Mark Grady Coordinator Lachlan Macquarie College

1. 60 minute special - Building a thriving teaching and learning program for the HSC Mathematics General 1 Pathway Mark Grady Coordinator LachlanMacquarieCollege

2. My Background? • DEC WSR Schools 1987 – 2007 • Macquarie University 1990 - 1996 • MBTHS 2007 • Lachlan Macquarie College 2008

3. The General – General 1 Pathway • What the BOS tells us ATAR  ATAR X

4. A very brief reference to timing The Preliminary Mathematics General course contains two Focus Studies that have been designed for approximately one-third of the course time: • Mathematics and Communication • Mathematics and Driving. (20 indicative hours each from 120) The HSC Mathematics General 1 course contains four Focus Studies that have been designed for approximately two-thirds of the course time: • Mathematics and Design • Mathematics and Household Finance • Mathematics and the Human Body • Mathematics and Personal Resource Usage. (20 indicative hours each from 120) What does this mean in terms of your school? 50/60/70 min periods etc

5. Danger! Danger! • I do not like the format of the syllabus with both pathways in the same document. Be very careful that you are reading the information for the correct pathway.

6. A true story – with a simple message Relevance and engagement!!

7. 2 Examples • FM2 Investing money (Prelim) • The principal focus of this topic is the use of formulae and tables to perform calculations related to the value of investments over a period of time. • 5 cards and Number/ problem solving. An intro to problem solving by touching on deciding what is relevant, what isn’t and patterns. This falls into ‘Suggested Applications” under AM1 (Algebraic Modelling)

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9. Resources to get you started 320 plus members Belinda Conway To join, just send me an email at mark.grady@det.nsw.edu.au

10. MAANG - Axiom • The DEC’s micro blogging site • 282 members • Great for professional discussions • Excellent for resources and sharing ideas • Simon Job’s Mathlinks

11. Active Data • Search Active data in TaLE. • The matchbox factory and catch my fall

12. Laptop WRAPS • TaLE search on “DER Wrap” for maths or this • Stem and Leaf plots • Taxing times • Puzzling Probability • Talking Trigonometry (replace slideshow with a movie! Coming up..) • Under the surface • Investing wisely • Parallelendicular

13. Animoto or laptop movie making software • “Turn your photos, video clips, and music into stunning video masterpieces to share with everyone. Fast, free, and shockingly easy!”

14. How could video software be used? • Students make a video to demonstrate their understanding of a concept. This could be a part of a lesson or assessment task. E.g. • identify and use the correct formula to solve practical area problems (MM2) • estimate areas and volumes (MM2) • Digital download and file storage (FSCo2) • describe, for a given histogram, the shape of the distribution and how the shape relates to features of the associated population or sample (DS4CEC) Etc……… Like this? FSCo2 (Focus study: Maths and Communication)

15. Summary and Comparison Animoto • Easy, though limited to 30 sec and SD for free version Windows Live Movie Maker • On DER machines. Simple to use (drag and drop timeline based), but can be a little clunky on more advanced applications. HD, no time limit Adobe Premier Elements • On DER machines. More sophisticated software. Does more than the others, but requires more background knowledge. HD, no time limit.

16. Let’s make a quick movie!

17. And assessing it – easy!

18. Laptop Software – beyond Geogbraetc • SRN (teacher presentation tool) • Google Sketchup (measurement) • Google Earth (measurement) • Freemind or other mind mapping tools

20. Other Ideas – if only there were time to demonstrate! • QR Codes (orienteering, clue based activities) • Infographics • Comic creation tools • Cool tools for schools • Ipad/Ipod Apps? • Gapminder • Quincunx (Galton Board)

21. Don’t be afraid to try • Failure is the fertilizer of innovation. When it comes to integrating new approaches into the curriculum this is oftenthe case. We rarelyhit a home run the first time wetry out a new tool in the classroom.

22. The first attempt isn’t always what you envisaged I've missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I've lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I've been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. Michael Jordan

23. To build a thriving program • Ensure you follow the syllabus and course assessment guidelines • Connected classroom? (other schools or someone relevant to a topic studied) • Use a variety of assessment tools (it is a CEC HSC Course) • Self assessment • Peer assessment • Syllabus discusses an outcomes diary for a portfolio

24. And… • Join an online sharing network • Axiom • Wiki • Go beyond textbooks • Video software • Web tools • Multimedia presentations • Edmodo, Moodle or other online collaborative tools • Excursions, guest speakers

25. And finally.. • Embed quality resources within programs for longevity • Develop or foster a culture of collaboration and sharing within your faculty • Make their learning meaningful. Report findings to Exec with recommendations etc (surveys, water, electricity usage, be a smarter school with resource usage) • Have some fun with this course • Relevance, Relevance and Relevance