INSTRUCTIONS FOR USING TILES.MYW


1.  If you are reading this using Windows Notepad, make sure you have activated Word Wrap (from the Edit menu).


2.  The file TILES.MYW requires My World version 3.  If you haven't got this then you are missing out on a excellent package which can be used right across the primary curriculum.  
    You can find further details at
		www.dialsolutions.com


3.  Download or copy the file to the location where you keep all of your My World screens and then load the screen in the same way that you load others that you use (there are several different ways of loading My World screens; see the My World Help facility for further details).


4.  Like all My World screens, it can run full-screen or in a window (CTRL-F to toggle between these).
    When running in a window it is designed to run with a screen resolution of 800x600 or higher.  If you are only using 640x480 then you will have to do a lot of scrolling left/right and up/down.


5.  Let pupils use the screen to create patterns.  You could give them the freedom to create any pattern they wish or you could set certain conditions e.g. a pattern with a line of symmetry, a pattern with two lines of symmetry, a pattern with rotational symmetry but no lines of symmetry, and so on.
    

6.  If you have got access to an interactive whiteboard this My World screen provides a very effective way of demonstrating and discussing various aspects of shape and space with the whole class, e.g. line symmetry, rotational symmetry, transformations (rotations, reflections and translations).



I hope you find this My World screen useful.
Let me know how you get on.

Richard English
www.numeracysoftware.com
feedback@numeracysoftware.com