Comments on: MyMaths.co.uk - A Review http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/34 Musings on bringing Web2.0 to the classroom by Dan Stucke a Maths teacher in Manchester. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:34:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: mrstucke http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/34#comment-37 mrstucke Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:24:04 +0000 http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/34#comment-37 Hi Alex, how are you? I always assume that no-one I actually know reads this thing. I am still searching for the answer to the homework problem. When we've set them on mymaths we have always given the pupils at least a week to complete them and expected those without access to use the library computers at some point during that week. I suppose a limited number of printed copies could be done, a homework tends to run to only two screens. We've also tried posting old fashioned paper homeworks home this term, there has been a marginally higher completion of these but still not great. I still don't think we can move to totally online work in the environments we teach in. Perhaps no homework is the answer? Hi Alex, how are you? I always assume that no-one I actually know reads this thing.

I am still searching for the answer to the homework problem.

When we’ve set them on mymaths we have always given the pupils at least a week to complete them and expected those without access to use the library computers at some point during that week.

I suppose a limited number of printed copies could be done, a homework tends to run to only two screens.

We’ve also tried posting old fashioned paper homeworks home this term, there has been a marginally higher completion of these but still not great.

I still don’t think we can move to totally online work in the environments we teach in.

Perhaps no homework is the answer?

]]> By: A_lycks http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/34#comment-36 A_lycks Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:29:11 +0000 http://themasterplan.edublogs.org/archives/34#comment-36 So then Mr Stucke, I've toyed with the mymaths homeowrk idea. Setting tasks worked well with our GCSE and Sats groups using tasks from the booster packs and getting them to complete these to support the work that they'd done during a booster session. As these weren't compulsory lack of access to a computer was less of an issue and those that wanted to could acces the tasks using the schools afterschool provision. but if we moved totally to online homeworks then what do the students with no internet access at home do? What do you do to get around this issue? So then Mr Stucke, I’ve toyed with the mymaths homeowrk idea. Setting tasks worked well with our GCSE and Sats groups using tasks from the booster packs and getting them to complete these to support the work that they’d done during a booster session. As these weren’t compulsory lack of access to a computer was less of an issue and those that wanted to could acces the tasks using the schools afterschool provision. but if we moved totally to online homeworks then what do the students with no internet access at home do? What do you do to get around this issue?

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