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Learning to code, Coding to Learn (with Scratch and Makecode)
Many teachers organized exciting “Hour of Code” explorations for their students in December 2019. How might you turn the “hour of code” into “the year of learning” for your students? How can learning to code support the development of mathematical processes? How do students learn through the act of coding? If you’re interested in learning …
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Digital Math = Accessible Math
In this webinar, participants will be reflecting on the importance of using and embedding digital tools in teaching and learning mathematics for diverse learners. Participants will explore: how and why goals in the Grades 1-8 Math Curriculum and the 21st Century Competencies: Foundation Document for Discussion support the use of digital technologies in mathematics learning. …
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Towards a Pedagogy of Playful Mathematics
The Ontario math curriculum is composed of expectations (the content) and processes (the actions of doing mathematics). The math processes are all about thinking about and doing mathematics. Doing mathematics is pleasurable. This session will explore ways to make mathematics more playful while infusing process and problem-solving into your program. To do that, we will …
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Spiraling INTO Control: A Different Way to Plan and Teach Math for Deeper Student Understandings
In this session, Mary-Kay will share her approach to spiraling through the Math curriculum, balancing content expectations and the math processes, to achieve her goal of strengthening students’ mathematical reasoning skills. As well, discussion will look at how this approach better aligns with the assessment practices described in Growing Success. Student work will be from …
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Coding the Five Strands of Mathematics with Scratch in Primary
In this webinar, participants will build scaffolded Scratch coding projects that will help students to solidify important math concepts in each of the five strands. Starting with the Ontario Curriculum and the Math Processes, we will look at how coding projects fit into the Primary curriculum with examples from Grades 1 to 3. No experience …