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Looking for a Class Robot? Try Robo Wunderkind

Ask a Tech Teacher

There are a lot of options if you want to bring programmable robots to your classroom. To get started, I needed a mobile device (like an iPhone, Android phone, or an iPad–the latter is recommended), a Bluetooth connection, and a risk-takers mentality. Suggestion : I started on my iPhone but quickly switched to my iPad.

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Best Math Apps For Kids

Fractus Learning

Available in English and Spanish and on Android, iPad, and iPhone devices, your kid may have found their new favorite bedtime routine. The arcade-style math app for kids is designed for Grade K-5 with ordinary skill presets aligned with Common Core State Standards. Best Arcade-Style Math Game: Monster Math.

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3 Great Special Needs Digital Tools

Ask a Tech Teacher

Besides iPads and Chromebooks and a plethora of free websites that enable students to collaborate, share and publish, education’s tech explosion has resulted in a wide (and increasing) variety of tools that extend the teachers reach, making it easier to differentiate for the varied needs of students even in a busy classroom.

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High failure rates spur universities to overhaul math class

The Hechinger Report

Related: Will the new Common Core SAT close the privilege gap? In teaching assistant Natalie Nowicki’s math class at San Diego State, for example, step one is to reconfigure the classroom. Students talk over each other and with each other and — exceptionally — seem less interested in their iPhones. Why do we do this?

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14 of The Best Math Games For Kids -Fun and Educational Math Apps for Children

Fractus Learning

Math games for kids encourage children to learn and improve their essential addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division skills while having fun with their family or playing with other students in the classroom. The math app is aligned with Common Core Standards for K-5 grade based on a typical arcade-style game.

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A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academics, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. The strategy looks different in every classroom, as does the material that students must master. The students at M.S.

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