MATHEMATICS

Jumat, 31 Mei 2013

Urgensi Filsafat dalam Pendidikan Islam untuk Pendidikan Karakter

Dear all,Ass, boleh dibaca makalah saya terbaru berjudul
"Urgensi Filsafat dalam Pendidikan Islam untuk Pendidikan Karakter" yang
saya presentasikan di Universitas Panca Budi Medan pada Hari Sabtu, 1
Juni 2013, dengan akses berikut:http://uny.academia.edu/MarsigitHrdDemikian semoga bermanfaat. WssMarsigit

Flow

I must have three unfinished blogposts to get through, but this is what I keep coming back to this week.

Natasha Lewis Harrington is a doctoral psychology student who writes about my favorite game (Magic: the Gathering) in her spare time. Sometimes she crosses the stream to great effect. Like this week, when she wrote about why this game is so good at encouraging creativity among players. It's applying the work of (let me copy and paste here) Mihaly Csikzentmihalyi (specifically Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention [Google book preview]) to the question of how can we learn to engage more. I think it's well readable by non-Magic players, so please do peruse.

Here's the quick take:
(The little bit of art is from Flickr, Paolo Colacino who does what he calls generative art. Quite neat.)

Csikzentmihalyi has a TED talk about leaving boredom:


Why is this gripping me so? Because of the divide between math as taught and math as it could be.

Math, as it is often taught, violates all three of these principles. (1) We tell you the problems to do, (3) we insist on solo mastery and uniformity of method.

Wait, that's only two.

I'm wondering if I have, in my need to change (1) and (3), more than occasionally neglected (2). Is that the procedural knowledge which I de-emphasize?  I usually do that in an attempt to get the pendulum swinging in the other direction, but in doing so am I denying needed support?

Maybe not. Maybe Learning the System in mathematics is not the procedural stuff. Maybe it's the processes, hidden behind the procedural emphasis. (The processes now appearing with their new band, the Standards for Mathematical Practice.)

Of course, there's hope. Teachers like Fawn Nguyen, Michael Pershan and Andrew Stadel are knocking this engagement issue out of the park on all three principles.

But, as Dave Coffey has cautioned, and convinced me, we need to teach our students to take control of their own engagement. So when they leave Jim Pai's classroom, they can be engaged the next year, too.

That's empowerment, and that's what I want for my students.

May 31, 2013







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Rabu, 29 Mei 2013

DKI Terapkan Sistem Baru Penerimaan Siswa Baru

Dinas Pendidikan DKI Jakarta menerapkan sistem baru dalam penerimaan siswa mulai tahun ajaran 2013/1014. Sistem baru tersebut akan  menggunakan pendekatan domisili siswa untuk mendaftar ke sekolah.
Wakil Kepala Dinas Pendidikan DKI Jakarta Agus Suradika mengatakan, pendaftaran siswa baru untuk tingkat SMP dan SMA akan dibagi menjadi dua jalur, yaitu jalur umum dan jalur lokal. Dia menjelaskan, untuk jalur umum, siswa bisa mendaftar ke semua sekolah di Jakarta. Siswa yang tinggal di Jakarta Timur, misalnya, bisa mendaftar ke sekolah di Jakarta Selatan.
Namun, bagi siswa yang tidak lulus seleksi di jalur umum, bisa mengikuti seleksi di jalur lokal. Di jalur lokal inilah, kata dia, siswa dibatasi hanya bisa mendaftar di sekolah yang masih berada di satu kecamatan dengan tempat tinggalnya.
Dia mencontohkan, anak yang berdomisili di Kebayoran Baru, misalnya, memiliki kesempatan yang lebih besar untuk bersekolah di daerah Kebayoran Baru. "Pertama ini untuk mengurangi kemacetan. Kedua ini untuk kenyamanan anak dalam bersekolah," ujar Agus usai menghadiri acara sosialisasi Penerimaan Peserta Didik Baru di Pusat Pendidikan dan Latihan Suku Dinas Pendidikan Jakarta Pusat, Rabu (15/5).
Lanjut Agus, ada beberapa wilayah yang terjadi irisan. Dia menjelaskan, di Jakarta Pusat terjadi irisan antara Kecamatan Jatinegara dengan Kecamatan Senen. Kedua kecamatan itu letaknya berdekatan, namun jumlah sekolahnya tidak banyak. Karena itu, kata Agus, anak-anak di Jatinegara bisa bersekolah di Senen. "Pendekatannya bukan subrayon, tapi sekolah yang terdekat. Untuk memudahkan akses anak sekolah," tambah Agus.
Menurut Agus, Dinas Pendidikan DKI Jakarta juga akan memberikan kesempatan kedua bagi siswa yang tidak lulus baik di jalur umum maupun jalur khusus. Seleksi ini dinamakan jalur umum tahap kedua. Namun, kata dia, jalur umum tahap kedua ini hanya akan dibuka jika masih ada kursi yang kosong.

Keputusan Kepala Dinas Pendidikan Provinsi DKI Jakarta No.794 Tahun 2013 Tentang PPDB Tahun Pelajaran 2013/2014 ( Download )

Sumber : Simdik.info

Sosialisasi Kurikulum 2013

Rabu, 29 Mei 2013, MGMP Matematika SMP DKI Jakarta bekerja sama dengan PT. Akasia mengadakan Sosialisasi Kurikulum 2013, Implementasi Kompetensi Inti dan Kompensi Dasar Pembelajaran Matematika. Materi disampaikan oleh Bapak Dr. Lambas, M.Sc dan Bapak Dr. Sujadmiko, M.Si dari Pusat Kurikulum. Kegiatan Sosialisasi Kurikulum 2013 ini adalah sesuai dengan Program Kerja MGMP Matematika SMP DKI Jakarta. Seminar dihadiri oleh pengurus Kecamatan, Wilayah se DKI Jakarta. Dengan harapan, nantinya akan diimbaskan ke setiap guru Matematika di masing-masing kecamatan.
Acara dimulai dengan sambutan dari Ketua Panitia (Sriyadi, S.Pd), Ketua MGMP Matematika SMP DKI Jakarta (Drs. Surachman, MM), Bapak Fuad (PT. Akasia) dan Pengawas Jakarta Pusat.
Acara berlangsung dari pukul 08.00 sampai 15.00

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The Vedic Maths India Mobile App is LIVE

It gives us immense pleasure to launch the Official Vedic Maths India App today for the Android Market on the Google Play Store. 

The Vedic Maths India App consists of 10 chapters conceptually divided and beautifully presented in a clean and simple user interface, this app makes Vedic Maths the way it should be – easy to understand and fun to solve.



 Here are some Features of the Vedic Maths India app:-

1) True Learning of Vedic Math Sutras

-- First see a high quality VIDEO for a particular Vedic Math topic
-- If you’re too busy or just want to revise, browse through the SLIDES.
-- Now do PRACTICE questions.
-- Finally appear for a TEST.

2) Compete with Yourself

-- The more you practice, the more badges you earn. The more badges you earn, the faster you become at math calculations.
-- See your progress.
-- Earn STARS and flaunt it among your friends.

3) Evaluate Yourself

-- See your REPORTS and earn badges to become a PRO.

Vedic Math app can be extremely useful in daily Math calculations and competitive exams like CAT, GMAT, GRE, SAT, PSAT, MCAT, etc.

This Mobile app has been developed in association with the young and dynamic team of Information Works.We would like to thank Deep Shah, Ashish Chowdhary, Harshal Bhakta and  Sumit Bachketi for their tiring efforts to build this app.

We soon expect this app to be launched for the Apple market as well.




Senin, 27 Mei 2013

Jambore Matematika SMP Ke-6

MGMP Matematika SMP Kota Administrasi Jakarta Timur, Jumat dan Sabtu, 24-25 Mei 2013 telah mengadakan Kegiatan Jambore Matematika ke-6 (Mathematic Super Champ VI) di Bumi Perkemahan Jambore Jakarta. Kegiatan Jambore Matematika VI ini diikuti oleh 77 Tim. 
Acara Pembukaan dimulai pukul 14.30. Dalam pembukaan ini, Ketua Pelaksana Ichlas Husein menyampaikan selamat kepada Peserta Tim yang telah menang tahap 1 karena sudah mewakili sekolahnya.
Tidak lupa juga Ichlas Husein mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Kepala-kepala Sekolah yang turut andil dalam Jambore Matematika ini, kepada Panitia yang telah berupaya semaksimal mungkin demi kelancaran kegiatan ini. Tidak lupa juga, beliau mengucapkan terima kasih kepada Penerbit Erlangga dan Penerbit Akasia yang telah memberikan dukungan dengan kegiatan Jambore ini.
Jambore Matematika VI dibuka oleh Drs. Bambang Suprapto selaku Kasi SMP Kota Administrasi Jakarta Timur. Selesai pembukaan dilanjutkan dengan Game 1 (Puzle) , game 2 (Pisa) dan malamnya diadakan kegiatan Apresiasi seni. Di sini masing-masing peserta menunjukkan kebolehannya dalam hal seni. Acara berakhir hingga pukul 24.00.
Pagi harinya dilaksanakan kegiatan Olah raga senam pagi. Kemudian dilanjutkan dengan game 3 (Problem Solving) dan game 4 (Mathematic Market).
Pukul 15.00 kegiatan jambore Matematika V ditutup oleh Bapak Sriyadi, selaku Wakil ketua MGMP Matematika SMP DKI Jakarta. Dalam sambutannya, beliau memberikan apresiasi yang baik khususnya kepada MGMP Matematika SMP Jakarta Timur yang senantiasa menghidupkan kegiatan MGMP. Acara penutupan diakhiri dengan Pengumuman Pemenang. Secara keseluruhan dari masing-masing Game, Berdasarkan Keputusan Tim Juri dari Mahasiswa Uhamka, maka  Juara Umum untuk Jambore Matematika VI adalah Mts N 31 Jakarta
Maju terus MGMP Matematika... semoga matematika semakin indah....
Lihat Photo Kegiatan (Facebook) :
1.  Pembukaan
2.  Game 1
3.  Game 2
4.  Game 3
5.  Game 4
6.  Tenda Peserta
7.  Kepanitiaan
8.  Stan UHAMKA
9.  Penutupan
10. Pemenang
11. Kepanitiaan
12. Apresiasi Seni

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May 27, 2013







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Selasa, 21 Mei 2013

Jambore Matematika VI

MGMP Matematika SMP Kota Administrasi Jakarta Timur, Jumat dan Sabtu tanggal 24-25 Mei 2013 akan melaksanakan Kegiatan Jambore Matematika VI (Mathematic Super Champ) yang akan dilaksanakan di Bumi Perkemahan Jambore, Cibubur, Jakarta Timur. Dalam Jambore Matematika ke 6 ini akan diikuti oleh 74 Tim.

Sebagai gambaran, Jambore Matematika VI ini akan diadakan sebanyak 4 game. yaitu :
1. Game 1 (Puzzle)
2. Game 2 (Pisa)
3. Game 3 (Problem Solving)
4. Game 4 (Mathematic Market) 
 

Selain game tersebut, juga akan diadakan penilaian untuk Keindahan dan Kerapihan tenda. Untuk itu dimohon untuk tiap-tiap Tim mempercantik tendanya masing-masing. Kemudian sebagai persiapan, dimohon agar masing-masing Tim mempersiapkan : 
1. Papan jalan 
2. Kertas berpetak
3. Penggaris
4. Perlengkapan mandi
5. Perlengkapan tidur
 6. Senter/lampu
7. Alas tidur/Tikar/Karpet
8. Pulpen/bolpoint
9. Jas hujan/payung
10. Obat-obatan khusus pribadi 
11. Pakaian Wajib : Baju Batik, Baju Olahraga
12. Perlengkapan Sholat


Hadiah yang disediakan oleh Panitia Jambore VI adalah
1.  Piala/tropi untuk Juara I, II, dan III untuk tiap Game (4 game), Piala bergilir untuk Juara umum
2.  Disediakan Hadiah Hiburan untuk Lomba Kebersihan , Kerapihan & Keindahan Tenda
.....Unsur penilaian meliputi : 
.....a.     Identitas Tenda 
.....b.    Pembatas Tenda/pagar 
.....c.     Pintu Gerbang Tenda 
.....d.    Tempat Sampah 
.....e.     Tempat Sepatu

3.   Hadiah hiburan untuk 3 performent pentas Seni terbaik ( beregu maupun tunggal)



Berikut jadwal kegiatan Jambore Matematika VI ( Download )



May 21, 2013







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Senin, 20 Mei 2013

What is mathematical research ?

What is mathematical research? And how is it done? Questions that have been on my mind for very long.

We know what researchers do:
- answering questions asked in the literature;
- discovering a new theorem;
- publishing an article in a journal ( i.e. Journal for Number Theory );
- writing a book;
- lecturing about their work and giving talks;
- being part of a research community.

Researchers are either employed by a university or by a corporation. University researchers have a commitment to teach and corporate researchers aren't free to chose their topics. Both are pressed to publish often in the best journals possible.

But -HOW- to they do it? What makes them successful in their field? Questions, I can't answer. Let's go and search for answers elsewhere. Starting with Manning, perhaps.



and this one:



Enjoy.

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Jumat, 17 Mei 2013

Rekaman (audio) berbagai Perkuliahan Filsafat (Ilmu) oleh Prof. Dr. Marsigit, M.A.


Ass Wr Wb

Berikut saya tayangkan berbagai rekaman audio perkuliahan filsafat ilmu. Silahkan akses ke:

http://www.4shared.com/account/dir/2PArbV1K/_online.html#dir=2PArbV1K

Demikian semoga bermanfaat.

Salam

Marsigit

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Senin, 13 Mei 2013

സമ്പൂര്‍ണ വഴി ടി.സി പ്രിന്റ് ചെയ്യാം(Updated with mail merging)

സമ്പൂര്‍ണയില്‍ നിന്ന് ടി.സി പ്രിന്റു ചെയ്യുന്നതിനെക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള പോസ്റ്റ് പബ്ളിഷ് ചെയ്യണമെന്ന് ചില അധ്യാപകര്‍ ആവശ്യപ്പെടുകയുണ്ടായി. വലിയ സാങ്കേതിക പരിജ്ഞാനമൊന്നുമില്ലാതെ തന്നെ ഈ പ്രവര്‍ത്തനം നമുക്കു ചെയ്യാനാകും. നേരത്തേ എ ലിസ്റ്റിനു വേണ്ടി എന്റര്‍ ചെയ്ത വിവരങ്ങള്‍ ഉപയോഗിച്ചാണ് ടി.സി പ്രിന്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നത്. ടി.സി ജനറേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്ന സിസ്റ്റത്തില്‍ പ്രിന്റര്‍ ഇല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അവ പി.ഡി.എഫ് ആക്കിയ ശേഷം മറ്റൊരു സിസ്റ്റത്തില്‍ നിന്നും പ്രിന്റ് എടുത്താല്‍ മതിയാകും. ഇതേക്കുറിച്ചുള്ള പോസ്റ്റ് തയ്യാറാക്കിയിരിക്കുന്നത് തൃശൂര്‍ പൂങ്കുന്നം ജി.എച്ച്.എസ്.എസിലെ ഭാമ ടീച്ചറാണ്. ടി.സി ജനറേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുമ്പോള്‍ നിങ്ങള്‍ അഭിമുഖീകരിക്കുന്ന അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അഭിമുഖീകരിച്ച പ്രശ്നങ്ങള്‍ കമന്റു ചെയ്യുമല്ലോ. അവ മറ്റ് അധ്യാപകര്‍ക്കു കൂടി സഹായകമാകും. അങ്ങനെ പോരായ്മകളെല്ലാം പരിഹരിച്ച് ഈയൊരു സംരംഭത്തെ വലിയൊരു വിജയമാക്കി മാറ്റാന്‍ നമുക്ക് സാധിക്കും. അതിന്റെ ഉപകാരം ഭാവിയില്‍ നമുക്ക് ലഭിക്കുകയും ചെയ്യും. ടി.സി ജനറേറ്റ് ചെയ്യുന്നതിന്റെ സ്റ്റെപ്പുകള്‍ ചുവടെ നല്‍കിയിരിക്കുന്നു.

പത്താം ക്ലാസ്സിലെ കുട്ടികളുടെ ടി സി ജനറേറ്റു് ചെയ്യാന്‍ സമ്പൂര്‍ണ പോര്‍ട്ടലിലേക്ക് ലോഗിന്‍ ചെയ്യുക. class and divisions - Tenth standard -- ഡിവിഷനില്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക

ആ ക്ലാസ്സിലെ മുഴുവന്‍ കുട്ടികളുടേയും വിവരങ്ങള്‍ കാണാം. അതില്‍ നിന്നും ഒന്നാമത്തെ കുട്ടിയുടെ പേരില്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക. ആ കുട്ടിയുടെ മുഴുവന്‍ വിവരങ്ങളും അടങ്ങിയ പേജ് തുറന്നു വരുന്നു.
കുട്ടിയുടെ പേരിനു താഴെ വലതുവശത്തുകാണുന്ന Issue TC യില്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക

കിട്ടുന്ന പേജില്‍ TC Number തുടങ്ങി Date of issue of certificate വരെയുള്ള ചോദ്യങ്ങള്‍ക്കു സ്ക്കൂള്‍ രേഖകളുമായി ഒത്തുനോക്കി വേണ്ട മാറ്റങ്ങള്‍ വരുത്താം .

Reason for leaving നു നേരെയുള്ള പോപ്അപ് മെനുവില്‍ നിന്നും Course Complete എന്നു തെരഞ്ഞെടുക്കുക.

Number of school days up to date , Number of school days pupil attended ഇവ നല്കി
താഴെ കാണുന്ന Issue TC യില്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക

വരുന്ന വിന്‍ഡോയില്‍ Print TC യില്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക .

തുറന്നു വരുന്ന പേജിലെ print ല്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്ത് പ്രിന്റ് എടുക്കാം. അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ print to file കൊടുത്ത് pdf ആയി സേവ് ചെയ്യുക.
പ്രിന്റ് എടുക്കുമ്പോള്‍ രണ്ടു പേജിലായാണ് വരുന്നതെങ്കില്‍ print / print to file കൊടുക്കുന്നതിനുമുമ്പ് അതേ വിന്‍ഡോയിലുള്ള page setup ല്‍ paper size A4 ആക്കുക.
ഇത്തരത്തില്‍ എല്ലാ കുട്ടികളുടേയും ചെയ്തതിനുശേഷം ഒരുമിച്ച് പ്രിന്റ് എടുത്താല്‍ മതി.

ഇതിനൊപ്പം തന്നെ conduct certificate ഉം എടുക്കാം Print TC ക്ക് തൊട്ടു വലതുവശത്തുള്ള conduct certificate ല്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക വരുന്ന വിന്‍ഡോയില്‍ conduct നു നേരെ എന്താണോ വേണ്ടത് അത് ടൈപ്പ് ചെയ്ത് Done ല്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്യുക.
അവിടെ നിന്നും print ല്‍ ക്ലിക്ക് ചെയ്താല്‍ ഫയല്‍ സേവ് ചെയ്യപ്പെടും.

ഓരോ കുട്ടിയുടേയും ടി.സി ജനറേറ്റു ചെയ്തത് പ്രിന്റു ചെയ്യാനുള്ള സൗകര്യത്തിന് ഒന്നിച്ച് ഒരു പി.ഡി.എഫ് ഫയലാക്കി മാറ്റുന്നതിന് ഉബുണ്ടുവില്‍ Application --->Office----> PDF Shuffler തുറന്ന് Import pdf files, Export & save in a single file എന്ന ക്രമത്തിലാക്കി മാറ്റുക.

ടി.സി ഒറ്റയടിക്ക് പ്രിന്റ് ചെയ്യാം.
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Minggu, 12 Mei 2013

SOAL DAN PEMBAHASAN OLIMPIADE (OSN) MATEMATIKA 2013 TINGKAT KABUPATEN





Walaupun Olimpiade (OSN) untuk tahun 2013 telah berakhir, tidak salah rasanya untuk terus belajar dan berbagi ilmu. Soal-soal olimpiade bukanlah soal yang dapat diselesaikan dengan cara umum menggunakan rumus matematika, tetapi lebih dari itu, sehinggal tentunya berlatih merupakan salah satu cara untuk memberikan gambaran bagaimana kiranya meyelesaikan soal yang serupa. Berikut saya berikan

Beauty of Mathematics




#TMSurrey

On Thursday 9th May I hosted #TMSurrey at Glyn School, Ewell, Surrey. It was a fantastic evening made possible by the people that attended and presented on the night. It was also only made possible due to the support I received from my school and through the advertisement of the event via Twitter etc.

 
This post aims to...share the organisational process of planning your own TeachMeet, share the presentations that were given on the night, and suggest ways in which the event may have been improved for future purposes.

Organising a TeachMeet was something I was hoping to do ever since I attended my first one at the Haywards Heath TM earlier in the year. It was something a few others at my school were keen to do/make happen too and so I started to plan the evening. Before I sent round an e-mail to the relevant people seeing if the TM could even go ahead, I did a bit of groundwork myself. I first looked at the school's calendar, the GCSE examination timetable, the meetings/INSET schedule etc to find a suitable day that was available and wouldn't coincide with anything else. I luckily managed to find 9th May as being free and so the date (at least in my head) was set. Next, I created a Google Doc to use for the signing up for the TeachMeet and advertising of all the information attendees/presenters would need. This document can be accessed here --> http://goo.gl/0YT6U. I also created a 'Logo' for the event (see above) so that when I would e-mail round to the heads of the school etc they would already see what I had been doing and would get an idea for what the event would start to look like and appear to others. I feel this part of the planning process was key, as without it, an e-mail merely asking if could run a TeachMeet on a given day would not have seemed as appealing, perhaps.

So, after I had created the documents and logo I began to think about what I would need from my school. Permission was the main thing - to give it the all needed 'go ahead', a venue was the next, closely followed by IT support and crucially attendees/presenters. So, I e-mailed round to the headteacher for their permission, the facilities manager to ensure I could book the school hall for that evening, the IT department to get the required tech set up in the hall on the day of the event and then the CPD manager for their support and guidance with the event.

I quickly received replies and my headteacher was more than happy for the event to take place. The facilities manager checked the diary and added the event to the list of scheduled events. The IT department confirmed that they could get the projectors/sound etc set up in the hall and the CPD manager arranged to meet so we could talk through the evening and what I'd need. So, with the all needed 'go ahead' from the school I started about getting the TeachMeet advertised via Twitter.

I first put the Logo, with a link to the sign up Google Doc, on the official TeachMeet website - http://teachmeet.pbworks.com/w/page/19975349/FrontPage and then started to tweet out the link to my Twitter followers. I made sure I tweeted this a few times and tried to plan this around the popular #ukedchat and #SLTchat. This way I was able to get a few RTs and more people were able to see the tweet and the event.
This all happened about 3 weeks before the event itself, which I think gave enough time for people to figure out if they'd be free, but not too far ahead that people'd ignore it initially and then forget about it!
In addition to tweeting out the details of the event, I advertised the event internally at my school via e-mail and our staff briefings. My Mathematics department were fantastic and all of them pretty much signed up straight away to attend and the majority of them were there on the night and some presented.
Soon, I had other people from the Twitter sphere signed up to present and attend. There was a great mix of people signed up and the presentations were nicely varied too.

The next thing to do was to try and get some 'sponsors' for the event that would provide some prizes for the raffle I had planned on the night. I was overwhelmed that of all the people I contacted, all of them kindly offered me a prize to give out on the night. The raffle was something that naturally drew a few other people to the event and the prizes on offer were amazing - ranging from books from Jim Smith and Caroline Bentley-Davies to products from the www.magicwhiteboard.co.uk and PTS Stickers http://www.primaryteaching.co.uk/. These prizes cost a lot of money and I am still extremely grateful to those that provided them. In addition Chris Green at Manga High was able to attend and present as well as provide a year's subscription to www.mangahigh.com - a website I have used since teaching Mathematics and one that I would recommend to any Mathematics teachers!

Whilst all the attendees/presenters were signing up and word was getting out about #TMSurrey through tweets etc I was busy filling in external booking forms for the school hall, meeting with our CPD manager to organise refreshments from our caterers (Cucina) and meeting with the IT technicians to arrange for additional projectors/laptops for the 'tweets' etc. All of these 'meetings' were important in getting everything I needed for the night and the evening wouldn't have gone ahead without their support.
Nearer the event, I had to get all the 'admin' type tasks done like getting a register for all external attendees (important for safeguarding and fire & safety regulations etc), getting prefects to help out on the night to show external attendees to the reception, showing them where to park etc, putting up signs around the school directing people to the school hall, and then putting together handouts for all attendees of the event.
Here's how the handouts looked...

Each person had one of these. They included a raffle ticket, a handout I created with details of the event and the Twitter handles for all the presenters, and the 10% off voucher from PTS Stickers - they made these flyers especially for #TMSurrey.













The week of the event was met with a few apologies of people being unable to attend and I was starting to worry that we'd not get enough people there in attendance. The good thing was that with those that were presenting that were unable to attend they still managed to take the time to record a video of their presentations that we could show on the night. I really liked this as it enabled some fantastic teachers to still share their ideas to those that attended. It also had a more #TeachTweet feel about it whereby Twitter users watch certain pre-recorded videos at certain times during the event 'as live'.
So, with a few people now not able to attend we ended up having around 25 people in attendance on the night - not as many as I had hoped, but if I learnt anything from the Hayward's Heath TM (where there were only about 10-12 of us) it was definitely more about quality and not quantity.

On the day of the event I got more and more anxious up until the 5:30pm starting time. I spent the time I could after school making sure everything was set up and ready to go. I still ran my Year 10 revision session from 3-4pm as this was still as important as ever for them. So, this left me with just over an hour before attendees started arriving.

Some presenters got there a bit earlier, which allowed me to ensure everything they needed for their presentations was unblocked by the school's WiFi and that I could access their presentation. I made sure all presentations were loaded and ready to go on the central computer linked to the main projector, we also had a separate outlet for those bringing personal laptops to connect to the main projector. We had some issues with getting the school's WiFi to allow Twitter and so had to use www.visibletweets.com to show the #TMSurrey tweets on the night. I made a 'random presentation generator' for the night which can easily be made using ppt - see here.

The night itself went really well and I honestly think all attendees enjoyed the evening and went away with more than a couple of ideas to use in their lessons/teaching. You can see all of the presentations (I still have copies of) by following the links in the Google Doc mentioned above, also here for your convenience. Just bear in mind that for some of them 'you had to be there'!


Improvements & suggestions for future TeachMeets I may organise...

The main improvement that I feel could have been made to the night was the advertising of the TeachMeet and getting the numbers of people through the door that I was hoping for.

I was slightly disappointed by the lack of people who attended from my school as other than the Mathematics department there were only about another 5-6 members of staff from my school. I feel I could have perhaps advertised it a bit better internally, maybe because I am a NQT and only started at the school in September I didn't have as much scope as others might have to get people to attend? Equally, the schools that we are linked to, our primaries and other local schools etc could have been contacted personally by me to advertise the event to them.

I think I relied too heavily on being able to get my Twitter followers (most of which probably do not live anywhere near Surrey) and staff from my school involved. If I learnt anything from the experience it is that there is a massive minority of teachers on Twitter. If you look at @ICTmagic's Twitter map, there are not many people on Twitter in the South-East region of the UK --> http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/PLN+Map and so this already limits the number of people I was able to contact within the area I was targeting the TeachMeet. It then begs the question as to why more teachers aren't already getting involved with Twitter and the benefits it has on their teaching - perhaps they just have no idea as to how beneficial it actual can be? Perhaps it is a time constraint, an ICT constraint for some?
If/when I am to organise another TeachMeet in Surrey I will ensure I contact all local schools within the Surrey area, get them to advertise it to their staff and hopefully that way there will be more people there? Also, I don't think there are that many people, possibly linked to the fact that there a very few people 'on' Twitter, that actually know what a TeachMeet is or how to get involved in one - there are probably an equal amount of people that have never used a Google Doc?

This is something that perhaps we need to look at from a school's CPD point of view. Perhaps 'TeachMeet' type events should become the new model for a school's INSET session? To start with, just once a year (either at the start or end of the school year) to give staff a way of sharing their ideas and presenting to their school communities? Perhaps those people who have already organised and hosted TeachMeets could meet with school CPD managers to inform them of the process, the benefits of it and how to set one up at their schools?

All of these questions I'm not sure I have the answers to, or the capacity to do something about, but I will nonetheless continue to look at hosting another #TMSurrey next year, I will continue to tell my colleagues about Twitter, TeachMeets and all other manner of things I find out about via my PLN and will continue to share with others the ideas and strategies these sorts of events provide teachers with.

Together we are stronger!