Dunbar Visit

I had the pleasure of visiting the Dunbar Grammar maths department this morning. I was made very welcome, and even given a doughnut!

The whole department had some non-contact time at the start of the day, so we spent my visit discussing the use of the boards, and sharing some tips and tricks. I was particularly keen to show the department how to use ActiVote, so we opened up the case and gave them a whirl. I hope that my demo has given them the confidence to go ahead and use them with classes - although they are apparently only set up for use in one room! Unbelievable!

Thanks to Alice (at least I think it was Alice !) for pointing out to me a better way to draw angles - I had been doing it with 2 lines, whereas Alice pointed out that I could draw it freehand then use the shape recognition tool to straighten it up - much nicer!

I also passed on a CD of Teachers' TV maths videos that Paul Goodall had kindly given to me when I was in PL last week.

This afternoon I'm off to Haddington to meet with Ewan McIntosh then Karen Robertson.