https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq My Learning Diary en-us 2016-10-22 16:52:52 UTC 2026-01-28 19:58:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Folder.png changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132503193 2016-10-22 17:28:58 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132503193 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132503207 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.]]> 2016-10-22 17:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132503207 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132512676 2016-10-22 21:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132512676 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132550925 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.



]]> 2016-10-23 16:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/132550925 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/133260870 2016-10-26 09:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/133260870 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/133260924 2016-10-26 09:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/133260924 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134401233 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.]]> 2016-11-01 08:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134401233 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134531665 2016-11-01 16:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134531665 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134537613 "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.]]> 2016-11-01 16:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134537613 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134549787 "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"]]> 2016-11-01 16:51:05 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134549787 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134550934 http://www.realworldmath.org/]]> 2016-11-01 16:53:35 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134550934 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134552228 http://www.yummymath.com/]]> 2016-11-01 16:56:24 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134552228 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134555392 http://www.mathplayground.com/]]> 2016-11-01 17:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134555392 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134558365 http://www.matematicamente.it/giochi-e-gare/gioca-con-la-matematica/]]> 2016-11-01 17:10:31 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134558365 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134899017 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.]]> 2016-11-02 18:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/134899017 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/137041109 http://www.origamiplayer.com/origami_ch_h5.php]]> 2016-11-11 16:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/137041109 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/137046170 "L'orizzonte di Rieman" (2010, Autori: Belloni A., Petruzzelli L., Editore: Edizioni Della Vigna).]]> 2016-11-11 16:37:34 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/137046170 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/138791603 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]]> 2016-11-18 18:15:40 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/138791603 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/139140395 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.]]> 2016-11-21 16:17:00 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/139140395 changeling https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/139168748 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]]> 2016-11-21 17:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/changeling/2ntghtqep2xq/wish/139168748