July 12th, 2010
I’m in Boston for this year’s BLC 10, which is Alan November’s Building Learning Communities conference.
This is always the greatest conference. This year, I am co-presenting with one of my former students “Jerry”. We will be discussing and demonstrating our “Kids Teaching Kids” classroom model and student screencasting.
Our sessions:
Wed, July 14th, at 11:45 am – 1:00 pm (Room: Statler)
Thu, July 15th, at 11:30 am – 12:45 pm (Room: Terrace)
See you at our sessions. In the meantime, check out our iTunes Podcast or Mathtrain.TV.
Tags: Alan November, BLC10, Boston, jerry, kids, Kids Teaching Kids, novemberlearning, screencasting
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June 24th, 2010
Just a few days away from the ISTE 2010 Conference in Denver, CO. Come see student “Bob” and me present in the TechSmith booth as well as a formal session on Wednesday!
Please come visit us in the TechSmith booth! We don’t work for TechSmith, but they were once again so kind in sponsoring our trip and presentation. Sadly, our school district and school has never assisted us when we go present our student work. But thankfully, TechSmith understands. They paid for us to fly out and stay in Denver to participate in the conference.
Here’s the scoop:
ISTE 2010 Conference, Denver, CO
Wednesday, 06/30/10
1:30PM – 2:30PM
Room 504 (CCC)
Formal Session/Lecture
Sponsored by TechSmith
This session focuses on the positive effects of adopting a collaborative “kids teaching kids” model via student-created screencasts. This collaborative model helped spark student interest and enthusiasm inside and outside of the classroom. Our student-created screencast lessons (also known as mathcasts) have reached a global audience thanks to Alan November, our free Mathtrain.TV web site and our iTunes Podcast.
Actual student-created screencasts will be shown. Attendees will also learn how to create their own screencasts and watch a live student demonstration of the process.
Student, “Bob”, will be co-presenting.
Tags: bob, camtasia, Denver, eric, ISTE, ISTE10, ISTE2010, jing, kids, marcos, math, mathtrain, presentation, screencasts, student, techsmith
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June 13th, 2010
Student Screencasting Summer Tour 2010.
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Tags: Alan November, BLC, BLC10, conference, ISTE, mathtrain, screencasting, student, summer, tour
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May 25th, 2010
Greek and Latin roots of some mathematical terms.
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Tags: Greek, Latin, lincoln, math, mathematical, mathtrain.tv, roots, teacher, terms
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May 24th, 2010
I really liked the NBC show, Chuck! I hope it returns next season!
Tags: chuck, Comedy, NBC, Spy, TV
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May 22nd, 2010
“Angle Measures in Triangles”.
Here is a fast video showing how one can “see” the angle measures in a triangle.
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Tags: angle, geometry, lincoln, math, math video, mathtrain, measure, teacher, triangle
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May 13th, 2010
In this episode, we explore how to find the area of a figure.
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Tags: 2D, area, geometry, Lincoln Middle School, math, mathtrain.tv, missing, mr. marcos, teacher
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May 11th, 2010
Here, we learn how to find the area of a composite figure.
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Tags: area, composite, figure, Lincoln Middle School, marcos, mathtrain.tv, rectangle, triangle
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April 20th, 2010
6th grader, “Kat”, shows us how to find missing angle measures.
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Tags: angle, geometry, Kat, Lincoln Middle School, mathtrain.tv, measure, student
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April 10th, 2010
I’m liking my iPad. I’m impressed by the iWork’s Apps.
Here is an example I created using my fingers on my iPad and the Pages app.


Tags: App, example, fingers, iPad, iWorks, marcos, Pages
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April 7th, 2010
In 3D, another World’s First! Yes, it’s another boring “unboxing” of the iPad. But we tried to make it just a bit more interesting by bringing it to you in 3D.
I think the beginning effects look the most promising. We’ll keep experimenting with the 3D webcam.
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Tags: 3D, iPad, mathtrain.tv, teacher, unboxing, world's first
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March 6th, 2010
Sixth Grade students “Matthew”, “Nathan” & “Harry” make their debut showing us how to solve a simple interest problem.
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Tags: interest, lincoln, mathtrain.tv, principal, rate, simple interest, student, student-created, time
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