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Non-Apologetic Promotion of Twitter

Update: 50+ Twitter Links, including a Prezi about Twitter in Education. There have been at least 3 times in the last week when I have showed a colleague this website and have gotten a surprised look of, “Where did you get all of these ideas?” When I tell people that Twitter feeds a majority of…

Create Your Own Math Games using Sharendipty???

This a cool math game for ordering decimals that I found over at Sharendipity. I hope to make some of my own soon in my spare time (hahaha)! http://games.sharendipity.com/swf/player.swf?aid=1969

Math Games for Integers, Multiplication, and Combining Like Terms

I have some slightly under-prepared students semester, so I suggested to them that they should try to work on their basic skills outside of class. However, this requires me to provide some recommended resources to them, and these are what I have discovered: Multiplication Factoris – Tetris-style game for multiplication facts. Penguin Jump – Fun Multiplication Game that can…

Some Awesome Math-Related Prezi’s!

Believe it or not, I was searching for Prezi’s about Fractions, and I found one here: http://www.diigo.com/list/aadavis/prezi-examples. You should definitely head on over there and check out all of them! http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf Fractions, Decimals, and Percents on Prezi

Poster Presentation Tips

Here are few links I have gathered for those planning to make a poster presentation, or who wish to pass these tips onto your students. This is a skill that has not come easy to me as I am colorblind. =D Scientific Literature and Writing: Poster Presentations Creating Effective Posters: An Effective Poster Advice on…

Miscellaneous Links

After a recent afternoon meeting about statistics, I needed to find a few old links that I had buried away. Well, here are a few odds and ends I found while looking: 1. Virtual Math Lab at Texas A&M – This is a very good resource for College Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, and Beginning Algebra. When I…