BJARP+-+MathsOnline

23/5 www.mathsonline.com.au is a maths website that is sponsored by McDonalds. It contains short flash videos on pretty much the entire curriculum from year 7 up to year 12. It also has worksheets that the kids complete and then enter their answers into the site allowing you to track their progress. I'll be using the site with my year 7s to see what effect it has on the class.

6/6 Well, that worked well - did a unit on multiples, factors and primes and mathsonline made a big difference to the less able and less motivated students in the class - will incorporate it into the unit we're about to do on fractions and see if the trend continues.

27/7 I took the opportunity to use Maths Online again the other day. About 1/3 of the class were away at footy so I quickly printed out some maths online worksheets so that the kids who were there could do them in class and the kids who were away could catch up by doing them at home. I was surprised how keen the kids were to do them as they had become a bit sick of Maths Online the last time I used it. It seems that variety is the spice of learning as well as the spice of life as varying the presentation of the learning in the classroom can really help keep the kids interested in what's going on.