ACTIV-Math Lessons That Work

Recently an article was posted on the UK Planet site entitled Maths Marvelous, by TLA Chris Stone. http://www.prometheanplanet.com/uk/server/show/nav.5975 If you have not had a chance to read it and you teach math whether it is primary or high school, I encourage you to take a look at the page. Chris offers many suggestions and ideas for using the Activboard in your mathematics lesson.

Every suggestion and or tip offers a wealth of knowledge for integrating the Activboard into the math classroom. As a Geometry teacher, I use many of the same tips and ideas that Chris mentions in this article. It has certainly made me a more proficient teacher; I also feel that it has made the achievement gap come closer together.

Some of the ideas that Chris mentions, like using color and images from the resource library in order to clarify his point, I employ, as well. For instance, the chapter that I am currently teaching is ‘Surface Area and Volume’. To help to build conceptual knowledge of the shape that we are working with, I pull said shape out of the resource library, and highlight its different parts for labeling.

To Chris’ comment on screenshots: bravo! I can not express how helpful that third column is to a math teacher. I find that I start to see that I am drawing or using the same type of figure through out a lesson, I pull it over to my third column. Previously, we studied a chapter on circles, and as easy as it is to draw a circle, I find that having it in my third column for easy access is handy. Again, I encourage all math teachers to read this and explore the flipcharts that have been posted.

I would also love to hear how you use Activstudio to help to enhance your ‘Maths’ lesson.