Mathematics

Using the Glossary Module in Moodle

Jul 28th

Posted by Dan in ICT

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Last week we started a GCSE maths course with Year 9, so I took the opportunity to experiment! Based on a suggestion in Moodle Docs for Moodle’s Glossary module I thought we’d have a go at a collaborative glossary. I found a fairly extensive list of key words for maths and More >

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An idea…

Jun 26th

Posted by Dan in ICT

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I’ve just had an idea I may use in my teaching, and since I’m trying to use this blog for collecting my thoughts… here goes:

Set a homework task for students to add 3 (or whatever amount is appropriate) examples of a certain skill to a class wiki. For example, suppose More >

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A Mighty Number Falls

Jun 24th

Posted by Dan in Mathematics

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A Mighty Number Falls.

After eleven months of calculation by computer clusters from three institutions, the prime factors have been found for a 307 digit long number. What does a number with 307 digits look like? Here’s one:

12948719847198741987491874127247975847647607608236582736510756102876082375608237608237562087035612948719847198741987

49187412724797584764760760823658273651075610287608237560823760823756208703561294871984719874198749187412724797584764

760760823658273651075610287608237560823760823756208703561983748103948573933

“This is the largest ‘special’ hard-to-factor number factored to date,” explains EPFL cryptology professor More >

GeoGebra dynamic worksheets in Moodle

Jun 18th

Posted by Dan in ICT

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In the past I have had requests for extra filters/plug-ins for our Moodle-based VLE at work turned down. So when I wanted to put a GeoGebra dynamic worksheet I’d created onto our VLE I wondered if there was a way to do it without needing the ‘GeoGebra for Moodle’ filter, or More >

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Math need not be linear

Feb 18th

Posted by Dan in Mathematics

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A very thought-provoking presentation I found at Prezi.

Math is not linear on Prezi

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