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Thinking about my first experience with technology
I am currently working on my Masters degree in Educational Technology and as part of my current course we are to create an e-folio for keeping track of our observation. One of our first assignments was...
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Automaticity in programming and math
I've been learning how to program for a long time, a task that has much in common with mathematics. Both programming and mathematics involve being able to solve problems. Some of the problems in...
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Yesterday, our learning specialist for science, Ana, read an article about how games are used to help simulate the spread of disease. She suggested that we could turn this into a collaboration between...
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Logo(ish) programming in the browser
I found out through Reddit about a new visual programming language that runs in the browser called Blockly. The system looked pretty good, but wasn't quite right for my students. Fortunately the...
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Programming for kids
I was recently asked about some programming environments I've used with students, and I thought I might as well compile a list of them, as well as some environments I've considered using.Younger...
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Applying Math in Programming
The purpose of this post is to show an example of using math in the context of programming. I've written the post as I created the project, to try and outline my thinking during this process as much as...
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Learning Math Through Programming
My previous article focused on using programming as an example of applying math one already knows to a different context. The purpose of this article is to describe how one could, through programming,...
View ArticleWays to use technology in math class
Here are some ways you can use technology in your math class which are more interesting and innovative than using an interactive white board or having students watch instructional videos. Note that...
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