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Computer - IBM - Meadow - 1991
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mairdie - did you send me this link? I opened so many before supper that afterward I cannot recall...
If not, my sincere apologies to the FReeper who did share the link.
What an interesting concept! I am certain that many schools even today could not afford the technology. However, I appreciate the visual representation of “borrowing” to learn the subtraction algorithm.
That’s similar to how I teach addition and subtraction of integers - with positive and negative counters. I also use the counters with multiplication and division, but that’s much more complex and I lean toward the established patterns applied to their rote knowledge of basic facts. HA. Even by 7th-grade, a majority of my students lack this rote skill. That’s when we learn to use a graphing calculator...
Speaking of which... As a result of my attending numerous Saturday training sessions and the Malone Grant through TEAM-Math, I was provided 30 graphing calculators for my classroom. What is even more exciting is that AMSTI is going to replace the 3 broken calculators. (After 10 years, I only have 3 as of now.) I must also note that AMSTI provides my classroom with loads of consumable materials that I do not need to purchase using my $300 per year classroom allotment for copy paper, copies, dry erase markers, etc. As long as there is funding for AMSTI, my classroom is provided with graph paper, cm grid paper on cardstock, color pencils, markers, glue sticks, construction paper, Scotch tape, gridded easel pads (now those things are expensive!), most any materials needed for my classroom activities.
If anyone reading this post is a resident of Alabama, please let our legislators know how valuable is AMSTI!!!
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That was my video. After my multimedia magazine was over, I was a consultant to projects adding video to their work. Luanne Burns is both brilliant and a wonderfully nice human being. It was pure joy working with her. I doubt that the technology ever became available. We were the research arm of IBM, which meant coming up with great ideas, like Meadow, then going on to the next great idea. I’d guess they’re more practical these days, out of financial necessity. But I kept copies of all my videos and put them up into a computer playlist of computer history.