The DreamBox Math Learning Blog

The Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA), the state-wide technology association aimed to connect, lead, and inspire tech businesses in Washington, has included DreamBox Learning in its finalists for an Industry Achievement Award (IAA) as Breakthrough Start-up of the Year. Everyone here at DreamBox is excited and feels very honored.

Our Valentine’s math calendar has arrived with math games and holidays your kids are sure to love! Celebrate Clean Out Your Computer Day on February 8th and Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17.

A fascinating recent study claims that if a female elementary teacher is anxious about math, chances are that her female students’ performance would suffer. Note that it doesn’t matter if she’s actually good or bad at math—it’s all about anxiety!
This is interesting not only because 90% of US elementary math teachers are women, but because [...]

The “mathemagician” — professor Arthur Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College— was on Stephen Colbert recently. This guy is so great! Look at his face while he is talking about math. It is enough to be convinced that math is something fun; he brings inspiration while he is talking.
Not only is he absolutely amazing at mental [...]

Highlights from the DreamBox Parent Survey on Math Education
Recently, because we are always interested in parents’ opinions and experiences, we asked parents of DreamBox users how they feel about a number of issues related to their children’s education. We conducted a survey asking about learning activities at home, how math and literacy are taught in [...]

If you were unlucky enough to miss Mickelle Weary’s session at FETC, you missed  a lively discussion about the value of using manipulatives in the classroom.
Mickelle is one of DreamBox Learning’s nationally board certified teachers. She was invited to speak at FETC because, together with the other teachers at DreamBox, she’s been instrumental in developing [...]

FETC has been a whirlwind of fun and learning so far – exactly what DreamBox is all about! We here at Booth 1305 have been busy demonstrating our awesome math games, answering questions on virtual manipulatives, and meeting some of the biggest names in education technology. It’s been a blast!

We’re very excited about being at FETC (Florida Education Technology Conference) in Orlando this week! It’s one of the largest conferences dedicated to educational technology, and we look forward to meeting many teachers, administrators, and technologists.
We’ll be in booth 1305—there will be a lot going on in the booth and we hope you’ll come by, [...]

Goodbye 2009! Ring in the New Year with our new January math activities calendar, and all the wacky holidays and fantastic math activities that come along with it. What are your New Year’s resolutions? Here at DreamBox, we start each year with the goal of making learning math fun and a part of every day [...]

Every year my husband rolls his annual collection of coins and donates the money to charity. Last night he had our 4-year old daughter, Elle, helping him for the first time. He knows (because he’s learned from me!) that rolling coins offers many learning opportunities for children of all ages. With schools closed for winter [...]

At DreamBox we’re capitalizing on school vacation! For two days, we invited DreamBoxers who live near our offices to sit side-by-side with our teachers and developers and be the first to try our newest lessons and games. This is the first major step in testing our new virtual manipulatives developed by DreamBox only for our [...]

Our Dream Big Contest was so much fun, we’re sad to see it end. Even though we were thoroughly entertained by every single video, our panel of independent judges from KidsQuest Children’s Museum had to choose the winners.  Please comment below and congratulate these big winners of the DreamBox “Dream Big” Video Contest! And [...]

Believe it or not, there’s math in the magic of the holidays! On December 24, Santa will put on his hat, hopefully remember his gloves (it’s cold out there) and make a trip around the world. He has to travel to far off lands and be back to the North Pole before Mrs. Claus wakes up. How does he do it? By magic of course!

When we developed DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, our teachers and our software developers collaborated to create online tools that are uniquely suited to teaching math. These virtual tools grew out of the classroom experiences of our board-certified staff teachers, who know that physical manipulatives help students better understand essential math concepts and build knowledge through [...]

FETC lures thousands to over 200 education technology sessions
At DreamBox we’re getting ready for FETC, one of the largest, most successful conferences in the United States devoted to educational technology. Four DreamBoxers are looking forward to handing out squishy brains, tattoos, and lots of candy to those that join us in our booth and play [...]