Apps I have trialled so far....

Here are some of the apps that I have found and used so far:-

a)Useful tools

·         Reflector

This is a great tool for showing what’s on my ipad on my laptop and hence the whiteboard

·         Calculator

·         Spreadsheet

·         Pencil case

·         Protractor

All of these are self explanatary and naturally a must have for any maths classroom!

·         Free Gra Calc

This is a superb app for graphing any equation including modulus graphs (used with my sixth formers). My Year 10 enjoyed using this app when they were working on quadratic equations. We were working out the value of the discriminant to indicate how many solutions a quadratic equation should have. Students were then able to quickly sketch the graph on the ipads to see if how many times the curve cut the x - axis to then check their answers. One student said ‘The value of my discriminant was negative but the curve definitely cuts the axis twice so I have made a mistake somewhere!’ and yes she had incorrectly substituted into b²-4ac.  Students wrote on their evaluations how useful the graphing tool was in this lesson.

·         Geoboard

This is a lovely tool to replace elastic bands and pin boards. Great for splitting a shape into two congruent halves.

b) Reinforcement of basic skills such as times tables, addition etc

·         Kakooma Addition, Kakooma Negative, Kakooma Times

·         Maths LG

·         Math 7

c) General Revision

·         Puffin Academy to access mymaths

·         MDT

A diagnostic tool for Higher and Foundation maths

·         Mathletics (NOT FREE)

·         Edexcel Mechanics 1 Exam solutions

Specific topics

·         Transformations (NOT FREE)

To be used with my year 8 over the next few weeks – keep watching my blog for an update!