I came across a great collection of challenging maths tasks for students of all ages and ability. There are literally hundreds to choose from and the best thing is there are also detailed solutions provided too. Fun Math Facts is located here.
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We have been using a resource known at my school as the maths toolbox to show students strategies to deal with unknown and difficult math problems for a number of years. There are 12 in all and in the next few days I will be adding a presentation explaining how and when to use each of these.
I have just put together some posters for you to download in an A3 and A4 format that I would strongly recommend sticking in your classroom and your students workbooks to quickly refer to when unsure of how to attack a difficult problem.
These concepts can be pitched at any age and are a must have for all teachers to add to their own tool kit. I'd love to hear of any other great resources that you have to share also.
Computerhope is a great starting point to actually find out what your problem is and then go most of the way to fixing it if your problem is simple. This is a Windows on only site covering all Microsoft O/S's from Windows 95 through to Windows 7. Yes Apple Computers do break down too believe it or not and luckily Apple have a comprehensive help site available here to find a solution to your problem. Many problems are simply annoyances rather than major issues then you need to visitannoyances.org to get fast answers to your problems via forums. To actually watch someone fix common PC problems then you need to visit the eHowTech channel at Youtube. This also has a range of tweaking videos to improve performance. Last but not least and in my opinion the best is just good old Google - just be specific about your problem when you type it in the search box and your solution is never far away. I have never found a computer problem yet that no one else has actually suffered and written something about. Remember also that a computer problem is not a problem until you have rebooted and it still persists.
Sometimes things just go wrong with your computer and you might face a lengthy or expensive wait to get a supposed 'expert' to find the source of the problem. Fortunately there are a few sites on the web that will help you out of your problems whether it be a an annoying niggle or a complete meltdown.
Sometimes things just go wrong with your computer and you might face a lengthy or expensive wait to get a supposed 'expert' to find the source of the problem. Fortunately there are a few sites on the web that will help you out of your problems whether it be a an annoying niggle or a complete meltdown.
Computerhope is a great starting point to actually find out what your problem is and then go most of the way to fixing it if your problem is simple. This is a Windows on only site covering all Microsoft O/S's from Windows 95 through to Windows 7.
Yes Apple Computers do break down too believe it or not and luckily Apple have a comprehensive help site available here to find a solution to your problem.
Many problems are simply annoyances rather than major issues then you need to visit annoyances.org to get fast answers to your problems via forums.
To actually watch someone fix common PC problems then you need to visit the eHowTech channel at Youtube. This also has a range of tweaking videos to improve performance.
Last but not least and in my opinion the best is just good old Google - just be specific about your problem when you type it in the search box and your solution is never far away. I have never found a computer problem yet that no one else has actually suffered and written something about.
Remember also that a computer problem is not a problem until you have rebooted and it still persists.
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