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Tuesday, May 8, 2012

St. Louis Arch and App Digital Resource You Can Think Of...

"Being Less Helpful" (credit Mr. Meyer) rings loud and clear in today's learning activity. I did guide the students with six questions that needed answers, but failed at giving them everything.

Check That.

They have everything: access to the knowledge of the world (iPad/internet), previous days learning factoring of quadratic equations, the value of the Quadratic Formula, 150 applications on the iPad, a mind to question, and each other!

What More Can A Person Ask For? Besides a really fast car!

Watch the learning experience unfold through the video that was taken!

Tools that students used to solve and create:

I love this stuff!

The entire 24 video playlist is below, but won't work on an iPad. Get the direct link to the playlist!

Real Shopping and Paperless Assignment (For Teacher)

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I like having the ability for students to have real pictures and experiences in math class. The availability of the internet ALL THE TIME through our iPads or BYOD provides great opportunities. Today, students completed an assessment on percent of increase or decrease. I used a real example from Overstock dot com for students to determine the amount of percent they received as a discount. In addition, students needed to discover how much gas prices have increased from the 1970s until today.

Students also had extended learning. I was able save the district some money because I uploaded a PDF of a previous learning opportunity to Google documents. This created a link for students to view the problems and place the work in their own notebook or digital tool.

Quadratic Formula Explain Everything and Dropbox

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Great activity! Really allows for students to reflect on the entire Quadratic Formula process.

Student Example
Student Example

Explain Everything Used After Direct Instruction

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I have found the Explain Everything app to be a great resource for students to process immediately after they learn a skill. If I would ask them to explain it in their notes, they wouldn't. However, putting it on a digital medium boosts the interest and creativity level.

We upload them to our classroom Dropbox account, and I assess.

We've used Explain Everything for other things such as here, here, and here.

Skitch App To Label Dissection of Worm

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Our students recently dissected a worm and used the Skitch app to label all the parts. There was something about the color that the students liked in the app. As you can see, students utilized it to the fullest. These pictures were posted to the students' professional portfolios.