Ms.+Layton

This is were I will be posting our progress and accomplishments throughout the 2012-2013 school year.
September: The end of summer is here!! The students start this week and by the end of next week will all be recieving their ipads!! I am very excited to get started and try some of the awesome things I learned from our training this summer. I have some great ideas to get us started this year, but what I am most excited about is to see what ideas the students come up with on their own. It is exciting to be able to give them the chance to come up with their own projects based on the material we are covering in class. I know that this tool will get the students excited about math and engaged in all of their classes. I cannot wait to get started!

October: We are well into the first marking period and rolling right along with using the iPad. We have been using the notability app to take our notes and for homework assignments. We have also used Edmodo to take quizzes. This month the students have been learning all about prime and composite numbers, as well as multiples and factors. The students were asked to pick a number and tell me all about their number using all the terminology they learned. They were given the choice of how they wanted to present this information. They used either iMovie or Keynote. Here are some of the projects:

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November: This month the students are learning about fractions, decimals, and percents and how to convert between all forms. We have used ixl.com on our ipads for extra practice. The students have also found some really cool games to sharpen their skills during down time in class. They are working on a project and it will be posted in a few weeks!