Hello everyone!

EDpuzzle is a free tool that my math and science teachers have been using extensively for the past couple years. Due to the popularity of the flipped classroom model, companies like EDpuzzle, Zaption, and Playposit, have developed applications that enable teachers to annotate videos with questions, audio, visuals, or other interactive elements to augment the learning experience. Here is a quick demo video of the app:

If you have any questions about our experience with the app, feel free to ask me anytime.

Cheers,

Gordon

“100% Free, Personalized Learning for Every Student”. Sounds like a hefty claim, I know, but these folks at cK-12 seem to know what they’re doing! cK-12 is an amazing resource for Math and Science so it feel it eminently appropriate for sharing here 🙂

As you can see below, cK-12 offers up free, online textbooks for most major math and science topics up to, and sometimes above, high school level:

Each topics tends to have a “Concepts” section, an accompanying “FlexBook Textbook” (which is essentially a build-your-own-textbook tool for students and teachers), and PLIX – Play, Learn, Interact and Xplore. PLIX is very cool, and does what it says on the box, so to speak; allows students to learn through exploration and interaction with topics in an extremely visual way.

Take Trigonometry for example. A student could explore a PLIX related to the topic they’re struggling with, such as inverse trig functions, and it will not only visualize the situation but also give them small topic-related practice problems. It’s quite a powerful tool. See below for a little taste:

There are a massive number of these PLIX tools for each subject. Essentially it’s just a matter of finding what you’re looking for, vetting it for content and quality as well as how appropriate it is for use with your particular students, and away you go.

All in all cK-12 is an extremely useful resources offering up a number of tools absolutely free, with the only hurdle being that you need to create an account to take full advantage of its features. I recommend you give it a try (what ya got to lose, right?) and I hope you find it as useful as I do. Enjoy!

Scott

I stumbled upon www.geogebra.org while working on my last post of Module C and found it really interesting! I’ve signed up for a free account and can’t see any fees associated with it yet. I’m not sure if that would change if you had a whole class using it. Already I can imagine myself using it with geometry concepts, as it allows the student to create and manipulate shape. Another aspect I like is that there are also already made resources by teachers that you can search – this hopefully would save a little time! Also, there are very clear instructions each time you select a new tool. Has anyone used Geogebra in their classroom? I’m just at the start of experimenting with it and would love to hear about your experiences. Thank you!

https://www.geogebra.org/ 

Hey Everyone,

I discovered DCACLab when working through this last module. It is a great tool with which to create, modify and examine circuits. It has some similarities to simulations found in PhET, however, I really like how it is stand alone.

It provides the opportunity to share designs and is useful from simple elementary circuits all the way through high school.

https://dcaclab.com/

Hello everyone!

I came across this simulation online that you can use to show 3D rotation of objects in your math class when introducing surface and volume unit to grade 8/9 students.

http://cdac.olabs.edu.in/?sub=80&brch=20&sim=161&cnt=4

In addition to simulation, it also talks about theory, procedure, and animation. Check it out!

I came across this resource while doing some of the readings for the AR/VR lessons during this module. I went down a rabbit trail to read something about Pokémon GO and they referenced this. I confess I have not had the time to explore much but I saved it immediately for the potential that it appears to offer.

The website, from a group called Field Day Labs, claims to provide teachers and students with the opportunity to “create mobile games, tours and interactive stories with ARIS games. Players experience a hybrid world of virtual characters and media in physical space”.  It appears to be an iOS app that is free.  It provides a manual, online courses, and forums to learn to use this Augmented Reality app. The “Play” tab provides some pretty cool sounding science games, even for younger learners, and there’s a Teachers section specifically for connecting teachers and developing a community of practice between those educators who believe in the value of games in and for education.

I plan to check it out more thoroughly very soon and invite you to do the same. 🙂  I hope it proves useful!

Explore Science Games Made With ARIS

“Mathletics is a captivating online math learning space providing students with all the tools they need to be successful learners, both in the classroom and beyond. Powerful courses aligned to provincial math curricula, from Kindergarten through High School, matched with dynamic tools and reporting for teachers. Mathletics supports and caters to each teacher’s unique blend of student-driven learning and teacher-led instruction.”

I was introduced to this resource at the beginning of this term and I have to say I love it!  It does require a subscription; however, there are great free trials for you to play with.  There are interactive activities, visuals and print materials for students to interact with.  It would be great to be used as a math game for guided math or computer centre.

http://ca.mathletics.com/

Shayla