The Death of DeltaMath
calarmstrongYes, an overly dramatic headline. If you haven't already tried DeltaMath (www.deltamath.com) it's a web-based math question site that generates a huge variety of questions based on a template. So,…
Quick Poll in Microsoft Teams using the Forms Bot
Cal ArmstrongIn Teams, click on the APPS button in the lower left corner of the Teams App. In the Search Box, type form and a card will show up with FORMS…
Desmos Test Mode in Windows
Desmos, the popular online graphing calculator, has a Test Mode that locks the device into just the graphing calculator (Link: https://www.desmos.com/test-mode) . The challenge is that it's only for Chromebooks…
File Upload in Microsoft Forms
A nice feature now in Microsoft Forms : File Upload!(Remember that all of Office365 -- including Forms and OneNote-- are free to teachers & students)This is a great option for…
Observations & Conversations : Part 1 of many?
I kinda run on some basic principles when using IT -- it's gotta be free, increase teacher efficacy (modulo some smal learning curve), reduce time spent, it's got to digitize…
This is a Test… this is only a test…
This post wouldn't have been possible without Eric in our IT Dept -- he fixed a network setting that prevented us from using TakeATest last year... so a huge shout-out…
Teacher as Student in Anonymous Desmos
I thought that everybody did this! But apparently, not. So this was my XKCD 10,000 moment this week. I happened to tweet the following -- and I think it's my popular…
How do you know you’re right?
So I'm only on the 2nd class of the year in my Grade 10 Math course so far. We start late, and we only see them for 3 hours a…
Differentiation of Product
Now, as a math teacher, "differentiation of product" means something completely different... but for this purpose it means -- don't expect every student to respond to your request for evidence…
Course Evaluations via AI… “I’m sorry Dave. I’m afraid that’s what I think”
So the shape of things to come, I suppose. We just finished up with March Break and we send a Report Card (marks & comments) home with the students as…