Running a Live Chat prompts

I’m a Mathematician has been designed so that other teachers can run the Chat for you. Pass on this document to them.

💻You will need:

• Log in cards for the students (these are supplied by the booking teacher and should be printed from the PDF).
• Computers or iPads/ tablets (one per student or one per pair)

⏰ Read this out to the students before the Chat starts:

• As a class, we will have a 30 minute live-chat with a variety of different mathematicians. It’s all text based, and you can ask the mathematicians any questions you like.
  • Make sure to check the replies you and your classmates get and, if there’s more you’d like to know about their reply, follow it up with another question. 
• If you didn’t get to ask all your questions you can use the Ask section where you can leave questions at any time for mathematicians – even the ones that weren’t in your Chat – to reply in their own time.
  • Add an email address to your account in “edit your profile”, you’ll get an email when you’ve been answered. 
• You can also Vote for your favourite mathematician. At the end of the term, the mathematician with the most votes will win a £500 prize!
  • You can read how the mathematicians would spend the prize money on their profiles.

💬 To access the Chat:

• Students log in to the Chat at: https://imamathematician.uk/ using the details on their login cards.
• Click on the ‘Chat’ link.
• The Chat will open 5 minutes before the Chat is due to start.
• The moderator will be there to make sure the Chat runs smoothly and will explain how the Chat will work.

🖨️ After the Chat:

• Once the Chat is finished, students will no longer be able to send messages.
• Tell the students to ask follow up questions by clicking the Ask link.
• Tell the students to vote for their favourite mathematician by clicking the Vote link.
• Students can log off.
• Download to send this information to others.