Thank you for a very good introduction on how to teach over the internet. I have only taught at school and University face to face, which I found I enjoyed. I was really impressed with your academic qualifications and surprised that you have gone into education. You still have time for career development, which is sometimes forced upon us by circumstances. It makes me feel grateful that I managed to cover such a wide range of work from neurological research to banking. Maths opens the doors to everything else worth doing.
My pleasure - yes absolutely, I think maths keeps a lot of doors open for sure. Sounds like you have had a very interesting career! Actually I've just added to these qualifications and finished a PhD in Probability/Finance but very much planning to stay in education, though now working away on my own business making online courses and tutoring. Who knows what will come later, but I hope whatever it is keeps me learning something new!
I never like maths but since going back to college as an adult learner, the teacher I had taught maths so could understand maths and not be fearful. Now I really love maths.
Hi Kevin, thanks for an excellent video...I use an iPad with a few students and talk them through problems with work done a mini whiteboard - it works well for me 👍🏼
Sounds good, yes I think people are sometimes put off online because of setting things up, but once you get going there are really lots of different options that can work well so long as you have a plan and stick to it. Much like teaching in a classroom really!
Thanks for being kind enough to have introduced us to all the accessories that may assist us ! Expect some videos introducing us as well to some of the basic as well as advanced books on classic as well as advanced areas of Mathematics !
Superb video, thanks very much 😊 I did in person one on one maths tutoring for about eight years but stopped in 2018 when I moved to Spain. That transpired to be temporary and now I'm looking at getting back into it, but online (once I'm back up to speed on the maths of course 😁). Your channel looks ideal, so looking forward to having a good nose around 😊👍
Thank you so much for this. I've just started tutoring again, now online. It is slightly challenging, but I'll try the tools you have mentioned. Very kind of you to make this video, so thanks again!
Thank you for this. I'm considering stepping into this avenue. I haven't finished college yet, but I might as well start researching. Glad i came across your channel.
Thanks for the video. I have quite a bit of experience as a maths teacher and I have been considering tutoring (online) for a while now and this was a very informative starting point. Thank s for sharing.
Thank you so much for an excellent video. I have been trying to figure all those smalls thing out, like how to write on a whiteboard and so on - and gave up. So this video is so welcome.
Hi Kevin, I'm particularly interested in your set up, and trying to choose between a pen pad and a visualiser. A visualiser is good for constructions but I didn't catch the advantages of the pen pad. Can't you just as easily save screen shots from a visualiser as ftom a pen pad? Also, why do you need 2 monitors? I will be using Zoom (with individual students), where you can turn the shared screen into a whiteboard.
Yes you can also take screnshots with a visualiser, though the pen does make it easier - so in Openboard you can have 10 pages in your document and make them all into a pdf at once. Whereas the visualiser you would have to remember to take screenshots and have them as separate files or merge them somehow. I used to just keep the pages I'd written on and scan them in when I used that method but it's a bit slower than just clicking 'create pdf'! And yes, 2 monitors is a luxury rather than a necessity.
HI..great video..can you please let me know how you managed to get the clean open board on your second screen which is nice for the students to see...without all the buttons being shown. Thanks in advance!
Yes, in the settings (the right hand menu) there is an option for Multi-Screen. Just click that and it switches to having it set up as I do in this video.
Thank you for the video! I am about to start my first year teaching and it will probably be online. I have an ipad + apple pencil, do you know if that also will work with open board?
I don't personally use Apple products at all, but I don't see why not. Anything that works as a mouse input should work with Openboard I think and their website claims they have a version of the software for Mac OS. Good luck with your teaching!
Hi - very useful video - I will be moving to tutoring online now due to Corona and maybe just generally. Quick question - how do you deal with child protection issues? The training I have been on in the past has been very particular about not having email/phone contact with students, and to always do tutoring in a public place or somewhere where there are other adults around - of course to protect yourself in case of any misunderstandings/allegations. Do you make any allowances / do anything different when tutoring online? Thanks.
Thanks, I think there are some interesting questions here and it is certainly a complex area. I think if anything teaching online reduces potential issues in general here, mostly as physically you are at a distance, though I'm open to other views. I've never been that convinced about the argument against e-mail contact with students in general - though when teaching in a school would always use official school email and reply professionally. If anything with e-mail I think there's more of a record of conversations you can fall back on if ever needed - indeed for each Skype lesson I probably have the pdf of the lesson notes somewhere too. But I would certainly agree whatever modes of contact you are going to have with students in advance and maintain regular contact with parents where possible. I don't really speak with any students on the phone aside from on Skype for the lessons, but if agreed then will text and e-mails to arrange or change lessons/answer quick questions. Though I do mostly teach older students, and almost all of my online students are at A-level or late GCSE so it might be different with younger students. Good luck with the online tuition, hope it goes well!
awesome tips, I am certain it will benefit us during the Pandemic Corona virus outbreak... I need to buy a writing pad and all you already gifted,,, thanks a lot
Hi Kevin, really appreciate this. I'm about to start online tutoring, and got a much clearer impression of what this might look like after watching your video (I've done tutoring before, but always in person). One question, not so specific to online, but are there any resources you'd recommend for learning what students today are expected to be able to do on their calculators? I really like the idea of using the Casio emulator to demonstrate how students would go about solving the problems themselves, but it occurred to me when watching this that I have limited experience with a graphical calculator.... and what I don't want to do is provide bad advice to students with regards to when they should be using / relying on their calculator for efficiency purposes.
That's an interesting question, and not easy to answer as it really depends on the age of the student - what might be an intermediate step that can be done on a calculator for an older student might be the whole point of the question for a younger one. I'm thinking about statistics in particular here - like finding means from data - at A-level the summary stats are useful, but at GCSE it's the whole question to do that. Graphs are a bit like that in some ways too. I think my general approach in teaching is almost always that they should feel they could do everything without a calculator if they really had to, and the closer exams come the more shortcuts are allowed, and they can also be a good tool to experiment with ideas, especially graphing calculators. But it really does depend on the topic - even for something as simple as eg working out 23/11 - who wouldn't use the calculator? But if the question says 'show that...' they need another method. But for any particular student or exam, once you've looked at a couple of papers and the markschemes you'll have a good idea what's needed I think.
HI Kevin I have been teaching GCSE maths to Grade U to 2 students during lockdown and achieved 87% attendance on line which really surprised me with maths. But I would welcome any ideas from your vast experience as a Course Leader moving foward . I have used Google forms to set up quizzes but other ideas to use would be very useful for not only myself but everyone else who will need to change their style of delivery from now on. Clive Eardley
Thanks Clive, sounds like you have been doing a great job. It will be interesting to see how things develop and which things go back to normal and which this has a lasting effect on. At the moment it feels like we have a lot of teachers doing a lot more work but all trying to do similar things. But there do seem to be more good options (things like Dr Frost maths) so there doesn't have to be so much repetition. But I think a lot of the challenges of online teaching are also challenges of ordinary teaching - communicating clearly, engagement, assessment. So in some ways perhaps not that different to my feelings starting out as a teacher that surely there should be more shared resources and collaboration between schools. Hopefully the online connections here will begin to make things easier, but there's also a risk that everyone ends up doing more, similar to the drive to collect data everywhere. I'm pro using data of course, but there's the saying that what gets measured gets managed and without good tools I do worry about the burdens on teachers. Anyway, good luck with your online teaching - I'm sure you'll keep doing the best for your students whatever the circumstances.
In the settings (the right hand menu) there is an option for Multi-Screen. Just click that and it switches to having it set up as I do in this video. Whatever you write on one screen will appear on both, but the controls just on your screen. This was mostly designed with a traditional classroom in mind, where the second screen is a smart board or similar.
I want to start teaching math online. Will a digital graphic tablet be helpful as i feel it would be convenient to write on the tablet directly.. Please share ur suggestion. Budget is not an issue
thanks so much for this vedio prof..i enjoy your teaching , i am young zambian math teacher, wishing to start online teaching, i need your help in the same online teaching through your guidance
Hi there, I bought the XP PEN DECO 01 V2 tablet from your reccomendation, however, over a month of very seldom usage, the pen has lost its sensitivity. Do you have any idea why this may be or if it ever happened to you ?
I haven't heard of this particular issue - I have mostly used a Wacom tablet which has been very reliable. Try reinstalling any drivers (I'd guess available at the xp pen webiste) as that can sometimes cause this sort of issue I think. Otherwise I'd suggest contacting whoever you bought it from and perhaps asking for a replacement.
Hey I'm really bad at maths and I have no idea what my teacher is teaching even when i go for consultation. I'm going to take my o levels next year and im quite nervous. Your videos really help me and I want to thank you for that!
Thanks, really pleased they have been useful! Keep working at it and you will do well - yes it is good to find someone who makes sense to you - sometimes talking through with friends can be very helpful too.
What do actually use to talk to the students? Google Hangout? Skype? (Apologies if I missed this in your video! - Presumably anything that let's you share your screen?) And have you ever tried using a shared OneNote page (Microsoft) or Google JamBoard to have a shared screen you can both write on?
Yes I only mentioned that briefly as as you say anything with screen sharing is more or less the same - I tend to use Skype, have used hangouts too. Haven't used shared screens as much, but trying out BitPaper with a younger student who also has a tablet to write on, and hoping that will work well. In the past I've mostly made lessons with younger students in person as I think then it's a lot more important to be able to see what they are doing as well as keeping them foucsed, but hoping it will work well online too!
Hi Kevin thank you for your useful video. Do you have any tips for a math teacher that instead of Wacom tablet or something like that is using the camera of a mobile phone to write into a Chromebook? regards from Argentina
Pleased it was useful! Yes a lot of comments here - many have said they do something like this - though I haven't ever used a Chromebook myself so can't say for sure here.
How to make the calculator to appear at the bottom of the screen while you are sharing your worksheets so that your students can see both? I am using zoom with one note and I have downloaded the casio emulator.
Well I'd usually share the whole of my screen with the student, so then they can see both OneNote or the whiteboard as well as the caclulator. But if you're just sharing a window with them or sometimes I use a bespoke web browser whiteboard (eg Bitpaper) then the only way to do it is to take a screenshot of the calculator or something so it doesn't work quite as well.
Very nice. You hv suggested so many things . Can u pl inform the most 5 important things the maths teacher should concentrate if he has to start with zero facility .ie from blackboard ,chalk in physical class to digital class.
Yes a lot of options can be overwhelming. To begin the most important thing is to make sure you have a way of writing on the screen clearly (using openboard.ch for free for example, ideally with at least a cheap tablet/pen if possible) and that you have a clear audio and connection to your students. If they don't have good internet, videos or even documents with worksheets/instructions might be as good as live classes. And in terms of making content, there's a lot already out there, so don't feel you have to do everything - sending videos other teachers have made can be just as good and I often also suggest videos that are not my own! Good luck with your online teaching!
Marking is fairly easy with Openboard - you can import a pdf or copy the student's work in, annotate it and export it as a pdf. I tend to get students mostly through TutorFair or directly through contacts via schools or other students I've taught. Good luck with your online teaching!
Thanks a lot for the insight. Av subscribed to ur channel. I tried most of these online Maths teaching & I found out that that are only interested in people from us, Canada & their likes. Am looking @ an option of doing videos to solicit for students on my own. How do I go about this pls? Am from Nigeria.
It's a challenge for sure! Mostly I teach 1-1 these days so it's not something I've thought so much about to be honest, but I think there are options out there that allow you to do things like personalising questions to students by changing coefficients and automated marking - obviously works better for certain types of questions than others.
Hi! Thank you for this informative video. It helps me a lot as I will be having an online class this coming week due to this pandemic and this will be my first time.
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I've been doing all I can just to survive this term teaching online (check out my earliest videos if you need a laugh) but as the school year is ending now there will be time to learn to apply these more sophisticated tools. Thanks again!
@@Mathsaurus Thank you!! And thanks for checking me out. I'm guessing you saw a more recent lesson and not one done on mini whiteboards I stuck to my kitchen cabinets 😅 I'm really happy with the progress I have made over the last 3 months. Some good had to come of this... 😏
But basically they're saying you can have the Openboard software on one screen (where all the tools etc are visible) and a 'clean' version on another screen/projector showing just the whiteboard output.
So the purpose of the second monitor is so that when you share your screen using zoom for example that they would see the clean version and not your screen with all of your tabs open and everything, correct? But you can use the tablet without a second monitor, is that right?
@@iamj9127 Yes that's how I use it, but the second monitor is optional - you could just share the screen you are working on, or usually it is possible just to share a particular window. You can think of the tablet as a fancy mouse really, unless you buy one with a screen built in. Some (but not all I think) of those allow you to effectively use the tablet itself as a second monitor.
i just bought wacom tablet. i already installed it. but where do you write now, i mean the whiteboard , where to download the whiteboard so that my students can see what i am writing on the wacom tablet?
Yes, the whiteboard software itself you can download at openboard.ch but you'll need Skype or Zoom or similar to actually make the call with the student. These all have 'share screen' options so you can share what you see with your students.
Hi! i really like your information how do we tutoring math online but how do you recommend me start this job with minimum cost. I am math teacher here in Ethiopia
You can try openboard software. It has tools for geometry constructions but you need to practice before you teach. To me for constructions, working on the paper and camera pointing at it works well.
Yes, I agree, when I made this video about constructions ruclips.net/video/4lrzVhfuogw/видео.html I did exactly that. And whilst it's probably possible to demonstrate the ideas using other tools there's really no substitute for the students doing it with the actual tools!
@@Mathsaurus Thank you for the reply. I do agree that students must use the tools. Please checkout my video where I used everything digitally. Let me know your opinion. ruclips.net/video/p_LTjMEwYzI/видео.html
I want to teach one on one simply to learn how to teach/tutor..but in future.. I am hoping to setup group classes. Any ideas on how to teach to groups? I am thinking that I could teach, for example 6th grade first semester, I would teach the 2nd semester coursework, simply to teach 1 semester ahead and get the kids ahead into the future. Your thoughts on this? Cause if you are teaching online to multiple kids, all the kids are different points.. so I figure, teach ahead by 1 semester.
Yes, teaching to multiple students is harder - I think a lot of the issues are the same online as in person. One on one is easier as you have their attention, can tailor things to them individually etc. I'm sure it can work in classes too - in some ways video content might make it more possible to easily tailor content I suppose. It's easier to suggest some students go ahead perhaps - though as in physical classrooms I think there can be some issues in holding back/pushing forward students. I suppose my overall view here is that teaching online can be great, but it doesn't change some of the fundamental challenges in education - so we should take the opportunities it affords but also to be happy with progress rather than perfection! Good luck with your teaching, sounds like you are committed to finding the best solution for your students and understanding their needs so I'm sure you'll do a great job!
Yes, any tablet with a touchscreen should work in a similar way - best if it's one that has a pen to write clearly of course. I have used Microsoft Surface effectively when travelling, and have students that use iPad with Apple pencil.
Online teaching is easiest with well disciplined students. So that can be difficult online if they are not engaged I think, and one of the biggest problems has been that many students are missing out on education for lack of engagement. It probably needs the parents or someone physically there to be monitoring them to some extent, otherwise it is going to be challenging. Of course you can mute individual students (depending on the software you use for the online class) to stop others being impacted. Personally I mostly teach 1-1 online so don't have much experience of this I'm afraid, but good luck with your online teaching!
In some of your videos you show a video of yourself in a corner of the screen and the feed from the desk cam occupying most of the screen. How did you do that?
For those I use a Camtasia (a paid for video editing software) - you can record the screen and the webcam at the same time and then there are loads of options to edit. Not sure if there are cheaper or free options out there - it is cheaper than having Adobe Premiere Pro though - I used to use that and have found them similar for the level of quality I'm looking for!
@@Mathsaurus Thanks very much. With internet deliveries something that really should just be for essentials at the moment, I'm now trying to make a stand to hold my webcam over my desk, trained on my pad of paper! I've created lots of sawdust but now just need to finish off that last bit that I can't quite design yet ...
@@Mathsaurus By the way, I looked at some of your videos when helping my son prepare for the Oxford MAT last year. Good stuff. In particular, the fact that you simply sit down and work through the questions in real time showed clearly that a person who thinks carefully about each question, especially at the start, knows what to do with each question, takes care, and does not make careless slips can finish all the questions in plenty of time with no rushing at all. That was very useful reassurance. He has an offer from Queens and we await news of the COVID-19 'results' whatever else goes on. Thanks for your contribution.
Great news, congratulations to your son - I'm around Oxford quite a lot (well in normal circumstances) so perhaps he will see me around sometime. Yes uncertain times with the exam results, but hopefully everything will work out for him.
Can someone plz guide how to use openboard And should i install it on my laptop or tablet. Plz help asap. Hoping for ur help n cooperation in this regard
Yes, I think it's a bit more than 10 pounds for a one year individual purchase but I don't remember exactly! Definitely don't need to be attached to a school though.
Hi Kevin, thanks for showing the set up, it is really informative and useful. I have a couple of questions. 1) I do alot of graph drawing. If you have done any sort of graph drawing, could you share your experience on using the non-screen tablet? How do you achieve the accuracy in terms on how the graph has to cut at certain points without seeing anything you draw on the tablet except what appear on the computer monitor. How long it takes for you to get used to it? 2) And which screen recording software do you use? Thanks.
Thanks, pleased it was useful. Graphing can be tricky - if I want something accurate I put it into Desmos or Autograph and copy in - or share the screen and you can also change constants in the graphs to share with students. For a quick sketch the tablet can work, but a lot easier on the Microsoft Surface as there is a screen. There are versions of the tablets that have a screen built in (amzn.to/3d8Csn0 ) - my Wacom Intious Pro also has a 'precision mode' where you press one of the buttons on the tablet and the whole tablet foucses on a small area of the screen - you just need to practice chaning size of writing a bit and get into the habit of it and it works ok for quick explanations. Screen recording I mostly use Camtasia, but sometimes also the Logitech software that came with my camera.
@@Mathsaurus Thanks for your kind reply. Pardon my basic question, thought you mentioned that the webcam is used for showing your face but your reply suggested that it can be used for recording of lessons as well?
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Thank you for a very good introduction on how to teach over the internet. I have only taught at school and University face to face, which I found I enjoyed. I was really impressed with your academic qualifications and surprised that you have gone into education. You still have time for career development, which is sometimes forced upon us by circumstances. It makes me feel grateful that I managed to cover such a wide range of work from neurological research to banking. Maths opens the doors to everything else worth doing.
My pleasure - yes absolutely, I think maths keeps a lot of doors open for sure. Sounds like you have had a very interesting career! Actually I've just added to these qualifications and finished a PhD in Probability/Finance but very much planning to stay in education, though now working away on my own business making online courses and tutoring. Who knows what will come later, but I hope whatever it is keeps me learning something new!
Sr I want to teach online maths. my education is MPhil mathematics.
I've been wanting to start teaching online for the longest time but I had no idea where to start. This was so helpful - thank you!
Pleased it was useful, good luck!
Me too
@@Mathsaurus how much does it pay
I never like maths but since going back to college as an adult learner, the teacher I had taught maths so could understand maths and not be fearful. Now I really love maths.
I had 0 prep for my IGCSE maths B exam , faced many issues along the way, your videos helped me get grade 7
Fantastic, well done, so pleased they were useful!
Hi Kevin, thanks for an excellent video...I use an iPad with a few students and talk them through problems with work done a mini whiteboard - it works well for me 👍🏼
Sounds good, yes I think people are sometimes put off online because of setting things up, but once you get going there are really lots of different options that can work well so long as you have a plan and stick to it. Much like teaching in a classroom really!
Thanks for being kind enough to have introduced us to all the accessories that may assist us ! Expect some videos introducing us as well to some of the basic as well as advanced books on classic as well as advanced areas of Mathematics !
Thanks for the idea!
Superb video, thanks very much 😊
I did in person one on one maths tutoring for about eight years but stopped in 2018 when I moved to Spain. That transpired to be temporary and now I'm looking at getting back into it, but online (once I'm back up to speed on the maths of course 😁). Your channel looks ideal, so looking forward to having a good nose around 😊👍
Thanks, good luck with the tuition!
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Have just loaded my lessons online. Hope students will find them useful
Excellent, good luck with your online teaching!
Thank you so much for this. I've just started tutoring again, now online. It is slightly challenging, but I'll try the tools you have mentioned.
Very kind of you to make this video, so thanks again!
No problem, yes it take a bit of getting used to but seems natural eventually. Good luck!
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Thank you for this. I'm considering stepping into this avenue. I haven't finished college yet, but I might as well start researching. Glad i came across your channel.
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As a maths tutor, thank you so much for this!
Great, really pleased it was useful!
Thanks for the video. I have quite a bit of experience as a maths teacher and I have been considering tutoring (online) for a while now and this was a very informative starting point. Thank s for sharing.
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your online teaching!
Thanks sir due to this I got 98% in my board exam
Pleased to hear that - congratulations!
Finally I have found it. Thanks for this video. Appreciate it a lot.
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Thank you so much for an excellent video. I have been trying to figure all those smalls thing out, like how to write on a whiteboard and so on - and gave up. So this video is so welcome.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Kevin, I'm particularly interested in your set up, and trying to choose between a pen pad and a visualiser. A visualiser is good for constructions but I didn't catch the advantages of the pen pad. Can't you just as easily save screen shots from a visualiser as ftom a pen pad? Also, why do you need 2 monitors? I will be using Zoom (with individual students), where you can turn the shared screen into a whiteboard.
Yes you can also take screnshots with a visualiser, though the pen does make it easier - so in Openboard you can have 10 pages in your document and make them all into a pdf at once. Whereas the visualiser you would have to remember to take screenshots and have them as separate files or merge them somehow. I used to just keep the pages I'd written on and scan them in when I used that method but it's a bit slower than just clicking 'create pdf'! And yes, 2 monitors is a luxury rather than a necessity.
Thanks very much for your help.
Very nice vedio for math tutor, God bless you and I'm also start online tutoring, because I'm also mathematics teacher
Thanks, good luck with your online teaching!
Thank you very much for explaining all the possible tools to teach maths online.
You are welcome!
HI..great video..can you please let me know how you managed to get the clean open board on your second screen which is nice for the students to see...without all the buttons being shown. Thanks in advance!
Yes, in the settings (the right hand menu) there is an option for Multi-Screen. Just click that and it switches to having it set up as I do in this video.
Thank you for sharing this. I am at my first steps to switch to online tutoring. This is helpfull.
Great, good luck!
Thank you for the video! I am about to start my first year teaching and it will probably be online. I have an ipad + apple pencil, do you know if that also will work with open board?
I don't personally use Apple products at all, but I don't see why not. Anything that works as a mouse input should work with Openboard I think and their website claims they have a version of the software for Mac OS. Good luck with your teaching!
It should work fine. Connect your iPad to your MacBook through QuickTime. You can search online for the steps. Very easy and straightforward
Good explanation of online teaching and tool which is helpful in online class ok good
Thanks, good luck with your online teaching!
Great job..You r such a good teacher. Explaining like a kind teacher.
Keep it up
Thank you!
How i can use whiteboard with a surface pen on my laptop?
Thanks in Advance
Yes, I've used Openboard with the Surface pen - it works well too. Just download the software and start writing/drawing.
Very useful video . thank you. What is the best tool among all you discussed?
If I had to pick one, I'd get the Wacom pen (amzn.to/2yOeXkl) or something like it!
Hi - very useful video - I will be moving to tutoring online now due to Corona and maybe just generally. Quick question - how do you deal with child protection issues? The training I have been on in the past has been very particular about not having email/phone contact with students, and to always do tutoring in a public place or somewhere where there are other adults around - of course to protect yourself in case of any misunderstandings/allegations. Do you make any allowances / do anything different when tutoring online? Thanks.
Thanks, I think there are some interesting questions here and it is certainly a complex area. I think if anything teaching online reduces potential issues in general here, mostly as physically you are at a distance, though I'm open to other views. I've never been that convinced about the argument against e-mail contact with students in general - though when teaching in a school would always use official school email and reply professionally. If anything with e-mail I think there's more of a record of conversations you can fall back on if ever needed - indeed for each Skype lesson I probably have the pdf of the lesson notes somewhere too. But I would certainly agree whatever modes of contact you are going to have with students in advance and maintain regular contact with parents where possible. I don't really speak with any students on the phone aside from on Skype for the lessons, but if agreed then will text and e-mails to arrange or change lessons/answer quick questions. Though I do mostly teach older students, and almost all of my online students are at A-level or late GCSE so it might be different with younger students. Good luck with the online tuition, hope it goes well!
Plz show video for mathematics teaching
Use mobile phones only and we can teaching maths and maths videos
awesome tips, I am certain it will benefit us during the Pandemic Corona virus outbreak... I need to buy a writing pad and all you already gifted,,, thanks a lot
Awesome video sir, plz sir inform the ligit website for online tutoring.
Thanks, check out www.tutorfair.com/kevino
Hi @9.34 in the video, what's the black board you're writing on ? How does that connect to your computer ? Thanks
It's one of these - amzn.to/326XLSB (Wacom Intuos Pro) and connects very easily via USB.
All connected
Can you give me more information about the tablet that can b attached to laptop.
I've linked to the tablets at the page here mathsaurus.com/2020/04/28/teaching-maths-online/
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Hi Kevin, really appreciate this. I'm about to start online tutoring, and got a much clearer impression of what this might look like after watching your video (I've done tutoring before, but always in person).
One question, not so specific to online, but are there any resources you'd recommend for learning what students today are expected to be able to do on their calculators? I really like the idea of using the Casio emulator to demonstrate how students would go about solving the problems themselves, but it occurred to me when watching this that I have limited experience with a graphical calculator.... and what I don't want to do is provide bad advice to students with regards to when they should be using / relying on their calculator for efficiency purposes.
That's an interesting question, and not easy to answer as it really depends on the age of the student - what might be an intermediate step that can be done on a calculator for an older student might be the whole point of the question for a younger one. I'm thinking about statistics in particular here - like finding means from data - at A-level the summary stats are useful, but at GCSE it's the whole question to do that. Graphs are a bit like that in some ways too.
I think my general approach in teaching is almost always that they should feel they could do everything without a calculator if they really had to, and the closer exams come the more shortcuts are allowed, and they can also be a good tool to experiment with ideas, especially graphing calculators. But it really does depend on the topic - even for something as simple as eg working out 23/11 - who wouldn't use the calculator? But if the question says 'show that...' they need another method. But for any particular student or exam, once you've looked at a couple of papers and the markschemes you'll have a good idea what's needed I think.
Which exa.mples of resources used in maths for grade 3 learner?
HI Kevin I have been teaching GCSE maths to Grade U to 2 students during lockdown and achieved 87% attendance on line which really surprised me with maths. But I would welcome any ideas from your vast experience as a Course Leader moving foward . I have used Google forms to set up quizzes but other ideas to use would be very useful for not only myself but everyone else who will need to change their style of delivery from now on. Clive Eardley
Thanks Clive, sounds like you have been doing a great job. It will be interesting to see how things develop and which things go back to normal and which this has a lasting effect on. At the moment it feels like we have a lot of teachers doing a lot more work but all trying to do similar things. But there do seem to be more good options (things like Dr Frost maths) so there doesn't have to be so much repetition. But I think a lot of the challenges of online teaching are also challenges of ordinary teaching - communicating clearly, engagement, assessment. So in some ways perhaps not that different to my feelings starting out as a teacher that surely there should be more shared resources and collaboration between schools. Hopefully the online connections here will begin to make things easier, but there's also a risk that everyone ends up doing more, similar to the drive to collect data everywhere. I'm pro using data of course, but there's the saying that what gets measured gets managed and without good tools I do worry about the burdens on teachers. Anyway, good luck with your online teaching - I'm sure you'll keep doing the best for your students whatever the circumstances.
hi..can you give me a brief explanation on how to use 2 monitors to teach
In the settings (the right hand menu) there is an option for Multi-Screen. Just click that and it switches to having it set up as I do in this video. Whatever you write on one screen will appear on both, but the controls just on your screen. This was mostly designed with a traditional classroom in mind, where the second screen is a smart board or similar.
I want to start teaching math online. Will a digital graphic tablet be helpful as i feel it would be convenient to write on the tablet directly.. Please share ur suggestion. Budget is not an issue
Yes it would! There are links to some specific suggestions here mathsaurus.com/2020/04/28/teaching-maths-online/
@@Mathsaurus thanks a bunch
thanks so much for this vedio prof..i enjoy your teaching , i am young zambian math teacher, wishing to start online teaching, i need your help in the same online teaching through your guidance
Thanks - good luck with your teaching. I'm planning to make a few more videos aimed at teachers this year so watch this space!
Hi there, I bought the XP PEN DECO 01 V2 tablet from your reccomendation, however, over a month of very seldom usage, the pen has lost its sensitivity. Do you have any idea why this may be or if it ever happened to you ?
I haven't heard of this particular issue - I have mostly used a Wacom tablet which has been very reliable. Try reinstalling any drivers (I'd guess available at the xp pen webiste) as that can sometimes cause this sort of issue I think. Otherwise I'd suggest contacting whoever you bought it from and perhaps asking for a replacement.
Hey I'm really bad at maths and I have no idea what my teacher is teaching even when i go for consultation. I'm going to take my o levels next year and im quite nervous. Your videos really help me and I want to thank you for that!
Thanks, really pleased they have been useful! Keep working at it and you will do well - yes it is good to find someone who makes sense to you - sometimes talking through with friends can be very helpful too.
What do actually use to talk to the students? Google Hangout? Skype? (Apologies if I missed this in your video! - Presumably anything that let's you share your screen?)
And have you ever tried using a shared OneNote page (Microsoft) or Google JamBoard to have a shared screen you can both write on?
Yes I only mentioned that briefly as as you say anything with screen sharing is more or less the same - I tend to use Skype, have used hangouts too. Haven't used shared screens as much, but trying out BitPaper with a younger student who also has a tablet to write on, and hoping that will work well. In the past I've mostly made lessons with younger students in person as I think then it's a lot more important to be able to see what they are doing as well as keeping them foucsed, but hoping it will work well online too!
Hi Kevin thank you for your useful video. Do you have any tips for a math teacher that instead of Wacom tablet or something like that is using the camera of a mobile phone to write into a Chromebook?
regards from Argentina
Pleased it was useful! Yes a lot of comments here - many have said they do something like this - though I haven't ever used a Chromebook myself so can't say for sure here.
How to make the calculator to appear at the bottom of the screen while you are sharing your worksheets so that your students can see both? I am using zoom with one note and I have downloaded the casio emulator.
Well I'd usually share the whole of my screen with the student, so then they can see both OneNote or the whiteboard as well as the caclulator. But if you're just sharing a window with them or sometimes I use a bespoke web browser whiteboard (eg Bitpaper) then the only way to do it is to take a screenshot of the calculator or something so it doesn't work quite as well.
Excellent Ideas and support there Kevin. Many thanks CliveEardley GCSE maths Course Leader
Many thanks!
Very nice. You hv suggested so many things . Can u pl inform the most 5 important things the maths teacher should concentrate if he has to start with zero facility .ie from blackboard ,chalk in physical class to digital class.
Yes a lot of options can be overwhelming. To begin the most important thing is to make sure you have a way of writing on the screen clearly (using openboard.ch for free for example, ideally with at least a cheap tablet/pen if possible) and that you have a clear audio and connection to your students. If they don't have good internet, videos or even documents with worksheets/instructions might be as good as live classes. And in terms of making content, there's a lot already out there, so don't feel you have to do everything - sending videos other teachers have made can be just as good and I often also suggest videos that are not my own! Good luck with your online teaching!
Hi i want to know the camera with the stand where can i search or name of the product please......
You can find links to the products in this video at my Amazon store in the 'Teaching maths online' section www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mathsaurus
Love from india bro.... nice video
Thanks! Good luck with your online teaching!
It's my pleasure.🙂👍
Very helpful video , Thanks a lot Kevin.
Thanks a lot, sir. I've got a lot of new ideas just with this single video.
Fantastic, pleased it was useful!
Hi. How do you mark students work online. How do you get students for online tuition. Am looking forward to doing it full-time.
Marking is fairly easy with Openboard - you can import a pdf or copy the student's work in, annotate it and export it as a pdf. I tend to get students mostly through TutorFair or directly through contacts via schools or other students I've taught. Good luck with your online teaching!
@@Mathsaurus Thanks so much. Your work is amazing. Just gone through some of your videos. Bravo!
Thanks a lot for the insight. Av subscribed to ur channel. I tried most of these online Maths teaching & I found out that that are only interested in people from us, Canada & their likes. Am looking @ an option of doing videos to solicit for students on my own. How do I go about this pls? Am from Nigeria.
I'm looking for resources specifically for giving math tests online. How do you give math tests in your online classes and prevent cheating?
It's a challenge for sure! Mostly I teach 1-1 these days so it's not something I've thought so much about to be honest, but I think there are options out there that allow you to do things like personalising questions to students by changing coefficients and automated marking - obviously works better for certain types of questions than others.
Hi! Thank you for this informative video. It helps me a lot as I will be having an online class this coming week due to this pandemic and this will be my first time.
Best of luck!
Does the open board application work with the iPad? I mean if we can synchronize it with an iPad application
Honestly I don't use Apple products so can't say for sure
Mam can join for live tuitions pls. Inform.
how u copy the graph from Desmos and post it to openboard?
I just use the Windows snip command Win-Shift-S and then paste in with Ctrl-V
What about an online tool for tracing paper?
Do you have to know your timetable
desmos is awesome
Agreed!
Thank you so much for sharing this information. I've been doing all I can just to survive this term teaching online (check out my earliest videos if you need a laugh) but as the school year is ending now there will be time to learn to apply these more sophisticated tools. Thanks again!
Glad it was helpful! Just had a quick look at your videos and they look pretty good to me! Good luck with your online teaching.
@@Mathsaurus Thank you!! And thanks for checking me out. I'm guessing you saw a more recent lesson and not one done on mini whiteboards I stuck to my kitchen cabinets 😅 I'm really happy with the progress I have made over the last 3 months. Some good had to come of this... 😏
So the open board website says you can use the Wacom board with a dual monitor setup and a Beamer. What is a Beamer?
Yes, I think (from looking at the German and Italian versions of the page!) that it is just a slight mis-translation and is meant to mean a projector!
But basically they're saying you can have the Openboard software on one screen (where all the tools etc are visible) and a 'clean' version on another screen/projector showing just the whiteboard output.
So the purpose of the second monitor is so that when you share your screen using zoom for example that they would see the clean version and not your screen with all of your tabs open and everything, correct? But you can use the tablet without a second monitor, is that right?
@@iamj9127 Yes that's how I use it, but the second monitor is optional - you could just share the screen you are working on, or usually it is possible just to share a particular window. You can think of the tablet as a fancy mouse really, unless you buy one with a screen built in. Some (but not all I think) of those allow you to effectively use the tablet itself as a second monitor.
Excellent video. Very helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
i just bought wacom tablet. i already installed it. but where do you write now, i mean the whiteboard , where to download the whiteboard so that my students can see what i am writing on the wacom tablet?
U need to either do screen recording and make a video or use some video calling app and have live lessons with students.
Yes, the whiteboard software itself you can download at openboard.ch but you'll need Skype or Zoom or similar to actually make the call with the student. These all have 'share screen' options so you can share what you see with your students.
Thank you very much. This video of yours has been very helpful.
Glad to hear that!
love your program
thanks!
Thanks it's really nice and helpful video. I hope it will help me to start maths online classes.
Glad it was helpful! Good luck with your online classes!
Hi!
i really like your information how do we tutoring math online but how do you recommend me start this job with minimum cost. I am math teacher here in Ethiopia
hpw can some one teach to draw angle with protector, Compass etc online? Are there any on onscreen geometry box tools?
You can try openboard software. It has tools for geometry constructions but you need to practice before you teach. To me for constructions, working on the paper and camera pointing at it works well.
Yes, I agree, when I made this video about constructions ruclips.net/video/4lrzVhfuogw/видео.html I did exactly that. And whilst it's probably possible to demonstrate the ideas using other tools there's really no substitute for the students doing it with the actual tools!
@@Mathsaurus Thank you for the reply. I do agree that students must use the tools.
Please checkout my video where I used everything digitally. Let me know your opinion.
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I want to teach one on one simply to learn how to teach/tutor..but in future.. I am hoping to setup group classes. Any ideas on how to teach to groups? I am thinking that I could teach, for example 6th grade first semester, I would teach the 2nd semester coursework, simply to teach 1 semester ahead and get the kids ahead into the future. Your thoughts on this? Cause if you are teaching online to multiple kids, all the kids are different points.. so I figure, teach ahead by 1 semester.
Yes, teaching to multiple students is harder - I think a lot of the issues are the same online as in person. One on one is easier as you have their attention, can tailor things to them individually etc. I'm sure it can work in classes too - in some ways video content might make it more possible to easily tailor content I suppose. It's easier to suggest some students go ahead perhaps - though as in physical classrooms I think there can be some issues in holding back/pushing forward students. I suppose my overall view here is that teaching online can be great, but it doesn't change some of the fundamental challenges in education - so we should take the opportunities it affords but also to be happy with progress rather than perfection! Good luck with your teaching, sounds like you are committed to finding the best solution for your students and understanding their needs so I'm sure you'll do a great job!
Thanks Kelvin for such an excellent video
Thanks, pleased you liked it!
nice explantion sir thanks for it
Can i use tablet with windows 10 in place of wecom?
Yes, any tablet with a touchscreen should work in a similar way - best if it's one that has a pen to write clearly of course. I have used Microsoft Surface effectively when travelling, and have students that use iPad with Apple pencil.
Where is the link to Amazon please?
It may be a little out of date now but many of the items are available here www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mathsaurus (affiliate links)
It may be a little out of date now but many of the items are available here www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mathsaurus (affiliate links)
It may be a bit out of date but here are links to many of the products (affiliate links) www.amazon.co.uk/shop/mathsaurus
Hi sir can I teach online using an android phone?
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
Amazing video very helpful for teachers.. sir how can we deal with middle school students during online classes. Please suggest.
Regards
Thank you!
Online teaching is easiest with well disciplined students. So that can be difficult online if they are not engaged I think, and one of the biggest problems has been that many students are missing out on education for lack of engagement. It probably needs the parents or someone physically there to be monitoring them to some extent, otherwise it is going to be challenging. Of course you can mute individual students (depending on the software you use for the online class) to stop others being impacted. Personally I mostly teach 1-1 online so don't have much experience of this I'm afraid, but good luck with your online teaching!
@@Mathsaurus Thank you so much for your valuable reply Sir.
In some of your videos you show a video of yourself in a corner of the screen and the feed from the desk cam occupying most of the screen. How did you do that?
For those I use a Camtasia (a paid for video editing software) - you can record the screen and the webcam at the same time and then there are loads of options to edit. Not sure if there are cheaper or free options out there - it is cheaper than having Adobe Premiere Pro though - I used to use that and have found them similar for the level of quality I'm looking for!
@@Mathsaurus Thanks very much. With internet deliveries something that really should just be for essentials at the moment, I'm now trying to make a stand to hold my webcam over my desk, trained on my pad of paper! I've created lots of sawdust but now just need to finish off that last bit that I can't quite design yet ...
@@Mathsaurus By the way, I looked at some of your videos when helping my son prepare for the Oxford MAT last year. Good stuff. In particular, the fact that you simply sit down and work through the questions in real time showed clearly that a person who thinks carefully about each question, especially at the start, knows what to do with each question, takes care, and does not make careless slips can finish all the questions in plenty of time with no rushing at all. That was very useful reassurance. He has an offer from Queens and we await news of the COVID-19 'results' whatever else goes on. Thanks for your contribution.
Sounds like a fun project, good luck with that! Or if you get stuck these really do make things super easy... amzn.to/33LWYGb
Great news, congratulations to your son - I'm around Oxford quite a lot (well in normal circumstances) so perhaps he will see me around sometime. Yes uncertain times with the exam results, but hopefully everything will work out for him.
What exactly were you using to write?? You rushed the most important part of the presentation.
I'm using a Wacom tablet (amzn.to/2zkpxPE) - you can see it at 3:25 and at 9:05
@@Mathsaurus thank you so much.
We are taking online classes
Great tips and advice, many thanks.
Thanks!
What is required or requested to write online Maths
See my reply to pranab datta's comment. Good luck with your online teaching!
Can someone plz guide how to use openboard
And should i install it on my laptop or tablet. Plz help asap. Hoping for ur help n cooperation in this regard
You can download it here openboard.ch/index.en.html and there is a user guide here openboard.ch/support.en.html
Shall you come to zoom meeting online
hi, how to finds students to teach
Hi Kevin, great video. Have watched and used your videos. Re Calculator emulator - can you purchase as private tutor? I'm not attached to school.
Yes, I think it's a bit more than 10 pounds for a one year individual purchase but I don't remember exactly! Definitely don't need to be attached to a school though.
Hi sir,
I am interested in online teaching but don't know how to start with a right platform.pls suggest the needful.
See my reply to pranab datta's comment. Good luck with your online teaching!
Where can I learn maths online,all levels ?
I have a lot of courses (including free ones) for ages 9-18 at courses.mathsaurus.com/pages/home-2022
@@Mathsaurus I will check it out thanks
This was so helpful. Thank you
Glad it was helpful!
This video was really helpful. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
What is your Email to contact you for private lessons?
Please see the page here - courses.mathsaurus.com/pages/tuition
That was great! Thanks!
It gave me a great help. Thank you
Glad it helped!
Please help me teach math online partcularly quarter 1 week 7 for elementary... It:s my assignment being a student teacher...
Good luck with your teaching!
Thanks teacher but adding the viedos mathas of high schoo
Love from India 😍
Nice content. 👍🏻
Thank you!
my teacher needs to be watching this.....my maths classes are 2 boring
Hi Kevin, thanks for showing the set up, it is really informative and useful.
I have a couple of questions.
1) I do alot of graph drawing. If you have done any sort of graph drawing, could you share your experience on using the non-screen tablet? How do you achieve the accuracy in terms on how the graph has to cut at certain points without seeing anything you draw on the tablet except what appear on the computer monitor. How long it takes for you to get used to it?
2) And which screen recording software do you use?
Thanks.
Thanks, pleased it was useful. Graphing can be tricky - if I want something accurate I put it into Desmos or Autograph and copy in - or share the screen and you can also change constants in the graphs to share with students. For a quick sketch the tablet can work, but a lot easier on the Microsoft Surface as there is a screen. There are versions of the tablets that have a screen built in (amzn.to/3d8Csn0 ) - my Wacom Intious Pro also has a 'precision mode' where you press one of the buttons on the tablet and the whole tablet foucses on a small area of the screen - you just need to practice chaning size of writing a bit and get into the habit of it and it works ok for quick explanations.
Screen recording I mostly use Camtasia, but sometimes also the Logitech software that came with my camera.
@@Mathsaurus Thanks for your kind reply.
Pardon my basic question, thought you mentioned that the webcam is used for showing your face but your reply suggested that it can be used for recording of lessons as well?