Jan 27 2009
As I am busy editing some of my learning objects, I will dump some of them here to organise later. The object of this learning object (!!) is to give a quick overview of the new features of Outlook 2007.
The powerpoint can be downloaded here
Jun 30 2008
I am at the Amesa Conference at my first session and the topic under discussion is:
IMPACT OF DVD TECHNOLOGY ON IMPROVING THE MATHEMATICAL PERFORMANCE OF LEARNERS
The abstact is:
In an effort to enhance the mathematical performance of grade 12 learners, before enrolling at Higher Educational Institutions (HEI), various intervention initiatives were implemented by the Govan Mbeki Mathematics Development Programme (GMMDP) over a period of five years. During these interventions, various delivery models were utilized in order to optimize the impact of presentations to educators and to learners. In this paper we report on the DVD-driven model that was introduced during the past two years and which seemed to have been the most effective.”
Hennie Boshoff and Werner Olivier descibe how this DVD programme has made a material difference to learners wanting to enter into university. The pass rate of the learners improved dramatically (by 20%) and they were not only taught using these PowerPoints, but were also encouraged to use the DVD’s to teach their fellow learners. Cascading, however, unfortunately did not happen
The 28 topics,which can be used for grade 11 and 12 learners as well as university bridging programmes, will be made available for distribution and sale shortly.
May 19 2008
As community moderator at our mathematical literacy teacher community (www.mathsliteracy.ning.com) I see my main role as facilitator of relationships and communications as well as technical support person within the community. Within this context I have actually learn so much, in unexpected areas. One of my community members posed a question starting off with ” This must be the dumbest question…” and that lead to me having a wondeful new learning experience!
She wanted to draw a system of axes (with grid) to use in her linear programming worksheet where the learners could sketch on the grid. So I immediately jumped to the occation by uploading a ‘How to’:
We tend to want to remedy situations by offering help too fast and she then gently reminded me that she is working in the new WORD 2007. So I went to investigate if I could do it in Word 2007. I have been avoiding getting to know it as it looks so different from Word 2003 and the times that I tried to figure it out, I got quite frustrated. So I forced myself…
What a pleasant surprise! It got oodles of nice features and once you get over your innitial abhorance, I found myself getting around quite effortlessly. My only worry is that I will now have to retrain my teachers to use the new Word from scratch…
So the moral of this story is that we must not be scared to learn new stuff even if the “old stuff” were so familiar and comfortable. If we don’t we, might be missing out on wonderful new features…. I do realise that TIME is a big problem. So I have made a little tutorial to demonstrate how to do a system of axes with gridlines in Word 2007.
To download, click here
Apr 16 2008
Excel is an amazing tool when it comes to calculating values and statistical data. Here is a basic intro to how to use Excel:
Creating graphs from our very valuable data is also a breeze. The following video explain in really easy to understand term, how to create pie and bar graphs using excel.
Download Video: Posted by mathvideosonline at TeacherTube.com.
Feb 14 2008
I am here today with some wonderful Curriculum advisors from Limpopo and we are teaching one another how to draw figures in Word. In the “old days” we would just “cut and paste” (as with scizzors and glue) our maths figures into our papers, which resulted in us not really being able to use the resource effectively again. So today we will do it in our papers!
For a step by step guide on how to do this, click here
Jan 16 2008
Sometimes we need a few “web 1.0″ skills before we can submerge ourself in Web 2.0!!
Here is a few pointers to help brush up our “WEB 1.0 Skills”, using a few of the great slideshows from www.slideshare.net (which just goes to show that we do not have to re-invent the wheel!
Windows | Word |
PowerPoint | Excel
Please also see: Death by PowerPoint Before you create your powerpoint!!!
May 18 2007
I will link all my Microsoft Word resources from here.
Begining Word
Intermediate Word
Creating sketches with Autoshape
And a slightly more advanced version:
