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October 2011 - Posts
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Glogster is the best multimedia tool & expression space for students and educators. Glogging is the new online phenomenon where people can be innovative and creative while creating an interactive poster. On glogster you can share what you think about Read More...
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Animoto is a great site for making fun and exciting videos for students watch. Many people have powerpoints and I fall asleep during powerpoints, so the two top things are Prezi and Animoto. Animoto is great small 30 seconds or if you want to buy an upgrade Read More...
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Numberfix is a great site for teachers. There are lesson ideas that are creative that incorporate writing and writing skills in to the math classroom. On the resource page, you will find a growing collection of thoughtful and creative ways to have students Read More...
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Searching for something to get kids excited about math? Scrambling for a great resource to share with your colleagues or use in the library? Illustrated books can help dispel the myth that math is dull, unimaginative, and inaccessible . They can spark Read More...
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When I want students to communicate, I use Wall Wisher. Wall Wisher allows the teacher the opportunity to post questions and have multiple students answer questions. I sometimes use this as homework and use it in the classroom every now and then. I published Read More...
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I'm wondering how anyone in the world can hate math . But those people are not hard to find. I tutor college students in college algebra and pre-algebra and some of those students hate.... and by hate I mean hate numbers, math, formulas, everything and Read More...
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Listed below are two different math dictionaries vocabulary to students. Math dictionaries help students learn definitions and refer to them in their homework. Sometimes I allow them to use their math dictionaries on quizzes, but never on tests. The first Read More...
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The Fields Medals are commonly regarded as mathematics' closest analog to the Nobel Prize (which does not exist in mathematics), and are awarded every four years by the International Mathematical Union to one or more outstanding researchers. "Fields Medals" Read More...
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Mathematics courses often have little practical application for solving problems in the real world. Service-learning helps to bridge this gap at the elementary, secondary, and higher education levels. Service-learning in the mathematics curriculum provides Read More...
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Graphic Novels entice students to read because they think of them in the same way they think of video games. Visuals enable students to comprehend and infer from the text. Some graphic novels encourage students to think critically about contemporary issues. Read More...
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Read alouds are a great way to get students interested in mathematics. Sometimes even elementary level books are the best for middle or high school students who need a little break from drama, schoolwork, or just math. Listed below are a few good read Read More...
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I update the blog daily with information for teachers and for everyone who loves math . From now on, I will be giving away prizes randomly and the first one to comment on the post with their name and address will recieve the prize. The first person to Read More...
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At this website, http://www.mrperezonlinemathtutor.com/ you can find an extensive array of Math power point lessons for geometry, algebra, and basic math taught in high school, middle school and upper grades. These lessons simplify planning for the teacher Read More...
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I was at home the other day, watching Outside the Lines, and I saw an episode that made me think. How can you incorporate sports in the math classroom? Fantasy sports is a way in Outside the Lines that incorporates perfectly in to algebra. Fantasy sports Read More...
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Most people think science is more fun than math, because science does all these cool experiments and you get to play and manipulate cool things. What if I told you math could be the same way. Everyday in mathematics everyone is learning something new Read More...
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For a teacher a calculator can be the worst thing in the classroom, in other classes the calculator can be a helpful tool for simplifying problems, graphing strange equations, and overall confusion in math. Most students don't know their way around a Read More...
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Data guide quick charts are a great thing to have around the class, they allow students to look up any important formula in almost any subject area. A website that I found that allows free quick charts is: http://www.cheat-sheets.org/ they have many different Read More...
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You might think this is about textbooks, well its not! When teachers get home from school the last thing they want to look at is the textbook. Featued below is a couple of my favorite math books to read (for fun). Some of them offer interesting backgrounds Read More...
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SMARTboards are almost in every classroom across the nation, nowadays. I remember the days of the transperncies on the overhead projectors copying down notes. Now students have an interactive tool always at their finger tips. Smartboard are just not for Read More...
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Incorporating math in various subject areas are a great way to improve student achievement and career intrests. Everyone loves music, but everyone has their favorite type of music. A great website that integration resources, multimedia activities, and Read More...
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Many math classrooms restrict calculator use when it comes to simple operations and I am one of those teachers. But, there are great websites out there that use graphing calculators to help explore mathematics deeper in context. In algebra it is hard Read More...
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Through whole brain teaching there is a review game called "Mind Soccer" the game itself is perfect use for the mathematical classroom. Mind soccer, I keep the simple rules of the game. Quick answers only, change of possession, by right answers you move Read More...
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The following image comes from Spirit 2.0 Education from University of Nebraska at Lincoln, this website is funded by the National Science Foundation and apart of the STEM project and the University of Nebraska Omaha. The CeenBoT seen above is apart of Read More...
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Mathematical Archaeology can mean many things to different people. To some it is the process of excavating mathematics which is encapsulated in political arguements, technologies, or administrative routines. But, in this post it is going to cover "traditional" Read More...
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Sign language is an integral part of all special education programs. Students with special needs are placed in general education classes, especially math. Because you don't need language to communicate math or be good at math it is easy to excel in math Read More...
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Many days have significance in our culture and math has those days, almost everyday. You can celebrate the birth or death of someone you are learning about in math. (How cool is that?) There are many different websites that incorporate math dates in history Read More...
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When starting the day, I hate to just jump in the pool of students right away. I like to warm them up by either playing a small game or having them do a word sort of what we went over last class. A small way to assess their knowledge of what they comprehended Read More...
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Teacher's don't do enough.... WEBQUESTS. When I was growing up I never did webquests, all we did was look up information on sites that we couldn't use, because they weren't academic. But, now! Math webquests are unbelievable with minimal teaching, students Read More...
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Incorporating vocabulary is essential in every classroom from English to science. Making the vocabulary fun and engaging is even more dificult, some teachers just hand out a vocabulary list and have the students memorize them. (SNORE!) A few of my favorite Read More...
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Everyone uses their senses to remember things, I love the smell of apple pie, it brings me right back to Christmas time at my grandmother's house. This is the same for students, if you give them a sense while you teach the students and recall that sense Read More...
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There are always comic geeks out there and most of the time they are the same as math geeks. (I am one of them!) Comics are a great way to get artistic creations from students and learn about the math they are doing at the same time. First, show examples Read More...
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By combining math and literacy skills, math stories can help up open the world of math to students with a wider range of learning styles. The word problems encourage logical thinking and help students practice getting information from written text. I Read More...
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Now once you read the header, you probably think math has gone and got in to some sorta trouble, well that may be true, but that's not the kind of drama I am talking about. Incorporating drama in math is great way to get kids up and acting out math. Some Read More...
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