Ask a Tech Teacher

AUGUST 19, 2020

Something more than the fact that my mother started teaching me, in our home, at age six. Math skills are also used as we turn the pages in a book. I was subliminally applying math skills to guide my fingers across intervals of keys on the piano keyboard. What was it that enabled me to sight read piano music?

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Math apps for kids could be what your child needs to improve their math skills, move to the next level, or start enjoying and having fun with mathematics. The apps feature math games, activities, and user interfaces that make learning math a fun and enjoyable experience for students at all levels.

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MIND Research Institute

APRIL 4, 2017

When a board game is presented as a math game, I am always eager to try it out! Unfortunately, in many cases I find the math in these games are too straightforward with cards of math problems for players to solve, or numbered spaces to count. The math in board games doesn't have to be so straightforward!

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MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

When I was a kid, we primarily learned math through computation and memorization. She could write the math on the chalkboard and correct us when we made an error in our rote math facts recall, but she couldn’t explain the concept behind the numbers. But multiplication? Learning through trial and error.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 27, 2023

I also don’t know what my off-handed comment might lead a student to think, either positively — in that they never saw themselves as a writer or good at math — or negatively — in that now they think I don’t believe they are capable or happy. What is your choice: play the game with _ or play a different game?

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 17, 2015

I don’t rely on essay formulas to craft my briefs, and of course I have never encountered an MBE-style multiple choice question. Test prep taught me to immerse myself in the logic of the test-makers, and how to effectively game the system to achieve my goal: a passing score. But the thing is… PMBR and BAR/BRI worked. Test prep works.

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

From virtual labs and games to digital textbooks and online curriculum, digital classrooms rely on video. With better tech, use of digital video content has skyrocketed and multiple benefits abound. Whether to enhance a lesson or be the lesson, options are virtually endless. The Rise of the Digital Classroom. Education is no exception.

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The Mobile Native

APRIL 27, 2016

Try these game-based educational apps that make math a whole lot of fun! Operation Math ( Spinlight Studio ) - James Bond meets math facts. Students will complete timed missions in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. All of these games help students learn math facts in a unique way.

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eSpark

DECEMBER 5, 2022

The resulting demands on classroom management and teacher grace have been cited as contributing factors in the unprecedented exodus of teachers from the classroom, a fact underscored by survey results released by NEA in February, in which an astounding 55% of all educators indicated they were planning to leave the profession earlier than planned.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 28, 2021

The Crate includes high-quality materials and kid-friendly instructions for the project, the Explore Magazine with comics, games, experiments, and online DIY ideas. The box contains the Yummy Zine Magazine with fun food facts, comics, history, science, three recipes, and STEAM experimenting with a cooking tool.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Here are 24 different games and structures you can use that will infuse laughter and joy into your classroom. when games are incorporated into learning. Why play games? It seems that the general public is waking up to the fact that teachers are burned out. For me, that’s a lot of art, creativity, and games.

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Fractus Learning

JULY 8, 2016

Horse games are a great way to keep horse obsessed kids entertained, while teaching them about their favorite four-legged creatures. Horse games are a great way to keep horse obsessed kids entertained, while teaching them about their favorite four-legged creatures. Best Horse Games for Kids and Families.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Five-year-old Mykell Robinson practices his reading on the Lexia software while a small group of classmates work with a teacher. Photo: Sharon Lurye/The Hechinger Report. NEW ORLEANS — A few years ago, with little fanfare or announcement, the New Orleans education system began a massive experiment that’s reshaping how kids learn across the city.

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Brainscape

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Over the years, I've increasingly realized that understanding how dogs learn and think can in fact give us tremendous insight into the underlying workings of our own more advanced minds, and into the minds of smaller humans whom we want to mold into the best adult versions of themselves.

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Fractus Learning

OCTOBER 5, 2015

The magnetic toys on this list use magnets to teach physics, biology, math, maker skills, and more, all through the powerful process of play. Let’s Stick Together: 9 Cool Magnetic Toys. An activity book guides kids through their exploration and outlines facts about magnets. Magformers Magnetic Building Construction Set.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Family games are an excellent way for families to play and learn together. Growing up, playing board games, card games, dice games or any games with my family or friends was absolutely one of my favorite activities. Excellent family games, whether they are competitive or cooperative have some key features.

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iLearn Technology

APRIL 13, 2015

Technology makes it possible to pace lessons appropriately for each student’s learning level and can be used to promote learning in the multiple intelligences. Technology makes it possible to pace lessons appropriately for each student’s learning level and can be used to promote learning in the multiple intelligences. |Kelly Tenkely|.

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Graphite Blog

AUGUST 30, 2016

apps, websites, and games for their learning potential. For example, Khan Academy makes it easy for kids to access help and hints in multiple ways and formats. Motion Math: Zoom models this well, with a deep dive into a specific topic that also supports conceptual learning. Does the product support a diverse range of learners?

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21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

It is back to school time 2020 for many of us in the United States and beyond. For educators that may mean working with students in a face to face, elearning, or a blended environment. Regardless of your districts approach, now is a time to facilitate the student centered learning that Project Based Learning makes possible.

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2016

This one from Dreambox is more palatable than most: Conceptual understanding is knowing more than isolated facts and methods. It’s a tangible “buzz” In fact, at the risk of sounding dramatic, it is a “revelation experience” The lights come on. That’s the game. It’s the end game.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Early in the day, Amyrié, 9, began working on a math problem. Nicole Molière entered a classroom at Harriet Tubman Charter School after she was selected to be part of an innovative local teacher training residency that aims to put excellent — and culturally competent — teachers into high-poverty schools. Her answer was incorrect.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

MARCH 17, 2021

In fact, no situation ONLY has negatives! There are Bitmoji classrooms with dozens of links, entire libraries of read-alouds for kids to view, choice boards with video prompts, interactive slideshows for reading comprehension, in-depth Google Slides and Forms, activities and games for kids to do on their own, and more.

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GoConqr

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers if they want to keep their students engaged. “To To win student attention, educators will soon need to start thinking like game designers.” 2016 is now well underway, but few could say how it will end or what major changes we’ll see as the year unfurls.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 6, 2016

While many teachers agree with this premise, they don’t often know exactly how to teach these skills explicitly, especially because many of the mandates and required curriculum seem to push in the opposite direction. Many of them already had deeply ingrained ideas about what they were and weren’t good at, what they could and couldn’t accomplish. “I

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Fractus Learning

DECEMBER 16, 2020

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. math skills. Top Picks For Best Math Games For Kids. Best Math Board Games For Kids.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

AUGUST 13, 2016

I wrote an article called Classroom clutter–what to keep and what to toss awhile back, in which I told the story of how for my first six years in the classroom, I refused to throw anything out because I might need it one day. I started getting serious about my teacher hoarding tendencies. I don’t keep things I don’t really need.

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Marketplace K-12

APRIL 27, 2016

Few trends in K-12 ed tech are as hot–or as under-researched–as “Maker” education. Typically, “Making” involves attempting to solve a particular problem, creating a physical or digital artifact, and sharing that product with a larger audience. But that’s changing fast.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Here are some great math apps for iPads and smartphones that add rigor and automaticity to your classroom: AIRR Math –student centered math activities in AIRR Math promote a strong, solid foundation for students’ success throughout their educational experiences. Math Board Addition –good basic addition practice.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

OCTOBER 27, 2019

The field of Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math (STEM/STEAM) is at the heart of innovation, discovery and curiosity. These are 6 characteristics of a great STEAM lesson I’ve adapted from EdWeek : Connect & integrate Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, & Math. Multiple right answers. 50 Resources.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

APRIL 28, 2019

I could tell the story of an anonymous child who had multiple diagnoses and was super disengaged in school, but later became a teacher and instructional coach, and then I could do a big reveal at the end — that student was me!! Other times I’d create a game where I’d time myself to see how fast I could complete a worksheet.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 28, 2020

The field of Science, Technology, Engineering, ART and Math (STEM/STEAM) is at the heart of innovation, discovery and curiosity. Kidtown is a free comic with facts about science, nature, and people. 9 Tools for Learners to Design, Blueprint, and Visualize Their Innovations. ” – Deborah Meier. Slide Presentation.

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Edsurge

MAY 12, 2022

Most of the time, including now, she has juggled multiple extra jobs, scraping together enough money to pay the bills, feed her voracious teenagers, pay for their extracurriculars and save enough to give them a nice Christmas. Housekeeper. Graphic designer. She also paints houses for around $20 an hour.

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MindShift

JULY 27, 2015

Even the best-laid plans will likely remain plans without effective communication and professional development for school faculty and staff, a mechanism for soliciting and truly hearing student voices, and extensive parent education on the goals you are trying to accomplish with your new policies and programs. Play is really the work of kids.

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Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

This is especially important if you’re writing an article involving multiple sources, or asking one source to critique the arguments of another: It’s quite likely that they aren’t talking about the same thing. This article originally appeared at Grading For Growth on May 1, 2023. What is ungrading?

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Fractus Learning

JUNE 15, 2016

Using flash cards, including multiplication flash cards has long been accepted as a simple, yet effective way to teach children skills that require memorization. Devise a creative game using the cards, such as a timed event, or provide a reward for successful streaks of correct answers. Best Multiplication Flash Cards.

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techlearning

JUNE 21, 2018

New products are coming from companies that have long been in the game, and others are being launched thanks to successful crowdfunding initiatives. Makerspace Product Roundup, 2018 It seems like everywhere you turn, new products are being launched that are the perfect fit for making and makerspaces in schools. Website: myeblox.com Cost: $43.99

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

BLACKBOARD ALLY ( www.blackboard.com ) Blackboard announced that Blackboard Ally is now available for multiple learning management systems used by K-12 school districts. As a result of this partnership, Motion Math’s games will be available as a supplement to i-Ready.

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