Math Phrases + ColorNote Phone App + Email + Printer
= Scavenger Hunt = Active Learning!
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| The math phrases sliced and ready to be picked! |
I walked into my Prealgebra class the other day and asked, "How about doing something different today?!" There was a collective moan. "You get to leave the claaaaassroooooom!" Then there was a collective cheer.
Earlier that morning, I brainstormed about the math concepts that my Prealgebra students should know (or they were welcome to Google any unknown terms). I then entered the math phrases into my phone's ColorNote app using the Checklist function. Using the "share" feature of the app, I emailed the list to my school email account, enlarged the font, then within minutes I was cutting them into strips. I asked my students to group themselves into 3-4 per group as long as at least one person had a phone that could take and send pictures. Students chose five strips per group, left to find their math concepts somewhere on campus "in the real world" and take a picture of them. What a fun way to support active and collaborative learning! I then added one other free technological feature: I shared my Google number with the class so they could text me their pictures if they could. Within 10 minutes, I was receiving pictures. Awesome!
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| "Sphere" toys at our college bookstore |
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| 3 "rectangle" windows of our bookstore |
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| Example of "percent increase" at Student Services |
