New Blog post. https://t.co/oexDJndPJv Maths + Coding. @scratch @mraspinall @MrOrr_geek @solvemymaths @mathsjem pic.twitter.com/KiUBULLCzl — Joel Speranza (@JoelBSperanza) April 1, 2016 I woke up this morning to a twitter notification from Joel Speranza. In his tweet he shared a post he had written about a Scratch app that demonstrates binomial probability. Check […]
Edmettle is a project I have been working on for a few months now to support our Learning Skills and Work Habits here in Ontario. There has been a lot of talk around gamification in my world as of late so I thought I would share an example method of gamifying your classroom using Edmettle. […]
In this article we are going to code an app to find the area or circumference of a circle. The focus is grade eight numeracy for Ontario but can easily be adjusted for different shapes and polygons. I have found the retention of the formula is a bi-product of this process. Let us begin with […]
In this article we are going to explore a lesson involving the creation of a student product using Minecraft to demonstrate a growing linear pattern. This lesson is applicable to junior and intermediate grades here in Ontario but we will focus on specific expectations from grade 8. Not only are we covering the expectations below, […]
In this article we are going to demonstrate grade eight mathematics (growing patterns) by using computational thinking to support student learning in the 21st century here in Ontario. It is understood you have some knowlege of block coding (eg: Scratch). To begin, let us take a look at the expectations this task will cover. Overall […]
In this article I want to explore having students use their computational thinking skills to code an app to assist them in making predictions about real-life events while exploring theoretical and experimental probabilities. It is assumed you have some knowledge of block coding (eg: Scratch). Let us look at the expectations for grade 8 math […]
Today we are learning to: identify and extend patterns use algebra to describe pattern rules represent relationships using a table of values Let me introduce our Minecraft project. I cannot take credit for this. Thanks to my grade 8 student Isaac, we have developed a pretty cool “game”. Using Minecraft students are creating and extending […]
For all the kids who grow up in a small town and think they don’t stand a chance. You do. I was once that kid.