Ben Sparks

I've been TRYIN'

Windowskey+arrowkey moves a window to snap to a useful location (like half a screen, or on to the next monitor, or maximises (up) or minimises (down). Useful to quickly set up multiple windows (e.g. when marking to see spreadsheet and mark scheme etc)

SparksMaths Ben Sparks - maths, music, education, and occasionally other stuff. Ben is a mathematician, musician, teacher, and speaker. You can also see some of his work on the Numberphile YouTube channel. You c...

My channel in general has videos on how to build stuff in Geogebra.
youtube.com/@sparksmaths

Interactive classroom resources and ideas - YouTube A set of interactive files, with video demos and explanatory documents, that may be useful for mathematics classroom teachers.

This one contains some slightly longer demos of classroom ideas with GeoGebra. (Less how to build them and more how to use rhem)
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

GeoGebra School Maths demo Shorts - YouTube Useful dynamic mathematical demonstrations, relevant for high school maths, built super quick in GeoGebra

This playlist contains some 1 minute demos of building useful GeoGebra files from scratch for classroom topics.
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Build confidence in teaching A level Further Mathematics! This course provides support on topics from the compulsory pure content in further maths through a mix of online sessions and in-person study days in  London and Manchester.

Sign up now: buff.ly/SYMEj6e

I was browsing this again the other day. Lots of lovely stuff. Thanks!

Is it still the case that some of the interactives are trying to run in Flash (and are therefore quite difficult to run in most browsers)?

Our #TMiP25 conference attendees will also learn about how skills from stand-up comedy can improve our maths comm, with experienced comedy producer Chris Head. Tickets at talkingmathsinpublic.uk

Text from Wikipedia summarising Enrico Fermi's paper drop test

Put it on a fire. When it explodes drop a piece of tissue paper, and see how far it gets pushed by the blast. Call Enrico Fermi. Then the fire brigade.

We've also got a new professional development course for teachers: 'The Maths of Data Science and AI'.

This is 5 online sessions and a study day where we'll look at the concepts behing data science/AI and how you can use them in your teaching of A level Maths.

amsp.org.uk/event/192742...

A data scientist pointing at some data on a screen.

Our new course aimed at A level Maths students: 'Maths into Data Science and AI' is now opening for teachers to book their students onto for the autumn term.

This is a one-term online assessed course. We'll be running it again in the spring.

amsp.org.uk/event/4d4629...

I was curious about exactly this. I could only type the symbol with the horizontal line on my end, but then realised i had no idea what others would see...

No, I'm with you. Just amused me that I had no way to reply with the correct version.🙃

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While not an exhaustive list by any reckoning, here are some Maths Communication and Education accounts to keep an eye on: @tmip.bsky.social @mathsinspiration.bsky.social @meimaths.bsky.social @robeastaway.bsky.social

Our TMiP event in August will be fully hybrid, with ways for remote attendees to join in with all the sessions. Our hybrid coordinator @samsighs.bsky.social will be on hand to make sure everything works, and that everyone is seen/heard! Remote tickets just £30: talkingmathsinpublic...

Will DM!

TMiP is the UK's network for maths communicators: whether you're a researcher talking about your research, a writer, presenter, blogger, YouTuber, workshop leader or activity provider, or anyone sharing maths, you can join our mailing list by visiting talkingmathsinpublic.uk

Hope to get there soon. Trains are a mess though.

Hmm. Interesting homonym issue.
Some options:
"State"
"Write"
"Write down"
"Enter"
"Input"
(Last two only feel right if you're using a digital device for some reason)

Breaking news - on Dec 11th we're bringing 'Much Ado About Numbers' to The Rose Theatre in Kingston, whose layout is based on the original Elizabethan Rose Theatre. Great for Year 10/11, you can provisionally book now, and pay in the autumn mathsinspiration.com/much-ado-aut...

You can come and watch and listen to some of us oldies trying to recapture the glory days (and compare the current group doing their well-practised awesome vocal antics). Oxford Town Hall 3pm. Saturday 28th June.

25 years ago an acapella group called Out Of The Blue was started in Oxford. Singing with OOTB was a fundamentally formative experience for me, and has continued to shape my work, life, and friends. This weekend 25 years worth of alumni are gathering to get all nostalgic (and sing some stuff).

Is 'dolorous' from this too (even if hardly heard in English anymore)?

I have argued (once, successfully) that the volume and nature of revisions I was asked to do was beyond the scope of the original contract and then it invoiced for time spent on the new revisions. Such a messy grey area though.

Use (e.g.) Microsoft Onenote to write on. Copy and paste in an image of each question.
Use Windows built in screen recorder to capture screen (on windows 11) (Windows-key+shift+S is the shortcut but you then can choose whether to capture a still image or record the screen)

Originally "Seventh Term..." just for confusing historical context?

I saw this one yesterday and thought of you and @peterrowlett.net

File:Tic-Tac-Toe-Possible Grid.png - Wikimedia Commons

Achievement unlocked: my latest YouTube video has caused a discussion in the talk page of the Wikipedia article for Tic Tac Toe and they've fixed the image: commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ti...

Video here: youtu.be/K29O13EUnZQ...

(Thanks @11011110 for the heads up!)