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Sunday, October 10, 2010
BP5_Math Playground Web 2.0 Tool
Math playground is an interactive website to practice math skills. It’s math made fun for elementary and middle school students! Students can practice and learn math skills by playing math games, answering word problems, working logic puzzles or watching math videos for help with specific skills. This website was developed by a mathematics teacher in 2002 to help students learn math in an exciting way.
This week I used math playground with my 7th grade math students. My objectives for class were to practice multiplying integers and use the rules for multiplication.
Integers Warp Game is a multiplayer learning game, which allows students to play one another and race for the fasted time multiplying two integers. The player with the fasted and most accurate skills wins. This game is set up to race up to four students at a time. Students create a player name and join either a public or private game. Public games are set up to play anyone even the computer. Private games however are set up to play within your classroom.
My students' created private games and shared their passwords. Then they began their games and raced to the finish line. How quickly they answered determined how fast their spaceship went.
My students and I found this game to be very interactive and a fun way to put a new twist on practicing math skills.
They are begging everyday to practice math facts, WOW what a change this site has made on the way I plan skill practice and homework.
Monday, October 4, 2010
BP4_Twiducate Web 2.0 Tool
The Web 2.0 Tool that I chose to use in my professional environment is twiducate a social networking site for schools. As a classroom teacher it was refreshing to find a social networking site for schools. This Web 2.0 tool is not blocked by the state's network filter system, which blocks everything that might possibly used for social networking.
I found it very user friendly and had no trouble setting up one of my classes. The best part, it took about five minutes to set up. I was able to add upcoming important dates as well as bookmarking links to the online textbook. I also added links for fun youtube videos which reinforce math concepts. This Web 2.0 tool will allow my students to check assignments and post comments to the class.
Sunday, October 3, 2010
W1_Reading
My research begins with veteran teachers and our journey to teach the 21st century digital learners by incorporating rich media using Apple one to one student computers. These articles look at the characteristics of digital learners and the teaching methods to engage them.
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