Monthly Archives: June 2014
iPadpalooza 2014 Highlights #iplza14
This year’s iPadpalooza “festival of learning” was a real treat. How can anyone summarize in a blog post what it was like to be there? Thankfully, we have #iplza14 on Twitter to help us all reminisce, and to help you … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged #iplza14, assessment, Aurasma, Book Creator, Carl Hooker, formative, iPad, iPadpalooza, nearpod, Socrative, Storify, techchef4u, thatquiz.org, thinglink, Tim Yenca, Twitter
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I already know what I want to do on the first day of school.
My (former) students are probably still sleeping on this fine Sunday morning, and here I am, thinking about the first day of school in August. It’s not entirely my fault. I just had two days of PD with (THE) Dan … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, assessment, Dan Meyer, homework, Pre-Algebra, problem solving
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Generalizations in the Shower
During a quick shampoo, my 8-year-old son starts sharing a “pattern” that had *just* occurred to him. He starts explaining a beautiful mathematical truth and I beg him to repeat it once he rinses off. Here is his explanation of … Continue reading
