Nokia Mobile Mathematics. More info. Tutor Guide. What is Nokia Mobile Mathematics? You can do a lot with Nokia Mobile Mathematics!

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1 More info Nokia Mobile You can do a lot with Nokia Mobile! No need for a computer with internet access just ask learners to show you their activity on their phones. On the learner s phone, select Score Card from the home screen Under My activity you can see the learner s weekly activity levels Under Compare activity, you can compare the learner s activity levels with those of other learners Encourage your learners with Nokia Mobile Guide learners to practice at all topic levels: Easy, Medium, and Hard Send reminders about exercises and homework for the next lesson Explain the difference between Practice exercises and Tests: Practice exercises: as often as they like, but worth fewer points Test: worth more points, but can be done only ONCE and learners have only ONE TRY to answer each question. What is Nokia Mobile? Nokia Mobile is a free service that helps you to teach maths to your students over the Internet on their phones. With Nokia Mobile you get access to a variety of maths theory, exercises, and tests, as well as useful analytical tools for tutors. Nokia Mobile provides real support for your teaching as well as improved connections with and between your maths learners. Tutor Guide momaths.org/sneducator

2 Getting started is easy! Nokia Mobile for tutors Nokia Mobile has an extensive library of maths content and exercises that can be used as homework or as additional practice to support your teaching. You can also keep track of learners who are using the service. See at a glance how much practicing they ve done and how well they are doing on tests individually or as a group. Four steps to better maths 1 4 Getting started Following your learners Increasing learner activity Incorporating Nokia Mobile into teaching 1 Two ways to use Nokia Mobile As a tutor, you can: Track learners activity and progress Send messages and give homework Compare learners and schools Analyse results To see the tutor view: Open your web browser and go to momaths.org/sneducator Type in your *username* and *password* given to you by the Project Implementation Team*. You ll need them each time you sign in. As a learner, you can: Learn theory and see example solutions Gain points by doing practice and test exercises See how you are progressing compared to your schoolmates Send messages to your schoolmates and your teacher If you d like to see Nokia Mobile like the learners see it, you can go to momaths.org/sn and log in with your username and password. See the Learner Guide for more information. And you re in! * If you have not received your username and password, or you have forgotten your password, contact the Project Implementation Team.

3 1 Following your learners Track learner activity There are a lot of great tools built into Nokia Mobile that will help you help your learners. Activity reports are one example they allow you to track learner activity. When you are signed in you will see the homepage. On the left, you can find the Help, the FAQ and the list of available courses. On the right, you can find the Site navigation panel and other useful tools. Select Courses from the Site navigation panel and then select one from the list. Select Participants from the Navigation panel. 4 5 Select Activity reports > Complete report from the Navigation panel. Select the learner from the list. Note that you can use the Search box at the bottom to find your learner by name. You can see the learner s activity in each part of the course. For more information about the learner, you can also see the other reports under the Activity reports in the Navigation panel.

4 1 Compare learner activity Return to the front page by selecting Home from the Navigation panel. Compare learners and schools Compare your learners to get a good picture of how your learners are doing. You can also compare your school to others in the area. Select Reports from the Site navigation panel. Use the drop-down menus to select your school and to define the time period you are interested in, then click View. You will then be able to see at a glance how your learners are doing relative to each other. Select Compare learners. From here you can also Compare schools and get learner reports and school summaries. 4 You can go deeper into an individual learner s activity by clicking on his or her name, which will produce a graph of his or her activity in the course.

5 Increasing learner activity Access and engage You can activate your entire class with class messages. When you have selected all recipients, select Send a message from the drop-down menu at the bottom of the page. 4 Type in your message and select Preview to see how it looks. 1 Return to Home and this time choose Courses. Click Participants and Select the desired recipients. You can search for a learner by name as well - just enter the name in the Search field at the bottom of the page, then Select. Repeat to build your recipient list. 5 Then click Send message to send or Update to go back and make changes. Learners will receive your message the next time they sign in with their phone. You can also send a message to an individual learner by clicking on the learner s name and then selecting Send a message.

6 Incorporating Nokia Mobile into teaching Nokia Mobile can be used during lessons, outside of class (as homework) or even as the basis for a club that meets before or after school. With Nokia Mobile tutors can: Set and monitor homework with little extra effort See who has completed which tasks Easily identify problem areas Use included theory and examples as part of your lessons Ask learners to do practice exercises during a lesson Show learners their results Nokia Mobile supports tutors by: Automatically marking learner work Providing lots of practice exercises Offering different levels of challenge (easy, medium, hard) Supporting independent study Being a tool that learners enjoy!