History – Jon Oaks

Games, Activities, and Useful Web Tools.

By Jon OaksMar 10, 2011

Here's a rundown of some of the games and activities that I've recently used in the classroom, along with various other useful links that I can see being applicable to learning and education. 1. Ed On Your Own Crossword Puzzles - This particular link from Ed on Your Own has a list of free printable math crossword puzzles for the classroom. Recently I used the One Step Equation Crossword Puzzle and the Two Step Equation Crossword Puzzle with my students. Even the students who were not doing so well with solving equations seem to be doing significantly better after doing these…

UncategorizedActivity, Cell Phone, Desktop Sharing, Equations, Finance, Games, History, I Have Who Has, Integers, Links, Measurement, Proportion, QR Codes, Ratio, Video, Wolfram|Alpha, Worksheets

Links from the Week – including a LCM/GCF Competition-Style Idea

By Jon OaksFeb 06, 2011

Sometimes I wonder how many people actually find this more annoying than useful. 1. Maple Worksheets for Calculus - In addition to the Applets which I previously posted about, there St. Louis University also has a series of Maple Worksheets for Calculus that could prove to be useful. That is, if Maple is your thing. 2. How Much Does It Cost to Go to the SuperBowl and The History of the SuperBowl are potentially two useful Infographics for about this time of year that could provide for some discussion on Sports Statistics, etc. Although, I mainly just thought they were incredibly…

UncategorizedActivity, Calculator, Calculus, Clock, Desktop Sharing, Games, GCF, History, Infographics, LCM, Online, Statistics, Video, Wolfram|Alpha

Twitter Link Round-Up

By Jon OaksFeb 03, 2011

Here's a recap of the links that I've posted on Twitter over the past week or so: 1. A friend told me that she used this Divisibility Rocks game from over at The Utah Education Network with her Developmental Math students and that it worked really well. It turns out that they have plenty of other great lesson plans as well. 2. Z-Type is a very intense typing game. It turns out that as a Math Instructor, I do have to teach typing, computer, and writing skills as well. For example: One student told me just today that he couldn't write…

UncategorizedActivity, Games, History, Inspiration, Links, Mindmapping, Multiplication, Twitter, Video, Vocabulary