Last Friday Math lasted for 2 hours...That's right, 2 whole hours...
& it was magical.
This magic was all due to a free little app called, Educreations.
I tried to end math 3 times Friday afternoon....but it would not have been in the best interest of the students. They were too deeply engaged at multiple levels of Bloom's Taxonomy to stop. Finally, after 120 minutes straight of non-stop math engagement, I forcibly had to end math...and wailing ensued!
SO...WHAT WERE WE DOING??
During math, we engaged in a culminating activity demonstrating concept, skill, and strategy mastery using the iPad app, Educreations. Students were to work out complex fraction addition problems that required equalizing denominators, adding the fractions, and reducing to absolute lowest form.
Such in-depth, thorough explanations show that not only does the student know how to do the complex problems, but he/she also understands WHY each step is completed. Even better, IF a student makes a mistake in the process of the problem, re-watching the recording helps the student, myself, and/or peers catch the error the moment it occurs and then see how that {often} simple error has a ripple effect on the rest of the problem steps.
These activities require multiple levels of thinking on Bloom's Taxonomy and I am very proud of each student's work! Look for an email with links to your child's Educreations recordings in the near future. You may also download the FREE APP, have your child log into our account, and show you their recordings. Some students are still working on these, and links will be sent upon finishing. I hope you will check them out and praise your child for this exemplar work.