Mathedup

A Level, GCSE, Key stage 3

Create a test

MathedUp / October 26, 2015

A review of Create A Test. A tool that is designed to take the pain out of creating maths assessments.

Enrichment, Games

Prime Climb

MathedUp / October 4, 2015

Prime Climb is a beautiful, colorful, mathematical board game designed for 2 to 4 players.

Behaviour, Lesson planning

Creating a positive learning environment

MathedUp / September 1, 2015

Is your classroom a battlefield or a playing field? This post looks at strategies for building a rapport with your students in order to create a positive climate for learning.

apps, Blended learning, iOS, iPad, Lesson planning

iDoceo is a massively powerful tool that has transformed the way that I work and has really helped me raise my organisation game to another level. In this post, I’ll help you get started and give you some ideas on how to make it useful.

Blended learning, Marking, Parents

Engaging parents

MathedUp / August 13, 2015

Involving parents is one of the most powerful ways of engaging young people with their learning and furthering their motivation to achieve. There are whole school strategies for supporting parental involvement but this post will focus on what you can do as a classroom teacher.

apps, iOS, iPad, Marking

Request a work selfie

MathedUp / August 10, 2015

A really positive idea for teachers to try with your classes. Guaranteed to improve the quality of work produced by your students!

Android, apps, iOS, iPad, Lesson planning

Numerous

MathedUp / August 9, 2015

The other day I came across an interesting little application called ‘Numerous’. It is available on both iOS and Android and as it’s title suggests, it is all about numbers.

Android, apps, Blended learning, Games, iOS, iPad

Maths Mobile Puzzlers

MathedUp / July 28, 2015

The nice thing about some of the games available on the app store (or Google Play, if you are that way inclined) is that it gives people an opportunity to develop problem solving and logical thinking skills while having fun. Below is a list of my top n (I may add to it) apps that fall into this category – In no particular order.