Math 2.0 by Loredana Aragona

About me

lorna2 — 2015-09-16 12:00:32 UTC

I teach Maths and Science in middle school.

I was born in Naples 59 years ago, but I work in Rome.

I don't speak English very well, so I show you my works with some images and examples done by Excel.

Module2 I use Geogebra

lorna2 — 2015-09-24 22:41:46 UTC

Dinamic pyramid by Geogebra

lorna2 — 2015-09-24 22:45:25 UTC

My favorite app is Geogebra - You can see here the file. Move the vertex and observe

you can play with the figure increasing or decreasing the pyramid's height

2. Module

lorna2 — 2016-10-30 22:37:35 UTC

Connecting Maths to every-day life and to our real environment gives Maths topics a purpose and a meaning. Remember that question that students ask: “Why do we have to study this?” In order to avoid it, we can try to show them how Maths can be applied to other sciences, such as Biology or Physics, but also how one can use it in every-day tasks such as cooking, cost-effective packaging, and gardening.

In this module we explore some different approaches how to bring the real world into your Maths classroom. Some of them are more comprehensive such as using a project-based learning (PBL) approach, others are more simple such as using examples for Maths activities from the students' environment. Whatever approach you use, the important thing is that students are genuinely interested in finding the answer to the Maths problem as it has meaning and purpose for them.

Our Learning Objectives for this module are:

An understanding how project-based learning can help make Maths more meaningful and result in deep learning in a Maths context.
An understanding how normally more mundane activities that can be often found in text books can be made more "real" and engaging to the students
Identified and shared a PBL problem or challenge that can result in Maths learning
Identified and shared a text book activity and how that could be made more "real" and engaging for students
Identified and shared a picture of students' surrounding that could be used in the classroom to introduce a Maths topic
Incorporated some key reflections and resources on the Learning Diary
Continued work on the Learning Design by adding some activities

2.3 math in everyday life

lorna2 — 2016-10-31 22:26:26 UTC

Take a picture of something that would be in your students' surrounding or everyday life and briefly explain how you could use it to start out a lesson on a certain Maths topic. Share the picture and description on your Learning Diary and here on the Padlet. If you prefer you can also take a picture from the internet that might show something you would find in your students' surrounding (please make sure you have sharing rights for the picture).

3.1 Math and Music-PI greco

lorna2 — 2016-11-01 16:53:47 UTC

Maria Greece

3.1 Music and fraction

lorna2 — 2016-11-01 17:04:05 UTC

Kamilla Poland

3.1 Music and fraction...and pizza

lorna2 — 2016-11-01 17:16:37 UTC

Asta Iceland

My Activity

lorna2 — 2016-11-18 23:50:13 UTC

Since 1999, I decided to tackle math topics with the Excel program.
At year end, our school was invited to the Public Administration Forum in 2000 to exhibit works.
Later I used PowerPoint to create presentations in which the boys explained how gradually learned.
This made it simpler explanations and facilitated learning.
I made the site of the school to reward the kids, but also to share my experience. Currently I create animated lessons with my students

I use every day PowerPoint, Excel and Geogebra. The LIM is fantastic!

My school

lorna2 — 2016-11-18 23:51:12 UTC

In my school there is a computer and internet in every classroom because we use electronic register. We have 19 classrooms and 12 LIM. I have LIM in each of my classrooms. This year I taught Excel and PowerPoint to my colleagues. We are beginning to use the tablets in one class this year but only few teachers have necessary skills to use them.

5. Collaborative Projects in Maths:

lorna2 — 2016-11-20 19:28:15 UTC

Community of Problem-SolversThere's this great project created by Jason Ermer, a Middle School teacher in the US, that tries to create a community of Maths problem solvers. If your students speak English and are older and more advanced, you can get them involved directly in some of the challenges he sets, otherwise you can use the idea of Jason to create your own collaborative maths problem solving community in your class. Take a look at what Jason has in mind and think about how you could replicate or use this in your classroom:

Using video to teach Maths

lorna2 — 2016-11-20 21:52:41 UTC

figure out their volume and capacity.

Minecraft

lorna2 — 2016-11-20 22:10:17 UTC

Minecraft is a fantastic tool for learning across many different subjects and it also lends itself well for use in the Maths classroom. By building structures in Minecraft, geometric shapes can be nicely illustrated and simple calculations can be visualised for students. Take a look at the below example where a Maths teacher uses Minecraft to get students to think about and do an activity on volume and capacity. Students can then explore the Minecraft constructions themselves and try to figure out the answer to the question posed by the teacher. The fact this is done in Minecraft will not only be more engaging for many students than looking at a normal jug, but it also allows the students to better "experience" and "explore" the capacity and volume concepts as they can "fly" into the jug and count the number of Minecraft blocks as well as start building their own constructs and

Capacity and Volume

lorna2 — 2016-11-20 22:16:07 UTC

Tecnology in teaching

lorna2 — 2016-11-20 22:51:18 UTC

I use Geogebra to draw shapes, to observe these in dynamic changes
The use of dynamic programs as Geogebra allows pupils a manipulation of the figures and, with the teacher's guidance, to a viewing of the properties, an easier formulation of hypotheses and an aware use of formulas and specific languages.
Another example of dynamic geometry

lorna2 — 2016-11-20 23:12:05 UTC

geogebra and angles.
an example of dynamic geometry

Lesson plan

lorna2 — 2016-11-22 16:45:35 UTC

shadows and ratio

About me

lorna2 — 2017-01-11 16:22:04 UTC

I teach Maths and Science in middle school.

I was born in Naples 58 years ago, but I work in Rome.

I don't speak English very well, so I show you my work with some images and examples