Presentation highlights the magic of math

Summer math club seeks to help students stay sharp | Presentation highlights the magic of math | Educators learn techniques for hands-on math Created for sittishon.whungsinsujarit.comtit@blogger.com |  Web Version   July 28, 2014 CONNECT WITH SMARTBRIEF        SIGN UP | FORWARD | ARCHIVE | ADVERTISE Teaching & Learning Advertisement Summer math club seeks to help students stay sharp (KatarzynaBialasiewicz) A summer math club at an Ohio elementary school aims to keep students' skills sharp during the summer. Students in the club must log math practice for an hour each week. Students collect prizes donated by the school's parent association for their progress. The Blade (Toledo, Ohio) (7/28) Share:    Presentation highlights the magic of math Students at a Michigan school recently learned math concepts during a special presentation highlighting magic and math. Students learned fractions by dividing imaginary food and geometry by sorting shapes to create the image of a rabbit. Press & Guide (Southgate, Mich.) (7/26) Share:  Other News Educators learn techniques for hands-on math Aiken Standard (S.C.) (7/27) Share:    ADVERTISEMENT   Use these daily warm-ups to build number sense. Go Figure! is a 99-minute PD video that takes you and your staff into three elementary classrooms to see how routines such as "Count Around the Circle" and "Ways to Make a Number" help students internalize and deepen their facility with numbers. Preview 3 video excerpts and download the free viewing guide! Curriculum NYC school develops curriculum using video-game principles Schools increasingly are adopting digital gaming and game-like concepts in the classroom with the expectation that they will make academic lessons more engaging. At New York City's Quest to Learn School, video-game designers and curriculum experts collaborated to design a school and curriculum that "mimics the action and design principles of games by generating a compelling 'need to know' in the classroom." KQED.org/Mind/Shift blog (7/24) Share:  Other News Tutors help Mass. district improve students' math skills MassLive.com (7/25) Share:  Standards PARCC CEO calls tests "a huge game changer" Laura Slover, CEO of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, recently called new math and language arts tests "a huge game changer," while also acknowledging criticism of standardized tests. "The PARCC assessments do not require some separate kind of test prep. ... If teachers teach the content their kids will do fine. It's about good teaching, it's not about drill-and-kill test prep," she said. Chalkbeat/Colorado (7/25) Share:  STEM Google camp for Texas teens promotes tech skills, creativity Teens are using electronics and common objects to create various workable and wearable devices in a Google Maker Camp held at the San Antonio Public Library in Texas. The summer program is sponsored by Google and Make magazine. San Antonio Express-News (7/23) Share:  Policy & Legislation Advertisement 5 years after Race to the Top, how will remaining funds be spent? The federal Race to the Top grant program was launched about five years ago, and this article showcases how much nearly a dozen states have left and what they plan to do with their remaining grants. Among them are Tennessee, which has about $88 million left in funding and plans to spend some on programs in science, technology, engineering and math and teacher development. Education Week (tiered subscription model) (7/24) Share:    ADVERTISEMENT   Our Lady of the Lake University's online MEdSC OLLU's online MEd in School Counseling is designed to help you gain the skills needed to be an effective and influential school counselor at the primary and secondary levels. Graduate ready to meet the needs of today's diverse student populations and become a leader within your school. Counselors-in-Training at OLLU will learn industry best practices. 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