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I use it only one time with the "Hour of code" and I think it is very interesting and funny for my students. Now I have known how many things students can learn.
I think my students can explore areas, , volumes, distances, fractions... I believe that a lot of Mathematical concepts can be taught through Minecraft, it's a funny way of Learning.
I think hese environments, based on the construction of games, can help develop Mathematical concepts but also develop different experiences and projects.
I used other similar tools and they were very funny and interesting for my students.

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I've never use it and I think this tool isn't useful at primary school. In this moment in my school we can use computer only and my pupils don't use tablet and smartphone. I hope to see some works of my collegues because I would like  to know how I can use these tools  in the future.

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Francesca V., ItalyYes it seems fun to

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I never use Geogebra, but I want to try it.Is it useful in primary school too? It seems very interesting . I'm happy to know new tools for my students.

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I try teaching in this way using videos and Edmodo , but not all my students have technology at home.
It's a good way to teach and learn. i've had a little experience about flipped classroom last year and it was very good. my students were enthusiastic . It's a very motiving way to learn and the studentsseem focused on what they are doing. I often send on Edmodo my videos. I prefer to explain my students the lessons, so I prepare my videos at home and send them on virtual class.

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Marcella, ItalyI tried it and for the most students was a success, but there  was a small part of students that didn't watch the videos and they wasn't able to practice.

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Elisa Ciontoli, ItalyThe flipped classroom is a method that I've used in Italian and I think that may well be also used in mathematics, but not in classes of primary school because they must first learn the basic rules of mathematics and then the lesson upside down.

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Maria, ItalyI try teaching in this way using videos from youtube, but not all my students have   technology at home.

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5.1 WHY USE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN  MATHS 

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I think technology should be a tool that enhances learning, infact it encourages interactivity, can promote effective communication about learning and some technologies help logistically.
The students can problem solving across content areas, they can explore and interact with multiple mathematical rapresentations, can explore relationships between mathematical concept.
The students are motivated because they can receive immediate feedback and extend learning beyond the classroom.

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4.5 COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN MATHS: COMMUNITY OF PROBLEM-SOLVERS

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4.5 COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN MATHS: COMMUNITY OF PROBLEM-SOLVERS

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My name is Maria Carbone. I'm a teacher of primary school. I teach in a first class. I've 19 pupils. I teach for 32 years. I usually use cooperative learning with my students. I started using new technologies in recent, I like very much virtual class and flipped classroom.

Next year I have taught in a fifth class, I open a virtual class on Edmodo. I send videos with explanations on Edmodo to my pupils. They studied at home and then the next day they could discuss with their classmates and asked explanations me. I used jigsaw and cooperative learning. I asked my students working in pair or in groups.

New technology and cooperative learning are very important tool improving skills and knowledges, but self assessment and formative assessment are important too.

I think this course is very interesting. I have discovered a lot of tools and resources   very useful for my job.

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4.4 COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN MATHS: ETWINNING

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4.4 COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN MATHS: ETWINNING

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I discover now eTwinning's potentiality. I hope to use it in the future and I like to participate on eTwinnig's maths project.
Now I use  Edmodo then I have to send some materials to my students. But I would like to use eTwinning.
ETwinning is a useful way of learning and getting pupils involved their skills and abilities.
I didn't run any collaboration project between nations, but I think it's very useful and interesting, so I would like to do it.
Are there any activity for children of first class of primary school?

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4.2  TEACHING MATHS AS A SOCIAL ACTIVITY

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I think this is a very interesting tool. I 'm following a coding's course, it's very important. My pupils do "hour of code". They were enthusiastic and have done all exercises well. I was very happy to see my pupils attentive and involved.
Code and robotics are interesting and useful tools that can make maths' learning more enjoyable.
Now I'm curious to know something about robotics, because I know it  little and I think new technology and tools  are interesting and important for my job.

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4.1 LEARNING MATHS THROUGH CODE AND ROBOTICS.

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4.1 LEARNING MATHS THROUGH CODE AND ROBOTICS.

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I think this is a very interesting tool. I 'm following a coding's course, it's very important. My pupils do "hour of code". They were enthusiastic and have done all exercises well. I was very happy to see my pupils attentive and involved.
Code and robotics are interesting and useful tools that can make maths' learning more enjoyable.
Now I'm curious to know something about robotics, because I know it  little and I think new technology and tools  are interesting and important for my job.

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I use story telling a lot. It's an useful method to learn in a funny way.
This is a interesting resource:
http://www.slideshare.net/noorishamirsyad/math-workshop23april2016-61166345

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In my lessons I usually use pentaminos and tangram, when I begin talk about areas and equiestension. My students create images with all the pieces and they are very interested.
One time I did play a painting by Mondrian building lines and geometric shapes with ruler and brackets.
In another lesson  we have built a kite designing the pieces with the tools for technical drawing.
Students learn while having fun and acquire new skills in a practical way.

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In my lessons I usually use pentaminos and tangram, when I begin talk about areas and equiestension. My students create images with all the pieces and they are very interested.
One time I did play a painting by Mondrian building lines and geometric shapes with ruler and brackets.
In another lesson  we have built a kite designing the pieces with the tools for technical drawing.
Students learn while having fun and acquire new skills in a practical way.

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I think the combination music and maths is very funny and interesting for students. I work in a primary school and in my first class I use the videos a lot.

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I send on my virtual class some videos. They're songs on shapes. The pupils see them and in classroom we work in groups: they use various geometric figures and saying what resemble, for example a circle is a pizza, a square is a picture...
Then have to make up a story that has as characters and elements what they have seen in the geometric figures .
These are some photos about work on rap song:

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I usually use:
https://www.studyladder.com/
http://www.ufottoleprotto.com/lezione_2.htm
http://www.latecadidattica.it/quinta2014/quinta.htm
I send these resources to my students on Edmodo

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I discuss with my students and I ask them to tell me when they use Math in their life.
Concrete examples are worth a thousand words.
We use inconsciously Maths in every day life.
I never invited outside Maths experts in my class, but this is a good idea to make students realize how Maths is an useful subject present in our life and in our job. I read them "Il mago dei numeri" an interesting and funny book about Maths.

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The geometric shapes around us...
The students use Kandinskij's theory about colours and geometric shapes.
The students have to use a lot of shapes to produce an abstract picture.

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2.2 TEXT- BOOK TYPE PROBLEMS IN THE REAL WORLD
Maths is present  in every moment in our life. A good and useful thing is to ask students questions and try to answer matematically.I sked them to find a way to calculate the lenght of the circumference of a circle. They took a ribbon and surrounded the lid of a jar. Then they put the hid on a sheet and drew a circle, then they have it cut in half. They tried to see how many times the diameter is conteined in the lenght of the tape. After seeing that it's content three times and a little piece, they measured with graph paper and they realised that the diameter is content in the circumference 3,14 times

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2.1 PBL IN THE MATHS CLASSROOM

I teach in a Primary school, last year I teach in a 5th class. I used a real work with my students.
My project about the use of Maths in the real world : asking students to organize a trip through three Italy's regions. They have to calculate the costs of the trip from Rome to Aosta. from Aosta to Milan, from Milan to Verona and from Verona to Rome. They have to calcilate the costs of hoterls, restaurants, tichets for museum, castles, for tour guides, too.
Maths skills of these project:
-Money
-Read and understand the instruction
-Research on Internet
-Making calculations
-release a brochure
-Present the project
I think it would be a funny and engaging experience. This is a way showing my students how they are surrounded by Math every day. Pratical activities stimulates the students and bring them to reflection.
I think this is a good and useful way to approach Maths  and improve students' skills.

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I've four students which have dislexia or disgraphya or other difficulties.A few of them have an hight level. My students work in group and use cooperative learning, peer to peer and some funny tools as Study Ladder. In class we use LIM and PC. I use videos with my explanations, computer games, quiz and exercises on Edmodo. The personalization of the teaching is very important and useful. I hope to improve my skills with this course

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1.1 WHY IS  MATHS UNPOPULAR?

I think students aren't motivated because sometimes  Math is far from their real life. When they study Math, they have to be study a lot of rules and formules. So this is stressful for some children and having to remember so many things, for some pupils,  with learning problems , become very difficult.

If the students work in pair or in group, if they can discuss ideas, they are more motivated.

I usually use a lot of tools and resources. I work with Edmodo, so I've my virtual class and I can send a lot of videos, resources, exercises to my students. They study at home my materials and then we work in class in groups.I use Study Ladder too, it's very fun for children.With my pupils I use cooperative learning, jigsaw and peer to peer. In these ways the pupils work and learn together