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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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Students Use Book Creator to Author Mathematics: Part 2
For our last day of class with a “normal” schedule (today), I met with my students in our school’s 21st-century learning space. There’s a sampling of flexible furniture, a corner with stadium seating, iMacs, a big-screen TV, an Apple TV, … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, Book Creator, Explain Everything, iPad, PhotoSpeak, Pre-Algebra, Tellagami, thinglink
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Student Voice, Screen Casting and Explain Everything
Having iPads redefines many elements of teaching, learning, and assessment. These past 2 years, I’ve experienced a learning curve not unlike that of a brand spankin’ new teacher. This year I’ve begun to make the shift from technology-empowered teacher to … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, app, assessment, error analysis, Explain Everything, formative, iPad, Pre-Algebra, screen casting, technology, thinglink
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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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#2minPD Project: Using ThingLink for Pre-Teaching
Thanks to a connection fostered by my pal Guido over at Nearpod, I found out about a unique opportunity to do global professional development in 2 minutes flat. The #2minPD project is the brain-child of Stanford fellow Melissa Pelochino, whose goal … Continue reading
After the Testing is Over
My students begin STAAR testing this week. That means tired students, a tricky bell schedule, and no homework allowed. I created the ThingLink below to serve as a menu of options for students once our morning testing sessions are over, … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged anchoring activity, app, FactorMan app, Pre-Algebra, thinglink
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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
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, assessment, blog, communication, formative, iPad, Pre-Algebra, thinglink
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ThingLink as Collaborative Work Space
I saw this ThingLink and was immediately inspired to give the strategy a try. Why not create a ThingLink to serve as a “collaborative plane” for my students? I jazzed up a “Unit Organizer” from the “Strategic Instruction Model” with some … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged assessment, communication, Pre-Algebra, review, thinglink
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Defending “The Worksheet”
In this era, “the worksheet” has gotten a pretty bad rap. The seemingly popular push to go “paperless” doesn’t help the cause. Are worksheets and paper inherently evil in the 21st-century classroom? In the ed-tech realm, I sense a little … Continue reading
Posted in Algebra 1, Pre-Algebra
Tagged Algebra, anchoring activity, assessment, communication, error analysis, Explain Everything, formative, homework, PDF, Pre-Algebra, problem solving, QR code, quadratic, technology, text book, thinglink
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