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Games in the Mathematics Classrooms: There’s an App for That! Last month, the Institute of Play released a 160-page whitepaper on successfully designing and implementing video games as classroom assessment tools.

Games in the Mathematics Classrooms: There’s an App for That!

It is widely hoped that the Institute's study, along with further research by SRI, will prove conclusively that cognitive skills are significantly improved by playing educational video games. This was not news to the math education community, which has known about the benefits of games in the classroom for a long time. Back in 2004, a study by Tisa Lach and Lynae Sakshaug had already shown that middle school students made significant improvements in algebraic reasoning, spatial sense, and problem-solving abilities after playing biweekly sessions of popular tabletop games such as Connect Four, Mastermind, Rush Hour, and Guess Who.

Slice It! With all of the evidence pointing toward the effectiveness of game-based learning, one could reasonably ask why educational and board games are still used so sparingly in American math classrooms. 1. 2. Redefining Mathematics Education #ADE2014 Showcase 1-In-3. My Apple Distinguished Educator Global Institute 2014 “1-in-3″ Presentation Thursday July 17th, 2014 in San Diego, California Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to present to my fellow Apple Distinguished Educators at the 20th Anniversary of the ADE Program. The ADE Showcase follows a familiar “1-in-3″ format used at the 2013 Institute where showcase presenters speak about their “One Best Thing” for 3 minutes or less. Special thanks to fellow ADE Canadian Board Member, Eric Moccio (@emoccio) for capturing the video for me. I have transcribed the video here and will also add links to other showcase presentations when I become aware of them.

ADE 2014 Showcase Transcribed Three years ago when I applied for my part-time, one-to-one iPad project, the idea was simple: go paperless to save time and effort copying useless facts and instead use a tool promoting student engagement, interactivity and creativity. Links to Other ADE Showcases Like this: Like Loading... 5 Math Apps for Middle School Students. Digital Tools For those parents and teachers looking for apps for middle-schoolers, check out the five apps below that feature everything from Mayan numbers to cracking secret codes. 1.

5 Math Apps for Middle School Students

MayaNumbers. Free MayaNumbers In addition to a brief historical explanation of how the Mayan people performed math calculations, this app offers up a simple game that will have players using tap, swipe, and tap-and-hold gestures to add dots, dashes, and shells to represent 1, 5, and 0 (zero), the three numbers used by Mayans for addition (and a form of multiplication). 2.

Beluga Learning - Beluga Learning. 9 Great Math iPad Apps for Teachers and Students. After publishing Free Web Resources for Math teachers, we got some emails from our readers asking about math apps for iPad.

9 Great Math iPad Apps for Teachers and Students

Digging through the different resources online we came up with the list below. This list is not conclusive and we might have missed other apps but the ones mentioned below are among the best ones available on iTunes market.We do have a strict evaluating system by which we judge whether to include apps in our lists or not and unless they have good ratings, you would definitely not find them here. Check out the list below and share with us your suggestions: " Using HMH Math On the Spot, you can choose from hundreds of video lessons and topics from Grade 6 to Algebra 2.

Whether you are studying negative numbers, linear equations, the Pythagorean Theorem, or polynomial functions, On the Spot video tutorials give you the detailed help you need where and when you need it 2- Play 123 3- The Math Master. How I use my iPhone and iPad as a college math teacher. As a college math instructor, I am a huge advocate for technology use in the classroom and regularly use my iPhone and iPad to enhance the learning experience for my students. Between using apps on the classroom projector, enabling Guided Access for student devices during exams, and preparing content at home, my iPhone and iPad are essential tools for me as a teacher.

Email As an adjunct (part-time) instructor, I am not required to hold office hours, nor do I have a space to do so if I wanted. To make up for this, I encourage my students to contact me through email for questions and hints. So the first, and most obvious, way I use my iPhone is for emailing my students. Noteshelf Since my response to most emails require the use of mathematical symbols, I turn to my iPad and Noteshelf to handwrite my responses to eliminate any confusion for my students. . $5.99 - Download now Quick Graph Free - Download now Guided Access Notability.