Education Blog

Teaching Ordered Pairs Using Technology

Technology can help you teach math more efficiently. Too often students engage in paper and pencil tasks when they could be actively engaged with math concepts. Recently, I observed a middle school math lesson. Students were sitting quietly, following the directions of the teacher. They were drawing a coordinate grid on a piece of graph paper. It took 15 laborious minutes for the completion of thi... Read More »

The Four Color Theorem comes alive with Blokus

The holiday season is here and, for most of us, this means many hours spent with family and friends. Tired of playing the same old board games or just sitting around watching movies? Try Blokus! This multi-award winning (2004 Teacher’s Choice Award and Mensa Best Mind Game Award of 2003, just to name a few) is one of the best board games that I have come across! Blokus, a game of strategy, was cre... Read More »