Totally+Connected

**Totally Connected**

Ro Bairstow, King's College Auckland

An online mathematics course that is tried and tested and has evolved over five years and offers exciting possibilities for students of mathematics of any age or ability. The course demonstrated is designed for secondary school students and consists of a series of 12 topics delivered entirely through a range of ICT resources and applications. These include a website for course details and documents, use of a wiki, a blog and Twitter for communications. Podcasts, PowerPoints and Scholarnet for delivering content. Elluminate is used for interactive lesson delivery and email and Word for assignment writing, submission and marking. Although the ICT resources used are all commercial products I will not be specifically promoting any of them.

Runs a 11 week bridging course for students using word, pp, scholar net, podcast and on-line lesson. Voluntary course for students moving between different systems. Everything is emailed to students

web.me.com/robairstow/Bridging Website is made with iWeb. Podcasts are powerpoints saved as jpg images with a sound track over the top. Recommend 5 min max.

www.scholarnet.co.nz Username: bridging2011 Password: 2011 (free access until Xmas 2011)

www.blackboard.com Weekly online lessons are done via the net. Students do not need any software. Students can contribute via audio. Applications can be shared.

www.bairstow.co.nz