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The ‘science of reading’ swept reforms into classrooms nationwide. What about math?

The Hechinger Report

For much of her teaching career, Carrie Stark relied on math games to engage her students, assuming they would pick up concepts like multiplication by seeing them in action. I could see how the game related to multiplication, but the kids weren’t making those connections,” said Stark, a math teacher in the suburbs of Kansas City.

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Change One Simple Thing to Start Your Journey to Remarkable Teaching

The CoolCatTeacher

Sponsor: The US Matific Games are coming this February. Try Matific free now and sign up to join their Math games. Matific is a fantastic site full of math manipulatives and customized playlists of activities to help students at every level master math. And its free! Listen Now. Stream by clicking here.

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Seven Fun Math Activities for the Summer Break

Ask a Tech Teacher

The long weeks of summer break are wonderful for family time and vacations, but not so wonderful at keeping students on a positive learning curve. Young children especially benefit from fun math games. ORIGO Education , a curriculum publisher specializing in early math education, pulled together a list of fun summer activities.

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Summer Math Loss

Digital Promise

It’s tough to imagine filling a lazy beach day with fractions, or stretching out in the back seat on a road trip and practicing long division. months of learning in math over the summer — and teachers have to give up weeks of class time, or more, to make up for that loss. WHY MATH LOSS? The reason?

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Long Live the '90s: ‘Edtech’ Crazes Every Teacher (and Student) Secretly Wishes Were Still Around

Edsurge

Celebrating her 30th anniversary with a new game. 2017 Equivalent: Virtual Reality games like Yore VR and Nearpod field trips promise to make experiencing the past more engaging than ever. But while we know tech has come a long way, we still haven’t seen anything that replicates the adrenaline rush that was the Oregon Trail.

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China’s NetDragon to Acquire Edmodo for $137.5 Million

Edsurge

By contrast, NetDragon began in 1999 and built its initial financial muscle with games. It has, however, long identified education as one of its top areas of interest. Last year, NetDragon also acquired JumpStart , an educational game company behind iconic titles including Math Blaster.

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Top TED Talks on STEAM Education

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

For math teachers and STEAM educators, these talks are a goldmine of inspiration and ideas. Related: Best Math TED Talks for Teachers and Students TED Talks on STEAM Education Here is our list featuring some of the best TED Talks on STEAM education: 1.