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Educational Technology

Sketchpad Explorer Featured in Mathematics Teacher

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The May issue of Mathematics Teacher (MT) has a Technology Tips article on High-Leverage iPad Apps for the Mathematics Classroom by Ayanna Perry, Emily Thrasher, and HollyLynne Lee of North Carolina State University. They explain how to transfer files to student tablets, and they make a number of recommendations … Continue Reading ››
Educational Technology, Math Software

Learn to Multiply Like No Bunny’s Business

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It started with an unassuming bunny that hopped along a number line. Jump AlongIn 2011, our team at KCP Technologies released Sketchpad Explorer for the iPad, making it possible for teachers and students to interact with desktop Sketchpad models on their iPads. We were thrilled to bring the iPad’s … Continue Reading ››
Common Core, Educational Technology, Geometric Functions, Math Software

Starting with Sketchpad Activities on Day One in High School

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In my previous two posts, I listed some of the new Dynamic Number project activities (for grades 2-5 and grades 5-8) that engage students in manipulating and investigating dynamic mathematical objects from day … Continue Reading ››
Common Core, Educational Technology, Math Software

Starting with Sketchpad Activities on Day One in Grades 5-8

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In the Dynamic Number project, one of our goals has been to create activities in which students actually experience mathematical objects by creating them, manipulating them, and investigating them. (George Lakoff and Rafael Núñez describe, in Where Mathematics Comes From, how students' abstract mathematical concepts are grounded in … Continue Reading ››
Educational Technology

Starting with Sketchpad Activities on Day One in Grades 2-5

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As an 18-year veteran teacher in Philadelphia public schools, my initial reaction when I first saw Sketchpad was “This would have completely changed the way I taught geometry.” I phrase it differently today: “This would have completely changed the way students experience mathematics.” a perspective that differs in two important details. First, I now understand that the … Continue Reading ››
Math Software

What’s up with Key? A Response to Dan Meyer

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The other week Dan Meyer sent out this tweet. While we appreciate the compliment (and the resulting increase in traffic), it's the first part of that sentence … Continue Reading ››