KS3 (and beyond) ICT and Mathematics Information Sheet June 2003
Ros Hyde Adrian Oldknow The Mathematical Association
www.m-a.org.uk
www.adrianoldknow.org.uk
1. The Mathematical Association www.m-a.org.uk
Ros Hyde is Professional Development Officer, and Adrian Oldknow chairs the Professional Development Committee. The MA web-site contains information about its CPD opportunities, as well as reprints of guidance about ICT, and links to free or trial software. The MA also administers the T-cubed programme (T3 = Teachers Teaching with Technology) which provides subsidised training on the use of hand-held technology.
2. The T-cubed Programme www.m-a.org.uk/pdc/tcubed/
This programme is co-ordinated in England, Wales and N. Ireland by Ros Hyde: . Information can be found on the MA web-site above. T3 supported the pilot schools on the 2000/1 DfEE Year 7 mathematics/ICT project called MathsAlive!, managed by Research Machines. Groups of teachers, consultants, advisers, directors etc. can apply to mount a T3 course or workshop. Provided these meet certain criteria of numbers and duration, T3 will provide masters of course materials free of charge for course organisers to duplicate for participants. It will also provide an experienced tutor, whose fee and expenses will be normally met by the T3 programme. The equipment for use by participants in the course/workshop will be provided on loan free from the TI Workshop Loan Programme (WoLoP) - which also covers the delivery and collection charges. Participants in courses/workshops, including the organiser(s), can also purchase related hardware and software products at a considerable discount through the T3 grant pricing scheme. For information about mounting a T3 course/workshop consult the MA web-site, or contact Ros Hyde.
3. The TI Workshop Loan Programme http://education.ti.com/uk/support/workshop/workshoploan.html
Contact Texas Instruments, 800 Pavilion Drive, Northampton NN4 7YL , ,
http://education.ti.com/uk . Loan requests can be made via the web-site, or via , (tel) 020 8230 3184, (fax) 020 8230 3132. All the equipment for a workshop or course can be borrowed, usually for a period of up to three weeks. Delivery is made two or three days beforehand, and instructions are provided on how to return the equipment by pre-paid courier after the loan period.
4. The T3 Grant Pricing Scheme
Educators who have attended a T3 workshop or course are entitled to buy single copies of relevant equipment at a substantial discount. Currently these include the following (ex-VAT):
TI 83-Plus Silver Edition (2Mb) teacher's VS calculator £ 58.39
TI-83 ViewScreen for use with OHP £ 87.19
CBR motion detector data-logger £ 56.05
TI Presenter video interface for TV/data-projector £149.46
GraphLink cable for USB port £ 14.79
CBL2 versatile data-logger with 3 probes £ 93.41
5. Advice on ICT for mathematics
A number of the government agencies, other than the Strategy, have produced, or will be producing, guidance on the use of ICT in mathematics in general and KS3 in particular. For example, copies of the Royal Society/JMC report on Teaching and Learning Geometry 11-19 can be obtained from: Press and Public Relations, The Royal Society, London Tel: 020 7451 2516/2508 or downloaded from www.royalsoc.ac.uk/education/ .
5.1 BECTa www.becta.org.uk
In 1993 the then DES set up a number of subject consultative groups for IT, based on the professional associations. The Mathematics CITS group had members from ATM, MA, NCET and Ofsted and was chaired by Adrian Oldknow. It produced a number of materials on the use of ICT in mathematics which are still available via the BECTa web-site. These include:
The ICT Maths Pack: http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=1871
A Pupil's Entitlement: http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?temid=290
download: http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/uploads/text/secondary-17805.pdf
Developing ICT across the mathematics department
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=1892
Review of ICT in mathematics - a departmental self-audit
http://curriculum.becta.org.uk/docserver.php?docid=1844
Data-capture and modelling in mathematics and science
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/docserver.php?docid=1760
http://vtc.ngfl.gov.uk/uploads/application/datacapture-16796.pdf
In 1999 the DfEE asked BECTa to conduct a review of the software available for curriculum subjects. The report of the mathematics seminar can be found at:
www.becta.org.uk/technology/software/curriculum/reports/maths.html
BECTa also provide useful help-sheets on technology aimed at ICT advisors and co-ordinators. A welcome recent addition is one on graphical calculators:
www.becta.org.uk/technology/infosheets/html/graphcalc.html
5.2 TTA www.canteach.gov.uk
In 1999 the TTA produced a set of printed booklet and CD-ROMS for their Needs Identification Materials for Secondary School Teachers in preparation for the NOF-funded ICT training initiative. The secondary mathematics booklet contains a case study using graphing calculators with a Y10 algebra class. The third of the three CD-ROMs contains four mathematics case studies, each with a different year group, working at a different aspect of the mathematics curriculum, using different software, different classroom organisation and different methods of obtaining whole class displays. Each contains video clips of the lesson with a voice-over from the teacher explaining what s/he is aiming to achieve in the lesson. Order materials from the TTA Publications Line: 0845 606 0323, or by completing an on-line form accessed from: http://www.tta.gov.uk/teaching/ict/nof/ict_cd.htm . The book as a Word file can be downloaded from http://www.tta.gov.uk/teaching/ict/nof/paper.htm . There is also a book exemplifying the use of ICT in mathematics subject teaching produced for the National Curriculum for Initial Teacher Education which can be obtained from 0845 606 0323 and downloaded in Word format from: http://www.tta.gov.uk/teaching/ict/exemplification.htm
The TTA funded a group drawn from the mathematics subject associations to write a guidance document on ICT mathematics 11-19. This can be downloaded as a Word file from the T3 area of the Mathematical Association’s web-site, from Adrian Oldknow’s website: www.adrianoldknow.org.uk and also appeared on the CD with ATM’s Micromaths 18.3, Dec 2002.
5.3 QCA www.qca.org.uk
There is a new project involving BECTa and the QCA to produce a web-site containing materials and links to support the teaching of the statutory aspects of ICT in the KS3/4 National Curriculum, which includes mathematics. There is an ongoing project looking at the teaching of Algebra and Geometry at Key Stages 3 and 4 which is starting to consider the role of ICT. Limited information is posted at: http://www.qca.org.uk/ca/curr_dev_projects.asp#maths
5.4 Standards funding: NGfL www.dfes.gov.uk/standardsfund/
The NGfL part of the standards fund can be used to support the purchase of hardware, software and related training - and this includes hand-held technology such as GCs, as well as display devices. The phrase “NGfL” is being phased out as the DfES strategy has been refocused on embedding ICT in subject teaching.
6 Resources to support ICT in Mathematics
6.1 e-Learning Credits www.curriculumonline.gov.uk
These are designed to give schools access to online and electronic resources to support subject teaching. In 2002/3 this amounted to £30m, and in each of 2003/4 and 2004/5 this rises to £100m – divided roughly on the basis of £1000 per school and £10 per pupil. In mathematics this can be used to buy packages such as Sketchpad, Cabri, TI Interactive!, Omnigraph, Autograph, Coypu, Derive, SMILE etc. as well as subscriptions for RM MathsAlive!, Headstart etc.
6.2 Online CPD for KS3 mathematics teachers
The DfES has awarded contracts for the development of online materials to support CPD in the use of ICT for subject teachers at KS3. The mathematics contract has gone to the Mathematics Consortium – with the MA, University College Chichester and New Media as partners. This will be available to departments from Autumn 2003 onwards, but details of how this will be supported by the KS3 strategy and how schools will financed have yet to be finalised.
6.3 Key Stage 3 strategy
The KS3 mathematics strategy has not yet had a focus on ICT, although the consultants’ training in March did include some exposure to the use of dynamic geometry and graphical calculators. There is now a Framework for ICT with its own set of objectives – some of which will be addressed by a weekly 1hr of ICT teaching and others will be met through subjects. A group from the MA, ATM etc has produced a set of lesson plans illustrating attainment of ICT objectives in lessons taught to the KS3 mathematics framework. This will be part of a pack of materials to be disseminated in Feb 2004.
6.4 RM MathsAlive Framework Edition www.rm.com
The DfEE supported a project in 2000/1 to develop an innovative ICT-based set of materials to support the teaching of Year 7 mathematics, based on the NNS Framework. The project was managed by Research Machines and involved 20 pilot classrooms each equipped with a ceiling mounted data-projector, an interactive white-board (SmartBoard), printer, Internet connection, three networked PCs, an OHP and a half-class set of graphical calculators. Each teacher was also equipped with a laptop, printer, Internet connection, together with a graphical calculator, LCD projector panel and data-logger. Software included animations, games and videos developed by RM, Microsoft Office, a secondary school version of RM's Easiteach Mathematics for use on the white-board, the Geometer's Sketchpad software for dynamic geometry, MSW Logo and TI Interactive! for graphing, data-handling etc. The materials included files for use with the software, teachers' notes, pupil task-sheets, homework sheets, assessment tasks etc. The project is now being extended into a subscription service called MathsAlive Framework Edition. Contact RM Learning Solutions: 08709 086700
http://www.rm.com/Secondary/Products/Product.asp?cref=PD7370&catref=1049.2.2.19
6.5 Teaching Mathematics with ICT: Adrian Oldknow & Ron Taylor
In 2000 Continuum Books published Teaching Mathematics with ICT which includes a CD-ROM with free (GraphLink), demo (Cabri Géomètre) and trial (TI Interactive! and Derive) software. It was very favourably reviewed in the TES and in Mathematics in Schools. The book can be ordered from www.amazon.co.uk : ISBN 0-8264-4806-2 at £18.99 or via Continuum at www.continuumbooks.com . A new version will be available from December 2003 which will also support the Geometer’s Sketchpad as well as other software such as Autograph.
6.6 ATM www.atm.org.uk
As well as publishing the Micromaths journal (see e.g. Vol 18 No 3 on dynamic geometry with free CD-ROM), ATM sell software, which includes Cabri and Sketchpad materials called Active Geometry and a useful book collecting together a range of articles called: More Teaching, Learning and Mathematics with ICT. ATM 7 Shaftesbury Street, Derby DE23 8YB. (tel) 01332 346599 (fax) 01322 204357
6.7 MA www.m-a.org.uk
A useful web-site, links to free, demo and trial software, reports and information from committees such as the Professional Development and Teaching Committees.
259 London Road, Leicester LE2 3BE. (tel) 0116 221 0013 (fax) 0116 212 2835
6.6 TI web-sites education.ti.com
TI UK is at: education.ti.com/uk
7 Where to find hardware, software and resources
The first three stock TI and other graphical calculators, data-loggers and related products; other distributors can be found at http://education.ti.com/uk/support/where2buy/where2buy.html
Most TI products van be bought at www.amazon.co.uk
8.1 Oxford Educational Supplies www.oxford-educational.co.uk or www.studentcalculators.co.uk Unit 19, Weston Business Park, Weston on the Green, Bicester, OX6 8SY (tel): 01869 344 500
TI Interactive! is available at £19.95 single, £154.95 for 30, £235 for site and £559 for unlimited licence (permits students and teachers to use at home).
8.2 Science Studio Limited www.sciencestudio.co.uk/
Hanborough Park, Long Hanborough, Witney OX29 8SF
(tel) 01993 883 598 (fax) 01993 883 317
8.3 Jaytex Limited
100 Broughton Lane, Salford, Manchester M7 1UF
(tel) 0161 831 7585 (fax) 0161 832 8245
8.4 Chartwell-Yorke http://www.chartwellyorke.com/
114 High Street, Belmont, Bolton BL7 8AL
(tel) 01204 811001 (fax) 01204 811008
8.5 SMILE Mathematics www.smilemathematics.co.uk/
Isaac Newton Centre, 108A Lancaster Road, London W11 1QS
(tel) 020 7598 4841 (fax) 020 7598 4838
8.6 QED/Griffin www.qedgriffin.com
QED Books & Griffin Multimedia, Pentagon Place, 195b Berkhamsted Road, Chesham HP5 3AP
(tel) 0345 402275 (fax) 01494 793951
8.7 LINDY Electronics www.lindy.com/uk/
Lindy Electronics Ltd. Sadler Forster Way, Teesside Industrial Estate, Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 9JY (tel) 01642 754000 (fax) 01642 765274
They provide convertors to display laptop/PC output on the video-in of a TV or projector:
VGA Convertor Lite, part #32565 : £119.00 VGA Convertor Plus, part #32561 : £165.00
9. Dynamic geometry software
Copies of the Royal Society/JMC report on Teaching and Learning Geometry 11-19 can be obtained from: Press and Public Relations, The Royal Society, London Tel: 020 7451 2516/2508 or downloaded from www.royalsoc.ac.uk/education/
Cabri Géomètre from Chartwell-Yorke is £55 single, £299 site.
Geometer’s Sketchpad 4 from QED is £80 single, £159 for 10, £329 for 50, £449 for site.
9.1 Imaging software – free downloads:
Digitise Image (for jpeg and still images): http://maths.sci.shu.ac.uk/digitiseimage/
Vidshell (for avi and movie clips): http://webphysics.tec.nh.us/vidshell/vidshell.html