Using Twitter in a Math Class. Using Twitter in a Math Class. Social Media in the Math Classroom. Social Media in the Math Classroom. Integrating Instagram into Math Class. “When will we ever use this in real life?” This is the common question that many teachers hear – and my 7th grade Pre-Algebra class is no exception. However, in my classroom, I put the ball back into the students’ court and challenge them to find the answer for me. As teachers, we know that students need to learn concepts as building blocks to more advanced concepts for their school career. But for students, that is a frustrating answer to hear. One of my answers to alleviate that frustration, and to also give students a deeper understanding of the concept, is to issue a challenge.
I challenge the students to create a real-world problem on any of the concepts we study in class. The tool that connects the students’ work and provides an authentic audience is Instagram. In my classroom, I provide a number of ways for students to earn back points they may have lost on formal assessments throughout the year. @SmithMath Instagram: Peter Smith. Integrating Instagram into Math Class. Mystery Number Skype | Mrs. Morgan's Superstars.
Mystery Number Skype is a fun way to work on math skills! How it Works: Students use their math skills to guess the mystery number that the other class has selected ahead of time. Each class will be divided into 2 or 3 equal groups and compete against each other. This makes it easier to manage and ensures that everyone gets a chance to participate. The number of rounds depends on the number of teams. Each round will take about 10 minutes. Play begins with one team asking yes or no questions and continues until one of the teams guesses the other’s mystery number. Possible questions include: 1. 2. 3. 4. Teams go back and forth asking questions. *Younger students will need some guidance by the teacher. Mystery Number Skype | Mrs. Morgan's Superstars. My Flipped Math Class and Edmodo – 1 month down, 8 to go! | pact10flip. One month into my flipped 7th grade math class, and I am FINALLY able to take a breather and put my reflections in writing.
Since introducing the flipped classroom in September, I have received positive feedback from my administration, my students and their parents. The biggest benefit has been the amount of class time devoted to learning and practice. I no longer spend upwards of 15 minutes checking work book pages that were assigned for homework because we now do them in class as daily formative assessment. The biggest change for me as well as the students was the incorporation of Edmodo. Before I get into all the details, I will say that I am very happy with Edmodo and find it a very valuable tool for organizing assignments, record keeping, data analysis, and assessment. That being said, it took about two weeks for my students (all 67 of them) to get the hang of it: logging in daily, and turning in the assignment to me vs. posting a reply to the group.
Is it working? -Sharon Like this: My Flipped Math Class and Edmodo – 1 month down, 8 to go! | pact10flip. Visible Thinking in Math- Part 1 | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog. The conversation about visible thinking in Math started with one of our teachers at Graded, The American School of São Paulo, Adam Hancock, wanting to know how he could incorporate having students’ use their blogfolios in Math class.
It seemed natural to have students write for Humanities (Language Arts and Social Studies), but writing did not seem part of what Middle School Math was about. How could “blogging” go beyond taking a digital image of a Math problem on paper or a quiz and writing about “how the student felt about solving the problem or passing the test?” Or ask themselves what they could have done better? One of the first steps was to bring more “language” into the Math classroom. In a Skype call with Heidi Hayes Jacobs, she said that Math should be taught more like a foreign language.
Students need to know vocabulary words and become fluent in “speaking Math”, in order to be able to communicate their thoughts and ideas. Google Glass- Math Equation from langwitches on Vimeo. 11. Visible Thinking in Math- Part 1 | Silvia Tolisano- Langwitches Blog. And You Thought it Could Not Be Done: Blogging in Math. Sometimes I am still amazed that not more Language Arts teachers have taken a good look at blogging.
It seems such a match made in heaven: giving students an authentic audience for their writing…incorporating modern skills of writing & reading in digital spaces… (hyperlinking, transmedia, research, etc.)platform designed for feedback It surprised me even more (in a good way), when I saw a Math teacher starting to take advantage of the primarily thought of “blogging is about writing- hence for a writing class” platform. The Math teacher instinctively understood that blogging is not just about writing. It is about “presenting” your work, your thoughts and products to a large audience FOR feedback. In a previous blog post, Telling a Story with Data, you read about Laurel Janewicz‘ upgrade of her traditionally taught lesson of data analysis, graphing and misleading graphs.
Blogs played a major role in the upgrade. The rubric for the blog post had included the following requirements: Related. And You Thought it Could Not Be Done: Blogging in Math. Algebracraft: The Tales of a Rural High School Math Teacher : Quadrilateral Social Media Project. After we finished out our unit on quadrilaterals, I wanted the kids to do something project oriented, and I also wanted some updated student work on the walls. I had first heard of this project on Julia Finneyfrock's blog, and let me tell you, if you haven't read Julia's blog, go check it out! Anyways, Julia's blog led me to Tina Cardone's blog, which led me to a Google search and at Mrs.
E Teaches Math's blog. So I took some info from all of the blogs and created my own sort of project. Here is what I required (loosely) Sign up for a shape (which I only allowed four students per shape, and it was first come first serve) Make a social media profile TwitterFacebook SnapChat Tinder (although it's hard to swipe right on paper) Instagram Dating Profile Take 5 self portraits/tweets/etc. When I gave my students some creative freedom and made the project somewhat more lenient, I was pleasantly surprised, impressed, and proud of how creative my kids were and the product that they created.
Algebracraft: The Tales of a Rural High School Math Teacher : Quadrilateral Social Media Project. Using Twitter To Extend My Math Lessons. Using Twitter To Extend My Math Lessons. Using Blogs and Snapchat in Math Class | Casey Ulrich. One of the things that are most difficult as a math teacher is breaking the mold of the same old same old. I want desperately to be the type of teacher that uses innovative methods to help propel students to higher levels of success. Still, I find myself teaching in quite the traditional manner. Therefore, I want to share a day that I was able to break the mold. I gave students a protractor, ruler, and asked them to measure the height of our school. The results were pretty awesome.
This is one student who shared her thoughts: Student Blog The coolest part of that blog is the fact that she used Snapchat to take a picture and measure the angle. Teachers spend so much time searching for apps that will make lessons better, but we seldom think about the things we have right in front of us. 2015, the year of snapchat in the classroom? Using Blogs and Snapchat in Math Class | Casey Ulrich.