Using Google Apps in a Math Classroom. This week I am hosting some guest bloggers.
This is a guest post from Bethany Mager. I have been teaching high school math for 12 years and I currently work to help teachers integrate technology in our 1:1 high school using Google Apps. I often find that math teachers are reluctant to use Google Docs in a math classroom, but Google Apps has completely transformed the way I teach. I will share some of my best practices and tips to get you started. Collaborative Challenge Problems The best part of using Google in the classroom is having students collaborate with each other on a document. Screenshots I love using online math tools in my classroom, including Desmos and GeoGebra. Images Of course, it’s true all math students must still do most of their work using pencil and paper. Students submitting images through Classroom also makes it really easy to share and discuss their or student work as a class.
Forms One of the first things I used when we started using Google Apps was Forms. 5 New Math Websites for Teachers. May 22, 2015 Today we have curated for you this list featuring some new math websites.
These are recommendations we have received in the mail in the last few weeks but we never had time to review them in separate posts. We invite you to check them out and share with us what you think of them. 1- Math is Fun Math Is Fun is a website that offers some great math resources for k-12 students and teachers. These resources include worksheets, games, exercises, activities, lesson ideas and many more. Great Android Apps for Helping Students with Math Homework. May 21, 2015 While we were curating the 12 Android math apps that were featured in yesterday’s post, we came across some interesting apps that students can use to help them with their math homework.
These apps are geared towards enhancing students mathematical skills by providing them with step by step explanations of a variety of math problems. From working on simple calculations to figuring out answers to complex equations, these apps are absolutely a must have. 1- yHomework- Math Solver “yHomework is an easy to use Math solver, just enter your question or equation, and the app will immediately give you the answer together with the full step-by-step solution!”
5 Math Apps for Math Averse Students. Math is a core subject and one used in everyday life, especially throughout the K-12 years.
Students who enjoy and generally perform well in math classes will have their choice of an amalgam of apps to aid them in both study and enjoyment. There are, however, a fair number of students who simply don’t like to do math at school and who certainly won’t easily be tempted to do extra math at home. Luckily, there are a series of apps available to help math averse students. Some of these are geared towards students who need visual stimulation such as colors, patterns, and graphics to remain engaged in general math concepts. 10 Useful Math Practice Apps for Elementary Students. April 4, 2015 Looking for some good iPad apps to help elementary students with their Math?
The list below features some of the most popular iPad apps in this category. These apps have been endorsed by a larger base of teachers and educators and are ideal for classroom inclusion. Using these apps, kids will get to practice and develop different mathematical skills through a variety of games, activities, and interactive lessons. Some of these apps also integrate speech functionalities to help students with sight problems. PhET: Free online physics, chemistry, biology, earth science and math simulations. High School. Game-based. Math Apps. Manipulatives. Math Millionaire @ MathSlice. Probability and Statistics. Web 2.0 Tools for Math Educators. By Laura Turner This is a continuing series on Web2.0 and other web-based tools for educators.
This information is specific to math educators, but there is some crossover into science. Math educators will find a large number of useable interactive companion web sites for the teaching of math concepts and skills. 3Dvinci 3D design is a great motivational and instructional tool. It exercises both left-brain and right-brain skills, and appeals to students of all abilities. Algebasics This site contains a variety of interactive Algebra help/ problems/activities Archimy This site has a service for drawing the graphs of all kinds of functions . Arcademic Skill Builder Our research-based and standards-aligned free educational math games and language arts games will engage, motivate, and help teach students. Amazing Mathematical Object Factory. AMOF, the Amazing Mathematical Object Factory, shown on the left, produces lists of mathematical objects in response to customer orders.
Today you are a customer and you must tell AMOF what you want produced. This factory is totally non-polluting and the objects produced are absolutely free! (There is a vicious rumour however, that the workers are underpaid and overworked.) Click on a icon with an Indigo background, such as , to learn about that object, or on an icon with a Green background, such as to generate the object. . , which appears both at the top and at the bottom of all succeeding pages.
Appears on every page as well; clicking on it will take you back to the SchoolNet home page. Combinatorial objects are everywhere! Get The Math. Refraction: Teaching Fractions through Gameplay. IDEAL WebMath – A Calculator that Explains How to Solve Problems. Put a Coordinate Plane on Your Floor. Math foldables. Math.
Mathematics. Math Sites. iSolvers - A Handy Math App for Teens and Tweens!