Author: Tom Briggs
When am I ever going to need this?
“OK: hands up everyone who at some point during the last teaching year has heard the question above from a student in one of their classes?”
Tags: education, mathematics, teaching, writing
Mathematics in Indonesia: An Infographic
Festive Fractals
In December 2020 I wrote and delivered a Christmas-themed online workshop for Potential Plus UK.
Tags: Christmas, mathematics, online, PPUK, seasonal
Mathematical Objects: Enigma machine with Tom Briggs
Shortly before leaving Bletchley Park I recorded an interview with Katie Steckles and Peter Rowlett for the Mathematical Objects podcast, hosted by the Aperiodical.
Tags: cryptography, enigma, interview, mathematics, museums, online, podcast
BOSS Puzzle Challenge 4
I wrote a puzzle for the National Cipher Challenge website!
Tags: cryptography, digital, mathematics, online, puzzle
Build Your First OpenLearn Create Course
Attending Teaching to the Void
24 Hour Maths Magic Show
In a half-hour stint as part of a 24-hour maths marathon I demonstrate my trick “the power of five” and explain how it works.
Tags: Calculation, mathematics, Number, Numeracy, Video, YouTube
Open University Projects
“It gives me great pleasure to write this testimonial for Tom Briggs, who has worked successfully
in collaboration with the Open University, School of Computing and Communications on two
complex innovation projects.”
– Professor Arosha K. Bandara
Tags: communication, digital, enigma, heritage, media, online, OU, talk, university