Questimate is a free mathematics app available for the iPad on iTunes. The free version only allows you to reach a certain point, offering in-app purchases that allow you to purchase more “quests.” There is also a Pro version that is $7.99 on the app store, but $3.99 for educators. If you visit this page, … Read more
I absolutely love this idea from Tony Vincent’s “Learning in Hand” blog. He has taken a series of quotes, and used QR quotes to cover up parts of the quotes. If you go to this link, you can see 20 examples. He also offers a link to a video explaining QR codes. Tony hangs up … Read more
For the summer, I have decided to use my Tuesday and Thursday posts to reblog some of my favorite posts that some of my readers may have missed the first time around. Socrative is a student response system that pretty allows you to use any device with internet access, instead of having to purchase expensive … Read more
A couple of posts ago, I linked to an interesting post by Heather Wolpert-Gawron in which her eighth graders give suggestions for engaging students in class. Mrs. Cunningham, a first grade teacher at my school, decided to find out what her group felt about ways to stay engaged, and videotaped their responses. The video is … Read more