One of the many challenges with remote instruction is finding a way for teachers to see the mathematical thinking of their students. A common workaround is for students to do their work on paper and then upload a photo of it. Unfortunately, this often results in a lousy picture in which the math is illegible. […]
A colleague wanted support from me in finding a method for doing a daily Entrance Ticket (basically a warm-up problem) that is easy to do. She said the method had to be easy to do, otherwise it is not sustainable and wouldn’t become part of her teaching DNA. We settled on using Desmos, since she […]
November 17, 2020
Number Talks are an incredibly important routine for helping students develop the conceptual and procedural fluency they need. How might we do Number Talks during remote instruction? I’ve seen teachers create a lot of great solutions that range from high-tech to very low-tech or even NO tech! A common no/low tech solution is to simply […]
Jamboard is one of my favorite tools for teaching mathematics…especially when it comes to distance learning. I will often use three or four Jamboards throughout the math lesson I am teaching. My instructional flow goes something like this: Teach a small concept Collaborate Share a Jamboard with ten identical slides (because I will have 10 […]
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