Mpower.tvo.org

Mpower is a collection of math games that are linked to the Ontario k-6 curriculum expectations which help students to develop math skills in a fun way. The system is ad-free and free to use for Ontario educators and families and it runs on computers, and tablets. I assume it would also work on a phone but didn’t test that. 

TVO mPower’s goals are:

1. To provide Ontario students with opportunities to practice important math skills and to foster positive attitudes towards math by making learning fun and engaging;
2. To show students that math is everywhere by connecting math games to the big ideas in science and social studies; and, 
3. To support students to develop 21st Century Global competencies by integrating skills such as metacognition, problem solving, creativity and citizenship. 

ClassroomQ is a classroom management tool which addresses the issue of kids getting direct help from the teacher during a work period.

URL: https://classroomq.com/

Introduction Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8vXjRgTy0E

YoTeach is a Web site that allows you to create a communications channel that can function in the background during your class or you can use it to surface questions that your students might have.

I also find it interesting that they mention another tool called SpaceBoard which looks like a whiteboard functionality which I would like to investigate further.

URL: https://yoteachapp.com/

Geoguessr is a geographical exploration game. It drops you into a location and you have to explore around until you get clues as to where you are.

URL: https://www.geoguessr.com/

Cost: Free version with limited functionality and a pay account which offers a richer experience. You can also use the paid version once per day for free.

The Great Big Story seems to be a collection of short inspiring stories. These topics could be good starting places for discussions or media comprehension assignments.

https://www.greatbigstory.com/

Allows you or your students to create a 3-d tour. You can provide your own graphics or use existing google images.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2s4rhDbyYo4

https://edu.google.com/products/vr-ar/expeditions/?modal_active=none

Google expeditions is an app that allows kids to go on a virtual field trip. Google has partnered with National Geograhic, American Museum of Natural History and the Guggenheim Museum of Art.

The App provides a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality experience by allowing users to tour different environments.

https://prowritingaid.com/

This tool allows users to upload their written work and have it evaluated. It includes some basic grammar and spelling tools like you'd expect from a word processor but has additional tools as well. I does things like identifying: words used in correctly, overused words, redundant words, and rambling sentences and reports on readability, sentence length, pronouns as well as a number of other factors that influence the quality of your work.

Cost: Free trial version and a pay for use version.

Grade appropriateness: I haven't used this in the field but I'm thinking it's more of a middle and high school tool.

Equity Maps

https://equitymaps.com/

IPhone/IPAD ONLY: Tracking student participation can be hard. This app provides an easy to interact with interface for tracking who in your class is participating. I don't generally recommend anything that is not available on Android but I thought this one was worth a mention.

http://www.agoogleaday.com/ is a fun sight that helps kids to develop searching skills. It poses a question and students need to use their search skills to find the answer. It may be multiple searches to ultimately answer the question. The question are probably appropriate for middle school or higher. 

I won't claim to be an expert on this because information seems a little hard to find but this is what I think it's about.

The Ottawa school board (OCDSB) evaluates all elementary and secondary schools on a set of criteria that identifies some schools as being in need of financial assistance to bring them closer to other schools in other regions of the city. Each school is given a a RAISE score. I couldn't find a range for the scores but they are categorized into 4 categories:

• -1.0 and lower
• -0.99 to 0
• 0 to 0.99
• 1.0 and higher

http://Mpower.tvo.org

Mpower is a collection of math games that are linked to the Ontario k-6 curriculum expectations which help students to develop math skills in a fun way. The system is ad-free and free to use for Ontario educators and families and it runs on computers, and tablets. I assume it would also work on a phone but didn’t test that. 

TVO mPower’s goals are:

1. To provide Ontario students with opportunities to practice important math skills and to foster positive attitudes towards math by making learning fun and engaging;
2. To show students that math is everywhere by connecting math games to the big ideas in science and social studies; and, 
3. To support students to develop 21st Century Global competencies by integrating skills such as metacognition, problem solving, creativity and citizenship. 

MathTV.com is a collection of math tutorial videos organized by topic. It covers topics from K to 12 including calculus. The videos are straight to the point and generally focus on solving specific problems rather than teaching lessons. They follow a consistent style of a teacher at a whiteboard. The quality is good. It doesn't have ties to specific curriculum expectations so you have to have some idea of what you're looking for. 

The advantage of this over youtube is that it is limited to relevant math topics, so the potential for distraction by other videos is eliminated. On the negative side, they don't seem to be as lesson oriented or focused on explaining concepts so it's less instructive.

https://differentiationdaily.com

Introduction

Differentiationdaily.com is the work of Paula Klutch, a teacher and author of 4 books that focus on differentiated instruction (DI) and universal design for learning (UDL). The site is a curated collection of links to materials that are designed for teachers in diverse classrooms. 

https://maths.org

Introduction

maths.org is connected with the UK's Millennium Mathematics Project (MMP) which is a collaboration between the faculties of mathematics and education at the University of Cambridge. It provides the launching point into several other sub-sites and associated sites which provide different resources for teaching and engaging students in mathematics.

Introduction

For teachers who are familiar with Kahoot, the concept of Knowledgehook (knowledgehook.com) will be familiar but it is focussed specifically on Mathematics and has some other functional differences.

There is also a second introductory-type video which I'm unable to embed in this article at: https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/tvdsb-aims-to-improve-math-achievement-with-engaging-gamifying-software-678017853.html

https://jumpmath.org/jump/en/

Introduction

There are many opinions on the way math is taught in schools and many teachers, tutors and parents have reached out for different or supplemental resources to help them take their children's performance in mathematics to a level that will open doors for them in future education and employment. Jump Math is a non-profit organization that has developed curricula and professional development that is intended to increase student success with math.