The longest maths lesson…

Today the grade 3 students from 3/4H started their maths virtual project using Sim-on-a-Stick and it was very challenging BUT 1 hour and 50 minutes later they were still working on their maths tasks! Mrs Booth and Mr Easey had to push them out the door to eat when the bell rang for lunch but 10 minutes later they were all lined up and ready to go again. It was brilliant and who would have thought that maths could keep a class of very different learners coming back for more. It was engagement with a capital E. It is also excellent that Mr Easey is joining us for our maths lessons every Wednesday to learn all about virtual world technology and how it can be used for mathematical outcomes. We might need a few of our student experts to give him a hand though 🙂 One thing Mrs Booth noticed was how well the students navigated the tools when allowed to ‘play’. They didn’t realise how hard they were actually working and when the older students, who have used the technology last year, came in at lunchtime and saw SoaS was running they automatically started to assist the younger students. Wonderful stuff when the student becomes the teacher.

By the way if you are wondering who ‘Ener’ is she is the amazing person who packages OpenSim and enables it to be used on a USB.  Thanks Ener 🙂

Mrs Booth and Mr Easey

PS: Virtual World/Minecraft Library Club is back every Thursday at lunchtime by popular demand. Be there or be square!