We know that amazing things are happening in our math classrooms. Majority of our students are achieving their math goals and making great progress compared to where they started; eventually they will all be math literate and college ready.

Although there are various factors that help build this quality and academic culture, our teachers remain at the core. Their passion for teaching, commitment and dedication allow our students and schools to shine.

Now, in an effort to put all of these great work together, we  need your help.

We ask you to send your “Classroom moment” in the format of picture, video (preferred), etc., that captures samples of using math in the real world.  Here are some ideas:

• Using math hands on materials
• Common core math class best practice
• Math project presented by your students
• Real life applications/connections of math or technology you have implemented
• Using digital textbook/resources, etc.

We will post these pictures or videos on our website and share with your colleagues. This will exemplify another version of collaboration, as we share experiences on the road to preparing our students for more competitive global workforce and equip them with the most needed math skills for 21st century.

Every month, two best “Classroom moments such as math project, common core practice, real life connection/application, etc.” will be awarded with $50 gift cards. These classroom moments will be published in CS academic newsletter and CS Math website. You can share as many stories as you want. Links, resources and hand-outs are welcome.

One of the hardest thing with using the iPad in the classroom is finding the time to go through all of the apps in the iTunes Store listed under the education banner. Here is a list some of the apps  under each of the Key Learning Areas.

In partnership with the nation’s leading educators, ACT’s research and development teams designed QualityCore® to raise the quality and intensity of high school core courses.

Instead of a specialized, limited curriculum, QualityCore offers five flexible components to improve and align your current high school curriculum and instructional materials.

Over 240 students came out for the 5th Concept Schools Math Olympics. It was a great success thanks to all the teachers and students who worked so hard. We felt very sorry for our Springfield Horizon, Toledo Downtown and Toledo High School Math Olympics students who could not participate this event since their charter bus broke down at the last minute before their departure.

We hope everyone enjoyed the campus venue, food, Game 24 and the competition. Great job to all! We also appreciate all the teachers who assisted with the event especially administering the test and coordinating the cafeteria.

We encourage all of you to send us your honest feedback-either by sending e mail or posting your comments under Forum section(under Community Tab) in Atlas – things you like, don’t like, wish you could change,etc., so we can improve the event and deliver the best experience you all deserve for next year.

http://conceptschools.rubiconatlas.org/Atlas/Communities/View/Forums

Thank you all the coaches, teachers, and parents, chaperons for being a part of this annual event and of course students for participatin

Below is the distribution of awards for the 5th Concept Schools Math Olympics held last Saturday at Loyola University, Chicago.

http://illuminations.nctm.org/ActivitySearch.aspx

A free resource from Wolfram Research built with Mathematica Technology.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/search.php?terms=math+videos&media=video

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