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Post by peterwhitehead on Jul 21, 2020 15:44:05 GMT
Hi Judy
Do you have anything you could point me to as regards using manipulatives in an online 1-1 session?
It's fairly easy for me to use virtual manipulatives and for the S to see them (I've used mathsbot before so that's my go-to). Does the S also use virtual manipulatives or should they have the properly concrete versions?
Do you know of any virtual manipulative packages that allow more than one user or do you know of people who have experimented with screen sharing for this purpose?
Peter
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Post by Jenny on Jul 22, 2020 15:42:20 GMT
There's a guy on Twitter called Atul Rana (@atulrana) who works as an online maths tutor including Dyscalculia, who may be able to help you there. There's probably a bit of a community of online tutors who he knows.
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Post by Judy on Jul 23, 2020 8:37:10 GMT
Hi Peter Mathsbot is also my go to website. You could try Brainingcamp- although after an initial free trial you have to pay, but it does have ready made lesson plans. There is also the National Library of virual manipulatives nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.htmlIdeally the student should have the actual manipulatives and you can model them with the virtual version on screen share. I haven't come across any packages that allow more than one user, but I will ask Arran our technical guy as he will know. Best wishes Judy |
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Post by Judy on Jul 23, 2020 10:02:39 GMT
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Post by peterwhitehead on Jul 23, 2020 10:34:34 GMT
Hi both - thanks for the tips, I'll follow them all up.
Quick update on sharing mathsbot with a student.
Microsoft Teams - there's a "take control" function that allows you to share the screen. I tried this with a T friend of mine yesterday and it worked really well from her school Teams a/c and me as the S. However, I couldn't get this to work with me as the T so I think there are some domain configuration issues...!
Google Meet - messy but possible with remote desktop; bit clunky though.
Zoom - on the screen share menu there's a "give control" function and I've just done this with a S and it worked great, with her moving counters and blocks around.
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Post by Judy on Jul 23, 2020 16:08:08 GMT
Hi both - thanks for the tips, I'll follow them all up. Quick update on sharing mathsbot with a student. Microsoft Teams - there's a "take control" function that allows you to share the screen. I tried this with a T friend of mine yesterday and it worked really well from her school Teams a/c and me as the S. However, I couldn't get this to work with me as the T so I think there are some domain configuration issues...! Google Meet - messy but possible with remote desktop; bit clunky though. Zoom - on the screen share menu there's a "give control" function and I've just done this with a S and it worked great, with her moving counters and blocks around. That's great- thanks Peter. I am having a meeting with Arran so I will see what suggestions he has as well. Hard to believe that in March this year I had never heard of Zoom- now I couldn't manage without it! |
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Post by Trish Ghirardello on Nov 7, 2020 1:23:47 GMT
Thank you Peter and Judy -these are the issues I have been grappling with. I was going down the path of an external camera to model the use of manipulatives. I was thinking of including to cost of a set if cuisinaire in the tutoring costs. But I will try these online manipulatives first.
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Post by catherine on Nov 7, 2020 19:39:24 GMT
Thank you Peter and Judy -these are the issues I have been grappling with. I was going down the path of an external camera to model the use of manipulatives. I was thinking of including to cost of a set if cuisinaire in the tutoring costs. But I will try these online manipulatives first. Trish - I use a mixture of online manipulatives and physical ones. You can easily just use your phone as a second camera rather than buy an external camera. There is another conversation strand which has some other examples of websites with manipulatives that could be helpful. |
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