cloughfin ns: small school case study of khan academy & mathletes implementation
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Fiona Farry, principal & teachers at Cloughfin National School, Ballandrait, Lifford, Co. Donegal, Ireland talks about implementing Khan Academy & participating in the MATHletes Challenge with her students. Cloughfin is a small rural two-room school and MATHletes Challenge points-per-eligible student winning school. Presented at the Khan Academy Symposium, Dublin, Ireland, September 27th 2014. Find other presentations with tag KAirelandTRANSCRIPT
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Fiona FarryPrimary Teaching Principal in a two-
teacher school in Co. Donegal
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Cloughfin N.S.
• Rural – two teacher school in South East Donegal, nestled amongst Lifford, Raphoe and Castlefinn.
• Currently have 36 pupils
• Multi-grade setting, 4 classes per classroom
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Twitter and #edchatie
#edchatie weekly twitter chat for educators in Ireland 8.30 -9.30 on Mondays facilitated by Fred Boss (NCCA)
Someone mentioned the Mathletes Challenge during chat
Numeracy for S.S.E. at Cloughfin N.S.
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Possible Obstacles:
• Available Hardware• Timetabling• Internet Connection• Students Log-ins
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Benefits of Using Khan Academy in School
• Something Different• Digital Natives• Motivational Tool• Learning unknowns to
themselves• Differentiation
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Reluctant Maths Students:
Teacher: Open your Maths book on page …
Student: But I can’t do this topic … I don’t understand it!!!!
Teacher: I haven’t even said which page to open yet!
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Impact of using Khan Academy on this Student:
• Confidence• Not afraid to ask for help from peers/teacher• Competitive element of Mathletes greatly
motivated her• Doing Maths at home online of own free will, even
during holidays• More willing to embrace all Maths areas in class
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Differentiation
• Pre-test•Working at own level• Teacher pitches challenges to level of individual student• Student Confidence
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Collaborating and Communicating:
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How Khan Academy impacted on my classroom:
• Began before class commenced• Gave me opportunity to work
uninterrupted with other classes• Promoted interest in Maths• Helped emphasis on Problem solving• Created a level playing field for all
students
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Khan Academy – outside of school hours:
• After school• Weekends• Mid-term break• Easter holidays
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Student Progress
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Impact of the Mathletes Challenge in our school:
• Weekly Problems• Weekly Leader boards• Monthly Winners• Motivation
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Winning Mathletes:
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