ITT Students' World Wide Web Workshop · Harton School

• Click on the link GCSE Subjects, which leads to the NEAB website. We are going to find out what the Mathematics email address is.
• Click on Mathematics. You will find the Mathematics email address at the top of the web page.
• Find out a syllabus number for the GCSE Mathematics Syllabus. You may have to scroll down the page.

• The BBC website is supposed to be the most visited information-based website in Europe. BBC Education has a section called GCSE Bitesize Revision, which is intended for learners working on their own.
• Return to the Mathematics Page. Click on the Bitesize Revision link. Then click on the Mathematics link. Look at the topics. Are they relevant? Try one and assess the quality of subsequent pages for age-appropriateness and curriculum focus.

• Return to the Mathematics Page. Assess the relevance of the teaching ideas, lesson plans, worksheets and resources on offer for Mathematics teachers on the two links Teaching Ideas for Primary Teachers and Educate the Children.

• Return to the Mathematics Page. The NRICH Mathematics Enrichment Club site is the product of collaboration between the National Royal Institution, the University of Cambridge and Homerton College. It contains mathematical challenges, puzzles and games with the emphasis on fun. Assess the site for its appropriateness to secondary school Mathematics teaching.

• Return to the Mathematics Page. The Mathematics Enhancement Programme is run by the Centre for Innovation in Mathematics Teaching at the University of Exeter. Once again, how appropriate is this website to your own Mathematics teaching?

• Return to the Mathematics Page. MathSphere is a commercial site with many photocopiable worksheets. Has this site a role in the Mathematics curriculum?

• Return to the Mathematics Page. The portal Mathematics and Special Educational Needs links to a number of sites offering resources and strategies for learners with difficulties and impairments. How useful might the links be in your Mathematics teaching?

• Return to the Mathematics Page and click on the Google link. Use Mathematics as your keyword. How many hits were there? Print out the first page of hits.
• Now try out Yahoo, typing Mathematics into the box. How does Yahoo present search results?
• What are the advantages and the disadvantages of each of these search engines?

• Return to the Mathematics Page. If you had the Internet up and running, would you be able to locate and use a web resource in your teaching? Could you set your students a task which they might complete by referring to a web page or website?
• The Teacher Training Agency has published Initial Teacher Training (ITT) National Curriculum for the use of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in subject teaching: Exemplification materials. Access their ICT exemplification materials page and find out how to obtain the materials for Mathematics.

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