Blog 3: Tech Planning and SLM Leadership

Hello Math Teachers! 

The What I Learned Today blog featured a great resource on her Tech in 20 Mini. The website is call 99Math. Kanneken described 99Math as "Kahoot but for math" on her blog. After exploring the website, I agree with her assessment, but I like it more than Kahoot. Teachers can create a free account and once you log in, you will see a screen similar to this.

You have the option of choosing one of the 4 basic operations, or you can choose a grade level and see a variety of skills including basic facts, fractions, time, money, geometry, and others. From those topics you can choose subtopics and adjust the range of numbers used. You also have the ability to customize further by choosing the number of rounds and length of each round as well as whether you wish to play synchronously or asynchronously depending on your students. The program then provides a code to give to students. The students then play the game with the goal of answering as many questions correctly as they can in the given time. One feature I really liked about this particular program above some of the others like Quizziz is that on the first round and at the very end it gives the top three, but it also gives a leader board for most improved between rounds as well as most accurate (the winner isn't always the most accurate). This allows different students to be recognized so that it isn't just the same few students who are your best math students always on the winner podium. I tested this out with a group of students this week, and they LOVED it. They were so excited. It is fast paced and only takes a few minutes to play. After playing it with student, I think it would great for a warm up or a closing activity. I encourage you to check out 99math, and I would be happy to give you a quick tutorial at anytime. I would also encourage you to check out What I Learned Today. She has many resources and tutorials in her Tech in 20 feature that would be very useful in your classrooms.