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Stuff I’ve Been Up To
I can hardly believe the school year will abruptly end in a few short weeks! It has been a fantastic year, jam-packed full of amazing opportunities. A quick top-five-favorites goes a little something like this… 1) My students – I … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged assessment, formative, iBooks, iPad, nearpod, querium
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Desmos Explorations
If you haven’t seen these fantastic interactive desmos labs, you need to know they exist… and so do your students! I plan to use Des-man this week (and I had more than a little bit of fun making my first … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, anchoring activity, assessment, Dan Meyer, Desmos, Fawn Nguyen, formative, iPad, problem solving, technology, thinglink
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Student-Created ThingLinks
When ThingLink announced a way for teachers to set up classes of student accounts all monitored through the teacher’s e-mail address, I was determined to give it a go. After some trial-and-error with the process of setting up a “ThingLink … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, formative, iPad, Pre-Algebra, problem solving, thinglink
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S’more Time! Who is in the Driver’s Seat? #NCSM14
Three of my colleagues and I had the pleasure of presenting at the #NCSM14 conference in New Orleans this week. Our chat was during the last session timeframe… on the last day of NCSM… and our talk was alphabetically last … Continue reading
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Tagged #NCSM14, assessment, Dan Meyer, Explain Everything, formative, iMovie, nearpod, S'more, Socrative, technology, thatquiz.org
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SuperTeacherTools.Net: Speed Match
Here’s another formative freebie that’s iPad-friendly! I recently used the Speed Match on SuperTeacherTools.net to review probability vocabulary with my students. I remember the days of using Speed Match on a SmartBoard, allowing only one student to play at a … Continue reading
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Tagged Algebra, anchoring activity, assessment, formative, iPad, Pre-Algebra, review, superteachertools, vocabulary
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Kahoot! A Great Formative Freebie
It’s no secret that my heart belongs to Nearpod, Socrative, and ThatQuiz.org. That being said, another web-based formative freebie has joined my top-three-tools. Kahoot! is a game-based quiz show platform that can be used with any content area with ease. … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged assessment, formative, Kahoot!, nearpod, review, Socrative, thatquiz.org
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True or False?
I must give credit to former-colleague “Mr. OC” at Nitschmann Middle School for this novel way to introduce compound events. Ever since I saw him do it, it’s become a regular part of my practice. So easy, so effective, and … Continue reading
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Tagged formative, Pre-Algebra, probability, problem solving
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#SXSWedu 2014 – Highlights
I just attended my first SXSWedu Conference & Festival. I’ve never wanted to clone myself more. I was on choice-overload from day one. I’m not complaining – I’m simply trying to express how up-my-alley so many of the topics sounded … Continue reading
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Tagged assessment, Explain Everything, formative, nearpod, SXSWedu, Twitter
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Chief ThingLinker Stepping Down
That’s right. I’m finally ready to step down from my ThingLink throne and pass the torch. Or something. What I’m trying to say is… I’ve been doing this iPad thing for a bit. *I* create the Nearpods… *I* create the … Continue reading
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Tagged Algebra, assessment, blog, communication, formative, iPad, Pre-Algebra, thinglink
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ThatQuiz.org: Pre-testing and Post-testing
If you teach mathematics, your students have devices with internet access, and you’re NOT using ThatQuiz.org… both you and your students are seriously missing out. My love for this web-app continues to grow as I see its impact on my students, … Continue reading
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Tagged Algebra, assessment, error analysis, formative, iPad, Pre-Algebra, thatquiz.org
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