Comments on: Maths Maps – A New Collaborative Project

By: Simon Collier

Simon Collier — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 05:04:27 +0000

Wow, this is a fantastic, innovative and exciting way to use Google Maps collaboratively. Thanks for the ideas and your helpful blog!
Simon (Australia)

By: Simon Collier

Simon Collier — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:04:27 +0000

Wow, this is a fantastic, innovative and exciting way to use Google Maps collaboratively. Thanks for the ideas and your helpful blog!
Simon (Australia)

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Thing 20 | K12 Learning 2.0 Course — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:36:07 +0000

[...] My initial experience with Google Docs was good. I was able to figure out pretty much everything on my own. One idea for professional and/or classroom learning use of Google Docs would be to create tests. Teachers could collaborate and add test questions to one another’s tests. Students could create questions for a test and other student could add to that, as well. Another classroom use could be peer editing. Students could edit each others papers. Students could also work on group projects on Google Docs, even if it is a powerpoint type project. The group can participate and add to/edit the project and the teacher will be able to tell who has been participating. This would work with collaborating on homework assignments, as well, for those students having access at home. While researching and learning about Google Docs, I came across a wonderful application using math and maps. It is called Maths Maps. You can check it out here. [...]

By: manishfusion

manishfusion — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 08:19:07 +0000

This is my first comment but I feel like I should have been making loads of comments now because I always like your stuff. Maybe comments are for more hit and miss blogs than your own. When you maintain a consistent level of high quality output I reckon people are less inclined to comment because they have come to expect it from you. Just a theory.

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By: mrstucke

mrstucke — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:22:43 +0000

When I get time I'll definitely get my thinking cap on and start adding things to a map (new or existing). Personally at Secondary school I would avoid doing separate y7,8,9,10,11 codings, we have such a variety of ability in each year group. Our bright Y7 pupils are already better at Maths than our weaker Y11s. You could code by curriculum level, but that gets complex.

How about a star system a bit like they use on http://nrich.maths.org ? - although there's is still split by keystage. Something like:

* = National Curriculum levels 1-2
** = National Curriculum levels 3-4 (GCSE G-F)
*** = National Curriculum levels 5-6 (GCSE E-D)
**** = National Curriculum levels 7-8 (GCSE C-B)
***** = GCSE A-A*

By: tomgbarrett

tomgbarrett — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:01:43 +0000

Thanks for your thoughts Dan - would happily add more colours and
categories. Although do you think you would prefer a separate map to clearly
categorise activities for your year groups? If so would you be interested in
making a start with some activities for a map (could be on any maths topic,
anywhere in the world) and I can post it here and make people aware of it
too. Let me know.

You are right that it would be good to include some resources relevant for
other age groups.

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By: mrstucke

mrstucke — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:26:45 +0000

Great idea Tom, I know you have a Primary focus, but how about you add 2 more colours, one for Key Stage 3 (11-14) and one for KS4 (15-16)?

By: tomgbarrett

tomgbarrett — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:59:37 +0000

Thanks for the comment Peter – as you can imagine there are heaps of places that could be used, maths is everywhere! I would like to continue to build a variety of maps in the same way as the Interesting Ways presentations. Will see how this one works out and then nudge people again for the next few.

I will take the shapes questions from the first map effort out and use in a new map for Shapes in Madrid.