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Cashtivity – Free Real World Math Challenges

Byryan July 25, 2016July 24, 2016

A growth mindset for math success starts here. Discover how real world project-based challenges inspire students to exceed their learning goals. Start for free!

Source: Cashtivity – Free Real World Math Challenges

Cashivity allows teachers to set up specific challenges that their students will need to solve, learning how to use math in real world experiences at the same time. The website is geared toward 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students. Accounts can be created from Google or Microsoft 365 accounts, so student sign-in does not require the creation of yet another username and password.

The website is currently free, although there are plans for premium features in the future.

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Have web pages read to you with per.quest

Byryan August 26, 2021August 26, 2021

Source: per.quest | Play an Article Here’s a neat little site. After you give the site the address of a web page, you can either listen to the page content or listen while reading the page. Unfortunately, the site doesn’t highlight the text as it reads, but it works pretty well. No accounts are needed…

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Wikitrivia is a fun history timeline game

Byryan February 1, 2022February 1, 2022

Source: Wikitrivia Wikitrivia is a fun history timeline game. It starts with one card and shows you another card. You drag the card and place it where you think it goes in the time line. The time span can go back to 5000 B.C, so while it starts out pretty easy, it gets hard fast.

${Google Docs} Add math equations written with Latex easily to Google Docs$

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{Google Docs} Add math equations written with Latex easily to Google Docs

Byryan February 16, 2018February 16, 2018

This add-on lets you automatically convert every mathematical equation in your document into beautiful latex images! This add-on lets you automatically convert every LaTeX equation in your document into beautiful images! Simply enclose your math equations within $$ … $$ and click the button in the sidebar, and all of your equations will be rendered…

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Live polls and Q&As with Xprim

Byryan July 23, 2019July 16, 2019

Source: xprim.valuraise.com/ I came across Xprim in my internet travels, and it took a little bit to figure out what exactly the site does. It offers polling of participants in a lecture or presentation setting, along with the ability to collect questions. The site is currently free, and could be used in place of Poll…

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Create interactive stories for the Google Home and Google Home Mini with Story Speaker

Byryan January 9, 2018January 10, 2018

Story Speaker lets anyone create talking, interactive stories with no coding required. Just write your story in a Google Doc, push a button, and every Google Home device linked to your account can play it, instantly. Source: Story Speaker by Mike Lacher & Nicole He – Voice Experiments This is very, very cool!

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Formative is a free service for performing formative assessments in your classroom

Byryan April 17, 2017April 17, 2017

Source: Formative – Intervene in the moments that matter most. Formative is a free service for performing formative assessments in your classrooms. The assessments take place in real-time, and can be completed on any device. The questions are not limited to multiple choice. They can also be short answer, drawings, or student submitted images. Formative is a…

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