Ebook boxes

Supporting teachers to embed Mathematics

eBookboxes into their practice

Presenters: Dora Warlond Cara McCarthy

What is this session about?

• Overview of the Mathematics eBookboxes

• Key design aspects

• Supporting teachers and teacher networks

Mathematics eBookboxes

• In Design Space and Learning Tasks

• VELS Level 5 – complete set available shortly

• VELS Level 4 and Level 6 – in development

• Elaborated and standard eBookboxes

eBookboxes in the Ultranet

Key Design Aspects of the eBookboxes

• Connections and coherence - structured by key concepts (work against isolated, topic-based units)


• Pedagogical content knowledge – research, DEECD initiatives and existing support materials

Online Interviews - Mathematics and Fractions / Decimals

Scaffolding Numeracy in the Middle Years (SNMY)

Assessment for Common Misunderstandings


• Flexibility, collaboration and sharing

• Teachers share ideas in the Design space

• The elaborated boxes can be used as is or adapted

• Teachers elaborated boxes as a template to develop their own boxes from standard boxes

• Reflects what we know about learning maths


• Differentiation


• Students as active and collaborative learners

Teachers can set up a Collaborative Learning Space. Students can use a:

Class Blog

Class Wiki

Maths Journal

Teachers can also set up Discuss or Journal items in Learning tasks

Key Design Aspects of the eBookboxes• Using quality digital resources

Supporting all teachers to embed the use of eBookboxes into their practice

•Working with teaching and learning coaches and primary mathematics specialists

• Maximising the capabilities of the Ultranet - eBookboxes, teaching and learning cycle…

•Quality blended teaching and learning…

Supporting teachers involved specifically in regional/network elaboration process

• Aim to provide wide range of elaborated eBookboxes as endorsed content for all teachers to access

• Teachers best placed to elaborate

• Engagement of all regions and networks in terms 3 and 4

• Regions select schools/networks

• Ultranet coaches identified as key support personnel

Focus

• Sequence, select from and supplement digital resources with non-digital resources, add teacher notes. • Submit as endorsed content

Benefits

• Develop and share significant expertise in developing quality, blended learning and teaching sequences • Exemplify ongoing collaborative development across and

within schools• Gain public recognition as the author if the elaborated eBookbox is published as endorsed Ultranet content

Support from central office

• Grant

• Templates, sample materials, outline process and quality criteria

• Briefing for networks and coaches/specialists

• Design space for collaboration

• Ongoing support (face to face, elluminate sessions)

Plus,Minus,Interesting

Supporting teachers to use/elaborate eBookboxes

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