Archive for the ‘Elementary teachers’ Category
February 19th, 2010
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Teaching Math
As DreamBox Learning’s Director of Marketing Programs to schools I spend most of my days working with school districts, principals, curriculum advisers, math coaches, and classroom teachers who are using DreamBox in their schools and districts. I introduce them to DreamBox Learning, answer their questions about our lessons, program, and curriculum, help them roll out [...]
Tags: K-2 math, Math games, teacher resources
February 1st, 2010
by Slavi in Elementary teachers, Learning Research
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 [...]
Tags: Gender stereotype beliefs, Math Anxiety
January 15th, 2010
by Sue in Educational Software Market, Elementary teachers, Technology
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!
Tags: FETC, FETC 2010, Virtual manipulatives
January 11th, 2010
by Sue in Educational Software Market, Elementary teachers
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, [...]
Tags: FETC, FETC 2010, Virtual manipulatives
December 21st, 2009
by Becca in Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
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 [...]
Tags: DreamBox Teacher Tools, Virtual manipulatives
December 17th, 2009
by Mickelle in Elementary teachers, Math Learning
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 [...]
Tags: FETC, Virtual manipulatives
October 23rd, 2009
by Sue in Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Throughout the development of DreamBox Learning K-2 Math, our teachers and developers collaborated to develop innovative (and in many cases patent-pending) tools that are exactly suited to teaching the early numeracy concepts students need to learn. These virtual manipulatives are web-based tools that help students more easily grasp math concepts in visual terms, and give [...]
Tags: DreamBox Teacher Tools, mathrack, numbergram, tenframe, Virtual manipulatives
October 19th, 2009
by Sue in Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Understanding abstract concepts is crucial to being successful in math, but some ideas are difficult to grasp and sometimes kids struggle to learn them.
Many educators agree that “manipulatives” are among the best math resources for teachers to help students visualize a concept in more concrete terms, and to link new ideas to prior knowledge. Now, [...]
June 30th, 2009
by Becca in Elementary teachers, Math Anxiety, Parent Tips
I am a graduate student, which means that I am constantly searching and researching mathematics education.
Tags: Math Anxiety, parent resources, teacher resources
May 20th, 2009
by Nigel in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, Teaching Math, Technology
The genesis of how DreamBox does assessment, and one of the reasons I am with the company, occurred over 30 years ago when one of my relatives was diagnosed with a learning disability.
This surprised us and shocked his teachers, who considered him to be in the upper middle to top third of the class for math. His test scores consistently supported this. In many areas he was significantly ahead of his peers. Yet a detailed examination with an expert showed that for him division just didn't compute. Put another way, his brain simply wasn't "wired for division".
Tags: Early learning, learning disabilities, Life at DreamBox Learning, Math Learning, teaching kids
April 2nd, 2009
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Life at DreamBox Learning, Online Learning, Teaching Math
This was a very exciting week at DreamBox Learning. When we launched DreamBox K-2 Math we heard from hundreds of kindergarten, first and second grade teachers around the country...
Tags: DreamBox Math Classroom, first grade math, kindergarten math, Math Learning, Online Learning
March 4th, 2009
by Casey in Elementary teachers, Public Education, Teaching Math
I’m a member of a large online community of moms where we often discuss the ups and downs of raising kids in a digital age. Recently another mom posted a question wondering if exposing kids to video games at a young age leaves them ‘no time to think’.
Tags: 1st grade grade math games, DreamBox teacher tips, Math Learning, online math games, video games
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