Free Maths Worksheets for Teachers

Math Aids is undoubtedly a treasure trove of free dynamically created math worksheets. It features more than 895 unique worksheets for all grades from kindergarten to grade 12. These worksheets are organized into 74 math topics all of which are accessible through the left hand column.

Math Aids is free to use and does not require any sign-up. Just head over to its main page and sift through the topics listed on the left. Each of these topics features a wide variety of worksheets. The great thing about these worksheets is that they come in a format that allows you to customize them on site by adding text, changing values..etc to suit your specific teaching needs. After you finisih customizing your worksheets you can then print or download  the PDF version which usually includes answer keys.

Math Aids does not only provide you with ready made high quality math worksheets but also allows you to create your own worksheets to use with you students. If you are a math teacher, a parent or home schooler interested in measuring your learners mastery of basic math skills or giving them extra practice, then Math Aid is definitely a must have.

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Powerful Antidote for Students

I was fortunate to teach in a 1:1 laptop classroom for seven years. In my classes, students took daily notes on computers, did research, wrote essays, created various multimedia publications, and worked on collaborative projects.

Yet I knew that if I wasn’t watching their screens, my students would at some point be doing something they were not supposed to be doing. So, while I was thrilled with the tremendous educational content available to my students, I was concerned with the less-than-desirable elements pervasive on the Internet. Today, I stroll through many schools that are using technology extensively, and invariably I see students using computers for Facebook, IM, playing games, checking sports scores, and all manner of other “evil” things. (BTW, this is as true in middle school classrooms as it is in graduate schools.)

Many teachers I encounter have decided that they need to crack down on — if not entirely eradicate — screen distractions in their classrooms. (A minority of teachers accept it as a form of 21st century doodling.) So, I regularly get questions from teachers asking if they can lock students into apps (yes, that’s possible) or watch student laptop screens remotely (yes, that’s possible, too).

Yet, I rarely indulge in discussions of “Big Brother” tools and strategies. Instead, I ask teachers to consider the most important truism regarding screen distractions:

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Learning Trends

Blended learning can tick a lot of boxes for a lot of different teachers who teach in potentially quite different scenarios. From 1:1 classrooms and schools with plenty of iPads to BYOD classes filled with different types (and amounts) of technology, blended learning can help nearly every teacher make learning more personalized and more interesting for their students.  Implementing a blended learning program in your classroom can be a great way to put the technology tools you have – whatever they may be – to use. The handy infographic below takes a look at 10 blended learning trends that are showing up in today’s classrooms. Keep reading to learn more!

10 Blended Learning Trends

1. The student-centered learning experience – focus on the students rather than on the teacher offers a more inquiry driven and experiential learning experience
2. Soaring numbers of digital learners – the number of students participating in classroom-only education is shrinking (albeit slowly) while the number of students participating in some type of online learning is steadily growing (despite making up a much smaller percentage of students)
3. Building higher order thinking skills – students are required to look at information more critically rather than just trying to memorize what is presented to them in class
4. Realizing benefits for both teachers and students – this approach benefits not only the students, but teachers too!
5. A framework for data-driven decision making in education – a blended approach offers more data and information for teachers, administrators, and parents to make more informed decisions
6. A personalized learning approach – by a lean, blended and interactive approach
7. Productive gamification – bringing students to deeper learning
8. The mobile world is where learners live now – more so for personal than school use
9. Students have personal access to mobile devices – smartphones, tablets, laptops and digital reading devices trump desktops
10. The need for more broadband – 72% of schools in the US lack the broadband access they need to support digital learning

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Traditional Vs Modern Learning

As I argued yesterday in a post entitled "Mobile Learning Explained Visually", the impact of emerging technologies is transforming those key traditional conceptions that have accompanied education since the dawn of time. In the span of one single decade, we witnessed the birth of dozens of new learning theories (some of which are old wine in new bottles) and the emergence of new forms of learning that are grounded in the social capital afforded by the net. With these new changes comes a new conceptualization of teaching methodologies, ones that can better live up to the expectations of today's learners. One of the areas where you can really notice the transformative impact of technology on education is in the new learning environments that are being designed or reshaped to accommodate the ethos of the emerging technologies.

Here is an awesome chart from ISTE that  outlines the characteristics of these new learning environments. Have a look and let us know what you think of it. Enjoy

Source: 21C Vision

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Science of Study

The study of the mind has intrigued generations of researchers from the scientific community.Bu not until the last two decades of the 20th century that cognitive science made some formidable breakthroughs in areas related to the   understanding of how the human brain process information and deals with the everyday learning. Some examples of the insights uncovered through rigorous cognitive studies are included in this wonderful visual entitled "The Science of Study".

The Science of Study takes an inside look at how our brains function when assimilating information and explores the different relations between our study and sleep habits   and our brain productivity. Here are a few of the interesting ideas covered in this visual:

• Multiple experiments have shown that staying up late can often be counterproductive. A Harvard study found fatigue negatively affects the cortex, which stores information in the brain.
• Cramming often prove effective in the very short time, but those gains tend to vanish as time passes. We perform better when study sessions are spaced out over longer periods of time rather than packed into one sitting.
• Our brain has over 90.000 miles of fibers which allow us to process information in fractions of seconds.

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Professional Development Tips For Schools Going

By Albert Galeas

As our 1:1 initiative moves forward, I see that there are three kinds of teachers that are part of the process:

1. The teachers who are ready for change (!!)

2. The teachers who are willing to change

3. The teachers who just want to get by

I wish someone would have told me about this! But, I’m glad I had the chance to be a teacher before becoming an Instructional Technologist. That background has led me to approach the teachers as students first & teachers second. I pondered and pondered how 1:1 should be implemented (after I had also read some literature on it). I came up with the idea that because I target three different groups of teachers, my sessions need to be differentiated to meet their needs.

So, here are my recommendations for implementing 1:1 from a professional developmentstandpoint:

1. Create a self-paced online course

Make sure that it utilizes the LMS that will become the avenue of classroom instruction. This will help the teachers learn on their own pace because we all know they are busy people! Editor’s Note: Here are some options for online courses that might help: GEDB Courses, Udemy, Intel Teach Elements, and PBS TeacherLine

2. Create one-on-one sessions

This is where teachers can get their concerns out (their voice matters), have more of a hands on approach to the products being implemented differentiated at different levels (beginners, intermediate, and advanced).

3. Create whole group sessions

These will be to target teachers at the beginner, intermediate & advanced levels. This will also give them a chance to share ideas on classroom instructional methods that can be used!

From the Instructional Technologist point of view, this approach is a lot of work, but the benefits outweigh the (effort) cost. All three groups are taken care of and will be ready when the time comes. In addition, our 1:1 is focused around Chromebooks & Schoology; therefore, the professional development revolves around learning the ecosystems of both products and instructional methods. Remember, without supporting the teachers, our efforts to go 1:1 can quickly fail.

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How Digital Learning Devices Are Being Used In Education

By Katie Lepi

Classrooms going digital bring both the good and the bad. Smaller mounds of paperwork and easy document storage (no more ‘dog ate my homework!’ or equally ridiculous excuses) fall on the good side of things. The necessity of teaching things like digital citizenship, the plethora of distractions online or the expense of digital devices might fall on the other side of things. But all of this is moot if your students don’t have access to the digital devices you’d like to employ in your classroom.

The handy infographic below takes a look at the current state of access, and some examples of different options to improve access. Which model does your school use? Do you think it was/is the right choice? Weigh in by leaving a comment below, mentioning @Edudemic on Twitter or leaving your thoughts on our Facebook page.

Student Access to Digital Learning Devices

The quality of devices at schools is uneven and insufficient for today’s learning needs. Devices need to support high quality multimedia content, personalized online learning, and next generation assessments

At home and at work, access to a variety of devices varies. On the upper end, 88% of Americans have a personal cell phone. On the lower end, only 29% have an e-reader, and 57% have a laptop.

When you start talking about schools, 80% of schools say their broadband access is inadequate for what they want to do with it. Even worse, the ratio of students to computers with internet access in schools is 3:1. 

Three different models are being used to fund better access for students: The state/district model, the parent pay model, and a mixed model.

In the state/district model, the state, district (or school, in cases of private schools) pay for the technology.

In the parent pay model, parents either buy or lease the technology (and are required to).

In the mixed model, a combination of state funding, parent spending, and BYOD policies to get students the technology.

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Ways To Use Google Tools To Maximize Learning

By Katie Lepi

There are a boatload of awesome Google tools that we use every day. And they’re free, too, which tends to be a big winner for teachers and students. Free is probably the number one reason for giving Google’s tools a try – you haven’t lost anything but a bit of time if you decide you don’t like the tool.

All of the tools also integrate well with one another, have similar user interfaces, and are pretty darned easy to use, so if you can use one, you’re sure to feel right at home using many of the other tools, too. While Google’s search may be their ubiquitous tool, there are a lot of others that you may have not heard about yet.

Keep reading to learn about the tools and some ideas to use them in your classroom.

Voice Comments

For use within Google Drive documents, you can now record audio comments and share them with other users. Teachers can record comments to share with students regarding their work, students can share audio comments for peer reviews, and in the professional development arena, teachers can collaborate on documents with an more in depth explanation when necessary. Audio comments can allow the reader/listener to understand intonation and other things that are sometimes lost in written conversation.

Write Space

Write Space is an installable extension for Google Chrome and derived web-browsers. It is a minimalist, full-screen text-editor that aims to be simple and distraction-free, yet customizable to suit the user’s preferences. This is one of those great tools for those who need a digital environment free of the distractions typical of the web (click click click click – wait, what was I doing, again?)  Simple to use, free, and your work saves regularly with an autosave function to your local hard drive. This one would admittedly be better if it could automatically sync with your Google Docs so that you wouldn’t have to manually save them there to access your work from anywhere, but maybe that is in the pipeline.

Research Tool

Research tool is a function designed to make it easy to add information from the web to your documents and presentations (in Drive). Basically, it adds a search bar into the sidebar of your document, and you can use it to search the web for specific types of information related to what you’re working on. It even offers suggestions based on what you’re writing about (or you can perform your own search, too). A preview function allows you to preview search results, you can easily insert information (clippings, images, etc) right into your document, and it also offers a “cite” function so that you don’t lazily “forget” where you got your information from. A great resource for students writing papers.

Forms

Google Forms allows users to create surveys. Whether your students are doing research projects or you’re polling the students in your class for assessment, as a collective brainstorming tool or just for fun, it is simple to use and allows easy export of your data to spreadsheets for your analyzing and calculating pleasure.

Moderator

Google Moderator allows users to create a meaningful conversation from many different people’s questions, ideas, and suggestions. A user can ask a series of questions (specific or open ended) and allow other users (anyone) to respond to the questions, ask follow up questions, or contribute an anecdote or opinion to the discussion. You can create your own questions, allow users to answer via YouTube video, vote on the questions, and more. It could be a great tool for student projects that require qualitative data or opinion polls, for asking other teachers questions about professional development/ experiences with technology, etc, or for non-academic school and district wide discussions. As an example, the moderator function was used during the last presidential elections. 20,441 people submitted, 3,076 questions and cast 321,432 votes – that’s a big dialogue happening!

Image Directory

Google’s Image search is awesome. If you’re looking for a picture, piece of art, or something else similar to something you see, you can upload/take a photo and search via that, rather than typing in a silly description “photo of a girl playing in grass”. This is exceptional for when you’re looking for something really specific that you don’t know the name of, or you’d have to make a really long-winded description with words to find it.

Templates

Google Templates has a whole section devoted to students and teachers, housing a ton of templates for syllabi, schedules, rubrics, lesson plans, presentations, and more.  You can share your own templates for these things and more, and leverage the existing content if you’re short on time or creativity.

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