TPT Archives ⋆ R.E.A.L.-World Learners

10 tips for shopping on TPT

Sandra — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 02:32:02 +0000

Here are 10 tips for shopping on TPT and getting the most benefit out of the site. TPT stands for TeachersPayTeachers and is an online marketplace where educators around the world upload high quality resources they've created for use in their own classrooms or homes. These products are great ready-to-go teaching/learning resources for almost any topic you'd ever want to cover. Read more...

The post 10 tips for shopping on TPT appeared first on R.E.A.L.-World Learners.

Invisible World

Sandra — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:33:07 +0000

I’ve learned heaps about Stuff these past few weeks :). But it’s a strange feeling, working in a virtual world. You can spend hours and days immersed in unraveling mysteries and tab-hopping between multiple applications, but at the point when you remember to finally stand up and walk away, you never have anything to show […] Read more...

The post Invisible World appeared first on R.E.A.L.-World Learners.

Digital Marketing OVERWHELM … and my “No More Tears for Math” mission

Sandra — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 05:01:18 +0000

Whenever I hear people talk about how much they hate math or how they just aren't good at it or how their kids are crying every night doing math homework and the whole system of Mathematics is tearing kids down and families apart, it makes me terribly sad. I wish I could jump into every one of those homes and show them how math is really not so scary and even quite lovely if you look at it the right way; I want to help students build a solid framework of understanding by working through authentic, relevant, and interesting learning activities so that they truly own the knowledge they gain. I believe students should be given the opportunity to work through concepts to the point of mastery (not to the point of complete and utter boredom because they're swallowing a one-size-fits-all prescription) and see math not as some painful adolescent ritual but as the language of the universe -- the description of all the patterns and phenomena we see at play in nature and in art and architecture and engineering ... and computer coding and aviation and seafaring and gambling ... to name only a very few aspects of a universe written in the beautifully patterned and predictable* language of math.
Read more...

The post Digital Marketing OVERWHELM … and my “No More Tears for Math” mission appeared first on R.E.A.L.-World Learners.

Newly released: fresh-off-the-press resources to help students understand and enjoy Math

Sandra — Thu, 14 Sep 2017 04:39:42 +0000

... Since I'll be focusing on fundamental math topics rather than any certain textbook, the lesson packs will be designed to supplement any curriculum. They can be used with younger students to help solidify their understanding of math and, hopefully, get them excited about math and confident in their own ability to understand the subject, or they can be used for remediation purposes to help students who may struggle with a certain topic and need a new experience with the ideas. I'm designing them with a view towards easy implementation for parents/tutors/teachers with clear explanations of how to teach concepts in ways that help lead the student to discover how and why things work the way they do. ... Read more...

The post Newly released: fresh-off-the-press resources to help students understand and enjoy Math appeared first on R.E.A.L.-World Learners.