p.8)

Problem Solving

Content

Skill

Methodology

Can you solve these number logic puzzles?

See http://0hh1.com/ and http://0hn0.com/ for more math puzzles

Nrich Maths
Key Features for the Classroom
Student Guide
School Maths Topics
Be a Mathematician
Games and Interactives
Live Solutions
Teacher Guide
Curriculum Collections
Featured Resources
Developing Problem-Solving Skills
Developing Teamwork

How could you use these in your own classroom? What class
levels are they appropriate for? All of these posters can be used
to support math tasks, puzzles and investigations across various
class levels.

 Allow participants to navigate to www.nzmaths.co.nz

Select the problem solving tab
Navigate to Level One Problems: Select Number Cars
in the Garage. Discuss, Solve and Share.
Navigate to Level Two Problems: Select Number Pigs
and Ducks. Discuss, Solve and Share.
Navigate to Level Three Problems: Number Make
4.253.Discuss, Solve and Share.

NZ Maths Problem Solving

My Teaching Resource Folder

Using NZ Maths Problem Solving can you find three

suitable problem-solving tasks from three different strands
that you would use in your own classroom? Make a simple
folder on your desktop or save them to your Dropbox or
Google Drive

Group Discussion
Classroom Application
How could you use both NZ Maths and Nrich Maths to
create one-to-one, pair, small group and whole class
problem-solving activities?

 Develop Math trails by creating math problems and pictures.

Explore, capture and share evidence of Math in the local or
school environment.
Develop math projects based on guides, resources and access
to other Irish primary schools work.

The best pictures for developing maths eyes are snapshots of familiar
things that capture some aspect of real life mathematics.
How might these images be captured and annotated?

Take a Minute Task

Where can I see numeracy in my environment?

My Maths Eyes
Think about your route to the venue today. What evidence of
maths did you see on your way? Using a smartphone, in
pairs, can you find five further examples in your present
venue?

Khan Academy
Introduction

Khan Academy
A Platform for Problem Solving
A virtual classroom with
tutorials and
assessments.
Create a class and assign
tasks to individual
students.
Analyse results in detail to
inform teaching.
Can be used for learning
support, blended learning,
assigning homework.

Khan Academy
Student View

Get a hint if youre stuck

Get 5 questions in a row correct

Get a video tutorial

Task: Select the Subject drop down at the top of the screen and select Math ->
Arithmetic. Complete the Mission Warm-Up, which assess a students ability.
After this select a topic to try out. Watch the video tutorial, get some hints and
answer 5 questions in a row correctly.

Khan Academy
Teacher View

Task:
1. Select your name at the top of the screen and Add Students
2. Create a class with one student in it. Hint: Create students without
email address.
3. From the Skill Progress tab recommend some tasks to your class.

Group Reflection
Mentimeter Task

Visit the website www.govote.at enter the code provided

and answer the question.
In the next session we will look at further problem-solving
resources as well as cross-curricular problem-solving
activities