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Digital Resources for Math Instruction:
Digital Resources for Math Instruction:
Students are into video games. They don’t want to sit still and go through the passive choreography of a cookie-cutter lesson, followed by an “are they still all on the same page” assessment.
Where teachers are coming from:
Where teachers are coming from:
Teachers want their students to learn math...not how to "game the system." When they ask their students to "show their work," it's to prove the student understands what they just did. However: Apps like PhotoMath ands Google's Scholarly can find not only the answer, but all of the steps it took to get there! Having students "show their work" is no longer proof they did all the work themselves.
Prodigy Math gamifies skill practice
A teacher creates an account and a class. Students join the class and a teacher or parent can track their child’s progress. Equity issue: there are ads for premium and extra access that make the “playing field” less fair for students whose parents didn’t buy premium access. But, for tricking young kids into having fun with math - it succeeds!
Meet them where they are with IXL:
Meet them where they are with IXL:
IXL is adaptive platform with real-time diagnostic capabilities
IXL is adaptive platform with real-time diagnostic capabilities
Below each IXL activity, background information is offered, giving the student a choice to experience more context if they feel unready for the task: “Not feeling ready yet? These can help!” IXL's teacher and administrator dashboards track student analytics as they work through IXL's extensive skill practice.
Warning: the licensing fees for teachers and school sites are not cheap; but IXL interacts with most major online curriculum, such as Aztec Schools' recently adopted: enVision math by SAVVAS.
The OG of personalized learning platforms is looking to your students' future.
The OG of personalized learning platforms is looking to your students' future.
Originally Khan Academy was completely student centered. As the teacher dashboard was developed, so was the possibility for teacher mis-use.*️⃣ Teachers that endeavor to keep all their students on the same “grade level” would be missing out on the benefits of Khan Academy’s offerings - so take advantage of the differentiation Khan Academy empowers! They will need your (or their school counselor's) help to get started on the pathway for a successful SAT score in math. Once a high school student has received their PSAT scores, they can activate a connection between that assessment’s results and Khan Academy. This will provide an individualized baseline where each of your students actually ARE (well…were). Though this assessment is not as “real time” as IXL above, it is a starting point for the individual student and it informs the Khan Academy platform to prescribe work that constitutes free and individualized SAT prep. The SAT is now not just a college entrance exam. Many states (NM included) use the SAT for a high school graduation requirement.
*️⃣ Jeff Lisciandrello, in his website "Room to Discover," reviews his Top 4 Math Sites for Adaptive Learning, and notes that a teacher can take Khan Academy's "powerful tool for differentiation, and turn it into a digital worksheet" by repeated manual assignment of the same problem sets to all their students."
Lisciandrello, J. (2021, June 1). The top 4 math sites for Adaptive Learning. Room to Discover. https://roomtodiscover.com/adaptive-learning/?swcfpc=1
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