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blink blink Designs Educational Tech Kits with Girls, for Girls
blink blink's mission is to empower girls through positive early interactions with tech and engineering. Here's how they're engaging girls and all learners using creative circuit kits.
Spotlight on Math: Strategies for Addressing the Most Challenging Math Standards – Modeling
By: Mark Ellis. In math, a model is a representation of a real-world object or situation and according to data collected from 750,000+ students using i-Ready® Diagnostic & Instruction, modeling is one of the most challenging math domains. Here are classroom activities and steps to teaching modeling for educators.
Building Unstoppable Mathematicians with DreamBox Learning®
With engaging content driven by a smart engine and actionable progress reports, Dreambox Learning Math serves as a benchmark of how we can personalize the learning experience for students in order to delight, motivate, and captivate— all while increasing the number of students who enter High School with a confidence in and a love of mathematics.
Spotlight on Math: Strategies for Addressing the Most Challenging Math Standards – Measurement
By: Mark Ellis. Why students must be proficient in measurement for Common Core math standards and how teachers can build understandings of measurement concepts starting with familiar contexts and experiences.
Spotlight on Math: Strategies for Addressing the Most Challenging Math Standards
By: Mark Ellis. Author of Curriculum Associates Ready Mathematics program shares insight into common core math standards and how to better reach and teach kids to help them overcome tough standards.
Forget “Academics” For Middle School. Focus On Engagement and Authenticity
By: Tim Hudson. Relevance and engagement are essential for all learners, but perhaps they are most critical for young adolescents, who need to cultivate their curiosity and grow their love for learning.
Getting To An Equation That Works
By: David Dockterman. With 60% of college freshmen unprepared for college math, and the rapidly growing number of STEM careers, an estimated 2.8 million of them by 2018. Our current equation for math education isn’t working. Here's an alternative.
Math on Facebook: A Love/Hate Relationship
Let's dive into what math on Facebook looks like and why it is important to promote a positive message of the subject. A scan from this week’s feed results in 3 Loves and 3 not so much’s - a sampling of my love/hate relationship with math on Facebook.
Building Student-Centered High School Math Classrooms
Student-centered learning provides huge promise for a shift in the way that students engage with math — both academically and emotionally. Here we look at recent research to support the idea that a personalized approach to mathematics increases student understanding and happiness.
EdTech 10: From #iNACOL14, With Love
This week's EdTech 10 highlights news and developments from the 2014 iNACOL conference in Palm Springs, CA and beyond.