TKB: Maths, Museums & Learning
Mathematics – Heritage – Education
Examples of work completed or undertaken. Click the header images to find out more!
“Thomas Briggs worked with the GEM team to update the competencies, building on his own digital competencies for museum educators…”
Tags: digital, education, online, ResearchProject, writing
“I had long entertained an idea of some sort of “codebreaker training course” accessible to people who were interested in finding more about how codes and ciphers work, but who did not necessarily see themselves as a ‘maths person’.”
Tags: cryptography, mathematics, MathsComm, teaching, workshop, writing
“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, MathsComm, teaching, writing
In December 2020 I wrote and delivered a Christmas-themed online workshop for Potential Plus UK.
Tags: Christmas, mathematics, online, PPUK, seasonal
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, MathsComm, museums, online, podcast
I wrote a puzzle for the National Cipher Challenge website!
Tags: cryptography, digital, mathematics, MathsComm, online, puzzle
I wrote a course for the Open University’s OpenLearn Create online learning platform. It’s all about how to write courses on the Open University’s (completely free) OpenLearn Create online learning platform…
Tags: digital, education, learning, MOOCs, online, OU, ResourceDevelopment, technology
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, MathsComm, Number, Numeracy, Video, YouTube
Tags: cryptography, demonstration, enigma, media, OU, talk