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 Teacher Spotlight and Sample Files    

November Teacher Spotlight - Kevin McVay  Kevin is a primary school teacher at St Paul's Primary school. Like myself Kev has come into the teaching profession later in life and with him he has brought a wealth of IT knowledge. He's now been teaching for three years and has taught year 5 for the whole time. Kevin has been involved in the "Advancing Lead Teachers" program run by AISQ and his student's work with the FWC program really show those skills being passed on.

Kevin talks about his resource "These files had been completed by some of my Maths extension students. I chose some key mathematical concepts that we were looking at and their task was to create some learning/teaching samples for the other students. Also, there were some problem solving strategies that I had them represent visually and creatively. I have used the software in class to show concepts that I cannot show on the board without unjustifiable prep time and even then the ability to return to an illustration is difficult on the board".

Right click and choose "Save As" to view these FWC files.

September Teacher Spotlight - Graham Hughes  Graham Hughes (Learning Technologies Coordinator) is a secondary teacher from a private school in Sydney. With over 30 years of teaching experience he brings a wealth of experience to the technology focused classroom. Upon seeing his work I knew I just had to share it with all of you.

In these files Graham has used FWC to great effect by creating diagrams which represent the way light passes through lenses. But the topping just has to be the way he has tied it all together with a mindmap which graphically sets out the field of study with the FWC files and web links embedded in it. Please take a look at Graham's mindmap and imagine how easy it is for his students to visualize the topic by looking at this mindmap - Then imagine how easy it is for them to navigate to any resource from this one page. That's putting it all together!

Graham talks about his resource "The file represents an example of a course portfolio constructed using FWM. This could be a teacher's guide with embedded FWC and Word docs for presentation, or activities for completion by students. It could also be a student portfolio showing all completed work. The advantage of this method is it clearly shows the connections between topics, subtopics and activities and if created initially using the capture-text-to-map technique, students will gain an overview of the course prior to starting." FWC files and the Mindmap here. || Access all his FWC files on this page - you can download and open them. || Graham's Light Mindmap for FMB Version 3  Users || Graham's Light Mindmap for FMB <span style="color: rgb(211, 3, 3); font-size: 108%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">Version 4 <span style="font-size: 108%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> Users || <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;"> More about Graham - See his wiki site" Advancing Prof Learning"
 * [[image:HGvidSneekPeek.png align="center" link="space/showimage/HGvidSneekPeek.swf"]] || [[image:GHFiles.png align="center" link="Graham Hughes Spotlight"]] || [[image:HGMBV3.png align="center" link="space/showimage/LightMindmapFMBv3.mbm"]] || [[image:HGFMBLight.png align="center" link="space/showimage/LightMindmapFMBv4.mbm"]] ||
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<span style="font-size: 156%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(58, 76, 166); display: block; text-align: left;">Files and Resources created by Other Teachers <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Acute and Obtuse Angles <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> (BJR) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Acute and Obtuse Angle Measurement <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : An independent task assisting students to (a) identify angles (b) measure angles accurately. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Primary.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Fractions (Bronwyn Bosomworth & Erin Douglas ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Visual Fractions <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : Fractions <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : 4 /5.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Area and Perimeter <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Teaching Area and Perimeter <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : The students will investigate questions involving area and perimeter by applying knowledge of length and measurement to perimeter and area of two and three dimensional shapes and using the concept of net shapes and scale. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Level 4 Measurement



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Pentagram (Ian Thomas ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Constructing the “pentagram” <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : In this activity students construct the five pointed star known as the pentagram and explore the ratios of the sides <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : primary.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Investigating Perimeter Area <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Green Thumbs (Investigation of the relationship between Perimeter and Area) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : Children will be exposed to the necessary skills to operate the Fun with Construction program and then have the opportunity to demonstrate these skills in a problematic scenario. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Primary.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Cartesian Planes (Kev McVay and Naresh Nath ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Cartesian Plane Mapping <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : See and use numerical coordinates and be able to identify a position in a Cartesian plane. Be able to recognize points of a compass and follow directions to reach a destination. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : 4 - 5.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Division (Michal Doherty ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Division <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : This activity works much like the traditional activity that teachers use to introduce the concept of sharing numbers equally in classrooms using counters or objects. Students will manipulate shape positions by clicking and dragging them into boxes. This provides a visual representation of division. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : 5.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mission Possible (Neil Pollock & Brendon Waite ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Problem Solving (clocks, bearing, fraction, perimetre) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : This activity is created to enhance students understanding of a range of mathematical problems with the purpose of revision and extension of concepts. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : 4 - 5.

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Regular and Irregular Shapes (Pam Aitcheson ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Classification of Triangles and Quadrilaterals <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : Regular shapes have all sides equal and all angles equal. Irregular shapes do not have all sides equal and all angles equal. Triangles are 3 sided shapes. Quadrilaterals are 4 sided shapes. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Primary.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Math Art (Terry Healy & Brent Malcolm ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Shapes <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : Shapes and Symmetry <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Primary.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Linear Equations <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> (Belinda and Dave Slee ) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Topic: Graphing equations on a Cartesian Plane <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : This activity is created to enhance student understanding of equations algebraic principles. Students will be able to graphically represent an equation on a Cartesian Plane. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Eight.

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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Graphing and finding the mode <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> (Katrina and Melissa) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);"> Topic: Students have already collated their spelling results over the term and have prior knowledge of “Fun with Construction” software. They have prior learning of graphing results with the program. The teacher has already completed the activity in “Fun with Construction” and used Jing to record steps. The teacher will refer back to this throughout the lesson. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : For students to analyse and interpret their weekly spelling test results in a graph format to monitor their progress. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Five.



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Sizes and Shapes <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> (Sally) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);"> Topic: Sizes and Shapes <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : Students learn how to manipulate the basic functionality of the software. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : 3/4



<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Mapping, Measuring and Co-ordinates <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> (Stuart) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);"> Topic: Mapping and Measuring <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : To enhance students’ understanding of mapping and co-ordinates using the Fun With Construction Program. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : 4/5



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<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> <span style="color: rgb(16, 124, 209); font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Area of a Triangle <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; color: rgb(48, 79, 166);"> (Melanie and Andrew) <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);"> Topic: Finding the perimiter of objects <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Aim : KNOW: Students will know that the area of a triangle can be calculated using a formula. Students will know that there is a relationship between the area of a triangle and the area of a rectangle. DO: Students will find the area of a triangle using a formula. Students will manipulate triangles in order to discover the relationship between triangles and rectangles. Students will discover that any triangle is half of a rectangle.. <span style="color: rgb(23, 19, 144);">Year : Year 6 Level 4 Measurement

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