Greetings from the CMA!
We trust that the return to school for Term 4 will be safe and smooth for all teachers across the ACT. This has been another very disrupted year and the circumstances we have been working under have been very difficult. However, we hope that those who are teaching in schools and working with children will be able to remain healthy and safe for the remainder of the year.
We have organised a few on-line workshops for people to join in with over this term, to help support you in your work. Jono Adams will be presenting on Thursday 14th October, Chris Wetherell has a workshop on Wednesday 27th October and Rachel Whitney-Smith from ACARA will be presenting an overview of the updated Maths P-10 curriculum on Thursday 11th November. These workshops will be very useful. Please check for more details elsewhere on the CMA website.
Below are links to a few of our Favourite Resources.
We are aiming to update and add to this list. Perhaps you have a resource that you find especially useful when preparing for on-line learning? Let us know and we will be pleased to share any link with the rest of our community.
We are aiming to update and add to this list. Perhaps you have a resource that you find especially useful when preparing for on-line learning? Let us know and we will be pleased to share any link with the rest of our community.
- NZ Maths https://nzmaths.co.nz/
- Dr Paul Swan (WA) https://drpaulswan.com.au/resources/
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (USA) [NB This may be too difficult to access?] http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html
- First Steps in Mathematics (WA) http://det.wa.edu.au/stepsresources/detcms/navigation/first-steps-mathematics/
- Which One Doesn’t Belong? https://wodb.ca/
- Matt Parker - Standup Maths (Youtube) https://www.youtube.com/user/standupmaths
WORKSHOP 2 WORKSHOP 3 With Chris Wetherell (AMT) Please join Chris and CMA on-line on Wednesday 27th October (Term 4, Week 4) from 4.00-5.30pm Attend the workshop from the safety of your own space – all you need is pencil and paper Register by email at canberramaths@gmail.com Include your email contact so that we can send you the Zoom link We look forward to having you join us Title: Letting the CAT out of the bag Target audience: All levels Abstract: If you've been following the ACARA curriculum review this year, you may have asked yourself questions like: what exactly is 'computational thinking'? Is it maths or is it programming? Is it something new, or am I already doing it? Where can I find ready-made classroom resources in an easy online format? The Australian Maths Trust has a long history of providing opportunities for students to explore this area through the Computational and Algorithmic Thinking (CAT) competition (formerly the Australian Informatics Competition). In recent years, we have also added the Oxford University Computing Challenge to our informatics pathway for budding informaticians. And in Term 3 this year, just in time for teachers to start navigating this 'strange new world' - or is it 'familiar old world'? - we let the CAT out of the bag by releasing a bunch of new computational and algorithmic thinking content on our problem-solving platform Problemo. (The full suite of 80+ new problems is available to free account holders until the end of the year.) In this workshop we will tackle the small questions and the big questions and everything in between, from 'how many times does the robot need to turn a corner to escape the maze?' through to 'what is the future of education?' But mostly we'll just do a bunch of fun problems. Bio: Chris Wetherell is a secondary mathematics teacher working with the Australian Maths Trust and the ANU Extension program. He enjoys long walks on the beach, as long as they are random walks coordinatised by the integer lattice. AAMT CONFERENCE 29-30 September
The 2021 AAMT e-conference theme is Future Proofing Australia’s mathematical capacity. For registration and program details go to https://aamt.edu.au/conference/2021-conferences/ and https://whova.com/web/aamtc_202109/ Our Favourite Resources
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