Treasure hunts are a fun way for students to use problem solving skills, to work in teams, to practice comprehensions skills, and to use technology resources all while practicing subject matter. For “Talk Like A Pirate Day” (September 19th), I arranged a fun math treasure hunt for the second grade classes. It was a perfect
August 2013: iMovie movie trailers across the content areas
I have finally had time to work with iMovie movie trailers on the iPad, and it is so much fun! A movie trailer is a perfect summarizing activity. It can also act as a “teaser” as an introduction to a presentation or student paper. A movie trailer can readily showcase the acquisition of knowledge of
Meet Marco: An Amazing Educator With An Amazing Resource
Last week I was in Albuquerque Public Schools working with a group of high school students who are members of the Superintendent’s Student Advisory Committee (SAC). Each of the 18 SAC members invited a teacher to attend a day of learning and professional development focused on Discovery Education. We spent the day with the teachers
Grid Overlay
Here is an idea for students to practice measuring angles or finding slope all around them. Have students take pictures with various angled lines. Save the grid overlay here. On a Mac: Video how to Result: On a PC: Video How to (bad sound you may want to mute) and result:
STEM iPad Priorities
As we strive to integrate 21st C STEM learning, there are a few Apps that I find specifically related to building a strong STEM App Foundation. I could create quite a list of STEM apps but I am trying to target specific reference foundations. All the other cool apps that are out there to build
They’re Coming from the Cloud and They’re There to Help: The New Digital
Hall Davidson, Distinguished Lecturer and an amazing tech guru began his presentation by defining terms because they define us. Early “stuff” existed in itself, like floppy disks, CD Roms, flashdrives, a wired network but then progress. Now we can deliver that same information because we have more devices that move around, wirelessly. Wi-Fi and mobile
Register Today for Math and Reading Event
The response to our Saturday, March 12th, DEN Day of training for Math and Language Arts at Lake Forest Middle School in Cleveland, TN, has been phenomenal. We’ve already expanded our acceptance list from 30 to 50, and we have just a few places left! Here is a brief rundown of the day and some
Protocol for Solving Physics (and math) word problems
The protocol is an appraoch to problem solving for Physics that was taught to me by my mentor. It works for most word problems in general. 10 steps 1. read the problem 2. create a meanful diagram 3. determine the variables 4. assign values to variables (what you are given and what you know, and