Archive for the ‘Teaching Math’ Category
January 6th, 2012
by Tim Hudson in adaptive learning, Online Learning, Teaching Math, Technology
The Power of Technology to Reach All Students
The most challenging aspect of teaching involves reaching all learners. In a given classroom of 20, 30, 40 or more students, I want and need to know what each student is thinking at every moment in order to be the best teacher possible. Yet with all that teachers are expected to do on a given [...]
September 7th, 2011
by Blue in adaptive learning, Math in Real Life, Math Learning, Parent Tips, Parenting, Teaching Math, Uncategorized
Confessions of a DreamBox Parent
When I received that first email from DreamBox, I couldn’t believe my eyes. What an outstanding surprise! All my prayers had been answered. It was like manna from the heavens. My wishes had come true. Well, that might be an exaggeration, but let me tell you, I sure was excited. If you’re anything like me, [...]
September 6th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Small Gems
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. One of the best things about going to workshops is the unexpected “aha” moments that aren’t on the agenda. They are [...]
August 23rd, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: NCTM PD
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Looking for ways to advance your mathematical understanding and teaching skills this upcoming year? Don’t overlook the National Council of Teachers [...]
August 16th, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: The Important Thing About…
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. Use the book The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown (Harper Collins Publishers, 1949) to create math poetry. Use the words [...]
August 15th, 2011
by Neal M in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, K-2 Curriculum, Math Learning, Teaching Math
Face Value or Place Value?
Throughout my teaching career, I’ve found that an understanding of place value is often at the root of a student’s struggle with math. Some researchers say we introduce place value too soon, others say we don’t do it soon enough. The Common Core Math Standards tell us to begin place value instruction as early as Kindergarten [...]
May 17th, 2011
by Lisa W in Elementary teachers, Math in Real Life, Teaching Math, Technology
Tuesday Teacher Tips: Using Webcams in Classroom Learning
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. I was recently talking to a good friend, Dana, who teaches 1st grade. She was excited about the authentic learning that [...]
March 31st, 2011
by Tracy H in Learning Research, Life at DreamBox Learning, Teaching Math
DreamBox Webinar with Dr. Margaret Jorgensen on Formative Instruction
The need to learn from the practices of highly effective teachers to help more students excel is one of the great challenges elementary educators face. Research has shown the effectiveness of formative assessment and formative instructional practices – it’s through this research that providing differentiated instruction has become the expectation in classrooms. Webinar: “How Formative [...]
March 27th, 2011
by Sue in adaptive learning, Teaching Math
Join Us for a Presentation on Pressing Educator Challenges: at ASCD, Booth 2311
If you’re in San Francisco for the ASCD 2011 Annual Conference, we hope you’ll join DreamBox Learning in booth 2311 for a daily schedule of presentations on some of today’s most pressing educator challenges: 10:00 am: Finding Funding for Instructional Technology 11:00 am: Leveraging Real-Time Reporting for Insight Into Math Proficiency 12:00 pm: Achieving Better, [...]
March 1st, 2011
by Lisa W in Classroom tips and tools, Elementary teachers, Teaching Math
Tuesday Teacher Tips: We Love to Read—About Math!
Welcome to the Tuesday Teacher Tips series! Each week we’ll highlight teaching and learning resources, ideas to use in the classroom, as well as things to ponder as you go about your teaching day. In honor of NEA’s Read Across America Day on March 2nd, we’d like to highlight past blogs about math literature that [...]
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