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May 2012 - Posts
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QR Codes are all the rage right now in education. When I was at NETA this year every other talk was about how they were using QR codes in the classroom. This is hopefully my last post about QR codes, but I found this one quite extraordinary! This is a Read More...
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Create debate is a social decision making tool that we was built to spur conversation and critical thinking. There is a debate forum and online community that is an ideal setting for people to debate topics and ideas they feel passionately about. As an Read More...
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Problem based learning approach is largely attributable to the fact that their process is designed to stimulate student inquiry. Additionally, the process can be applied to any project in any subject, which means there is a consistent approach across Read More...
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It has been coming for months and the end of the year is apon us. Most teachers now put it into cruise control and coast to the end of the semester. Here are 12 effective end of the year activities to do with your students to motivate them to the end Read More...
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Since apparently I get enough of assessments, since this is my 3rd post. I will give you a few different examples in the math content area that you can apply right away to your math assessments. This comes from www.jamestanton.com and it is a brief description Read More...
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Since it is my sister's birthday today and she is going to be a future elementary educator. I have decided to dedicate this post to elementary teachers who are looking for materials or resources for elementary math. Mathlanding is a resource and tools Read More...
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When you are grading, no when you are going over tests do you run through the problems on the board for all the students to see, even the ones who got the question right? No teacher has time to personalize feedback in math class. Or do they? If you record Read More...
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Good videos are ones that instruct and engage at the same time, but not necessarily. You can incorporate YouTube videos can use one to engage students and then one like Khan-Academy to instruct a lesson. With a YouTube channel you can go ahead and favorite Read More...
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eThemes is a source for content-rich, student safe online resources that will help you enhance your teaching and save you time. eThemes provides free, fast access to over 2,500 collections of websites, on many different topics. By researching and creating Read More...
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I came across an interesting article from MindShift. It gave instructions on how to create your own classroom textbook (with or without Apple). As the open education movement continues to grow and become an even more rich trove of resources, teachers Read More...
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Culturally responsive management focuses on many teaching components, from as broad as choosing appropriate curricula and as specific as using congruent communication processes. Effective classroom management also involves the utilization of many essential Read More...
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I have recently found this great way to assess understanding of concepts and math vocabulary. Split the class up into groups of 4-6. Each group gets a set of small cards which each have on them one maths related word. The first thing they have to do is Read More...
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Alice in Wonderland got its start as a simple story, told by a mathematics professor to a colleague's daughter. It's a strange story that seems to be the result of a drug trip, but is actually a scathing satire of the new-fangled math that the professor Read More...
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1.) Just having students predict answers to math problems is a way of creating more meaningful learning, prediction can be a useful strategy in successful teaching. I was reading a publication about predicting mathematical creativity in students. The Read More...
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I saw this resource a teacher had on their page and it seemed interesting. Letting their students on Facebook.... (sort of). Students love social media, but most schools have policies that restrict student access of Facebook. I have had students use a Read More...
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Math Reasoning Inventory helps teachers find out what your students really understand about math. It focuses on students' strategies, understandings, and misconceptions. Teachers can learn how students respond to questions to standards. (MRI) is an online Read More...
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One of my favorite TED talks is about how algorithms shape our world. It is a great video for people who have their major or are just getting interested in math. TED-Ed uses engaging videos to create customized lessons. You can tweak or completely redo Read More...
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Learning is a process. Learning is different to all of us. Approaches to how we as individuals learn is unique and for those critics and pundits ‘out there’ who continue to perpetuate the myth that unless one is contributing back, one isn't learning, Read More...
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Different types of presentation and strategies are the reasons why students perform well. From journals to cooperative learning activities these different assessment strategies are great for students to know that there is more than bubble testing and Read More...
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