SNApps 4 Kids is a great website for Special Needs Apps....

Click on the link below to see some great Apps for iPads and other devices for Special Needs students and families!!

http://www.snapps4kids.com/

21st Century Teachers.... Check out this blog for some interesting ideas!

We are 11 years past the mark of the 21st Century and if you believe the current news the trends in education are going backwards and not forwards toward more improving the student and the teacher and the educational environment. But when I run across a blog that provides should good insight and gives me hope that those who are "called" to education will in the end prevail.

CLICK HERE to read and watch the videos that Kharbah Med has written and added to his blog.


-Don-

100 Websites from TED Blog...

Even though these were posted in 2007 I have double check the links and found that they are still live.

There are several that are interesting and some that make me curious. So be sure to check them out thoroughly before you pass them on.

CLICK HERE to go to TED Blog 100 Websites.

Brain Breaks are a great idea!!

Blink Brain Break

Tom DeRosa has a blog that is titled "I Want to Teach Forever" He had his readers send in ideas for Brain Breaks. If you haven't checked out his blog please do. It is wonderful. One of the ideas that was sent in was called BLINK. It was submitted by Molly Tanner and I did in class and it is very fun. This brain break takes just 45 seconds to do, and the students love it. Watch the video and you will get a feel for how the students like this one.

Sent in by Molly Tanner
BLINK
1. Stand Up.
2. Blink your left eye and snap your right hand finger and thumb at the same time.
3. Now blink your right eye and snap your left hand finger and thumb at the same time.
4. Go back and forth as fast as you can

Try this and watch the kids have so much fun... then watch how well they work on their assignments after words. 

-Don-

Kinesthetic Math and Flip Video --- what a way to teach Geometry!

Kinesthetic Right Triangle Trig with the Flip Video

I tried to reach my kinesthetic learners with this activity. Basically, the students are laying down on the floor and making right triangles. Then there is some right triangle trigonometry going on. I think it reinforced the SOHCAHTOA concept in a new way.

This is from the blog by Dave Sladke -- 

you can find his full description by clicking HERE!

-don-

Here's a great blog by a High School Math Teacher that provides some unique teaching strategies...

Reflections of a High School Math Teacher

Using Pipe Cleaners for Transformations of Graphs in High School Math Class

I keep trying to find activities for my kinesthetic learners. This activity helped students to actually "DO" the math.

Click on the link above to read Dave's blog on this great teaching strategy!

A great blog on "How Kinesthic Folks Learn Math"

This is  a great blog for helping students that learn kinesthically to enjoy MATH!

http://wildaboutmath.com/2007/11/06/how-kinesthetic-folks-learn-math

Thanks to "Wild About Math" bloggers for great information and great examples!!


_Don_