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I've just registered my pupils on the code.org site to take parte to the Hour of Code and allow them to play as a class. It's the first time I do and I'm curious to see how they will collaborate, so my aims are about Maths and logic but even crosscurricular and about  social competences

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I like the idea of letting students responsible of their own learning and at a certain point I also agree of considering the teacher as a facilitator instead of a transmissor of content....but as everything, it's important to get a balance among all of these different and challenging approaches and have a mix of them ithout being "fanatics" of one or some of them. I think that the teacher has to be an important referee for the students, even though not the only one: no technological tool or approach should not replace a human being in person, everything has to be integrated.

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I think that technology in teaching Maths is essential as it helps the teacher gamify the activities, which is engaging, funny and useful expecially for young learners

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"L'orizzonte di Rieman" (2010, Autori: Belloni A., Petruzzelli L., Editore: Edizioni Della Vigna).

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http://www.origamiplayer.com/origami_ch_h5.php

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For primary pupils an idea could be to invite pupils parents to explain how maths is useful in their profession, not necessarily technicians or engineers.

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http://www.matematicamente.it/giochi-e-gare/gioca-con-la-matematica/

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http://www.mathplayground.com/

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Practice addition, multiplication, fractions and algebraic reasoning with our popular math games. Discover fun learning games kids love to play.

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http://www.yummymath.com/

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5.NBT.7 slant 5.OA.2 winter solstice HSS-IC.B.4 HSF-IF.C.8.b dollars spent to dollars earned cola per ounce HSN-RN Turkey total cost adding fractions with unlike denominators irrational numbers HSF.TF Starbucks HSF.IF.C.7.B Iditarod 5.MS Data conic surface area

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http://www.realworldmath.org/

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Resource site for students and teachers with math activities for Google Earth.

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Ideas for PBL approach - non googleable questions

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Ideas for PBL approach - non googleable questions

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"Describe as many situations as you can (or a precise number of them) in your everyday life in which you need numbers and what for"

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"Which geometrical shapes do you need to draw a plant of your class?"
for statistics: pupils are asked to create charts about physical features of the class (height, weight, hair or eyes colour etc.).
I also use the Cartesian coordinate system to draw simple and symmetrical objects: dictating the coordinates in English it becomes more engaging and demanding.

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2.1 Applying Maths to real-life problems

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2.1 Applying Maths to real-life problems

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Problem-based approach:
"We don't have any pitch at school to have Ph. Ed. lessons: how can we solve this problem?"
-Groupworking to elaborate different solutions, identify tools and materials needed, quantify the costs, prepare a presentazion for the rest of the class.
Maths skills required: organizing, sorting, calculation, spatial organization, measuring,geometrical shapes.

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Interactive math practice site for students in Kindergarten through 5th grades. Review addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, telling time, counting money, geometry, and much more!

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Halloween math worksheets including operations, geometry, measurement, graph paper, and patterning.

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1.3 Personalising learning in your Maths classroom

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1.3 Personalising learning in your Maths classroom

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I teach to pupils from 6 to 10 years old. I have no problem in using auch resources in class, even though I can have often troubles with the internet connection, so I've been always looking for offline activities. Children love them, so I ask them to play at home, giving them the links and the resources. Parents are usually collaborative and appreciate this kind of homework too.
some children don't love playing in a hurry or get anxious, so I try finding games in which they can work without time score, with plenty of time to finish the activity.

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The funny thing is that I hated Maths when I was a secondary student. Nine years ago I was forced to teach it due to lack of Maths teachers in my school...and I found it wonderful! I love teaching Maths to children: they learn how to use logic, to organize their raisoning, to be neat and clear. Of course, this is not always simple, that's why I've been always looking for activities which allow me to gamifying Maths. It works, especially visual and kinetic activities: we just need some open space and fantasy.....for instance to play "capture the flag" and ask multiplication tables to get a point!  Usually my pupils love maths, as they love playing!
Another trick is using every situation it occurr in childrenlife to create a problem to solve in mathematical terms and help children to formalize them using symbols and procedures.