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How to Maximise Standardised Test ResultsThis is a summary of a conversation I had with my sister about preparing students for standardised tests. The ICT-Enabled ClassroomThis is my presentation on the ICT-Enabled Classroom at the recent National IWB conference in Sydney Australia. 10 to 1: My Top Ten Maths Lessons with an IWBFrom this web page, you can download the flipchart for this workshop plus all supporting resources. The flipchart and most of the accompanying resources are in the zip file. The Celebrity Ages files were too large for the zip file, so are available as separate files. You can also download the flipchart for the workshop "Ten Terrific Tips for Teaching with (Digital) Technology".
DominoesAn interactive whiteboard resource to support any investigations using dominoes. In particular this resource was created to support classroom use of puzzles included in a book by Henry Ernest Dudeney in 1917. Books this old are in the public domain and so their contents can be distributed and built upon freely. Instructions Resource Printable Dominoes Puzzle 1 Puzzle 2 The Beauty of MathematicsThis was sent to me by one of my students. To make it more accessible (and not clutter email inboxes), I have added it to the website. I am ambivalent about the God bit at the end, but the rest of the powerpoint show is great!
Random Student NameRandom Student Name is a tool for randomly selecting students from your class. It will select in an unbiased fashion and without repetition until all members have been selected. Typically Random Student Name is used for deciding 'who will answer the next question', or for dividing your class into random pairs or teams for group work. At the beginning of the school year teachers can set their class list (up to 32 students). Random student name is easy to edit when students need to be added or taken from your class list. It is also easy to temporarily omit a student from the list in the case of students which may be absent on a particular day. This is one of many creative interactive activities available from John Short's wonderful website:
Word-WiseWordwise is a vocabulary building game. Students must guess the mystery word and call it out. The teacher slowly gives the students more 'hints' by showing additional letters. It can sometimes be noisy but it is always fun. Word-wise is an easy-to-edit PowerPoint file consisting of a cover sheet, instructions, some examples and a master sheet. This is one of many creative interactive activities available from John Short's wonderful website: Memory SquaresIt's the old memory cards game but now a team game for IWB. The class is divided into two teams. The teams must hunt for pairs of matching items by revealing just two squares at a time. Download this free PowerPoint template which is easy to edit for use in any classroom. This is one of many creative interactive activities available from John Short's wonderful website: Robo-QuizThis is a Powerpoint quiz template for a competition between two teams. After entering your own questions divide the class into two teams, each with a representative at the board. Students from each team must convince their representative of the correct alternative response. This is one of many high quality interactive activities (powerpoint and flash files) from John Short's marvellous collection, found at 
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