{"id":2670,"date":"2016-05-25T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T19:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/?p=2670"},"modified":"2016-05-25T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2016-05-25T19:07:07","slug":"thinking-math-supports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/thinking-math-supports\/","title":{"rendered":"Thinking Math Supports?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership with Ron Coleborn (Math consultant), we are pleased to announce two Math softwares available for teachers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dreambox Learning (Math)<\/li>\n<li>Skoolbo (Math and Literacy basic skills) (Canadian version)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2010\/10\/dreambox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4378\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2010\/10\/dreambox.png\" alt=\"dreambox\" width=\"200\" height=\"87\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dreambox.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">DreamBox<\/a> is an online Math resource (K-8) intended to support personalized instruction for students from intervention to enrichment. The\u00a0ongoing formative assessments within the program can align classroom practices and lessons creating a blended model of instruction. Some of our schools have been using the program in pilot and can share their stories. A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">small number of purchased student licenses<\/span> are available. More information can be found on our Learning Technologies site (WEB RESOURCES &gt;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/web-resource\/dreambox-learning-math\/\" target=\"_blank\">DREAMBOX LEARNING<\/a>). \u00a0 Teachers who are interested may apply on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/formsapply\/\" target=\"_blank\">FORMS<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"fancybox image\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2010\/10\/skoolbologo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4379\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/files\/2010\/10\/skoolbologo.png\" alt=\"skoolbologo\" width=\"200\" height=\"59\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/skoolbo.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skoolbo<\/a> (Canadian version)(K-5) is now available for those who are seeking practice in basic skills in Math or Literacy (building blocks). This is an online resource that provides a \u201cgame type\u201d environment to hone basic skills. Create your avatar and the program can take you through the skillsets (based on a set of pre-tests). Or a teacher can assign specific content where practice is needed. This may enhance (RTI) Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports. We\u2019ve registered all schools (elementary and secondary). More information can be found on our Learning Technologies site (WEB RESOURCES &gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/web-resource\/skoolbo-math-or-literacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">SKOOLBO<\/a>). \u00a0 Teachers who are interested may apply on our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/learningtech\/formsapply\/\" target=\"_blank\">FORMS<\/a> page for a class account.<\/p>\n<p>Watch for a full launch in September. Perhaps I see a coordinated song and dance in the future?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In partnership with Ron Coleborn (Math consultant), we are pleased to announce two Math softwares available for teachers: Dreambox Learning (Math) Skoolbo (Math and Literacy basic skills) (Canadian version) DreamBox is an online Math resource (K-8) intended to support personalized instruction for students from intervention to enrichment. The\u00a0ongoing formative assessments within the program can align&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[74,83,82,14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2670"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2673,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2670\/revisions\/2673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/fastforword\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}