New Whiteboard App - Show Me

Now that Educreations has decided to charge for its services (to the tune of about $100/year), I am switching to Show Me. Show me is similar to Educreations, and is a free app with unlimited storage. Educreations still has a free version, but many of the previously free features (such as unlimited storage) are now only available in the paid version.

Below is a first attempt at using Show Me. As you can see, it looks similar to Educreations.


While Show Me does not have as many features as Educreations, it appears to be a solid app. I like that I can import PDFs or other formats as a background, and can have several pages set up ahead and scroll through them as needed. I also like that I can explore topics and find things that I might be able to use in the classroom.

Here is an example of a video found on their site that teaches about solving 1 and 2 step equations. These can be embedded on a site as below, or you can link to them.


Thanks, Show Me!

Topic 2 - Review (6th Grade)

Here is a review based on the quiz questions for Topic 2. There is a slight "hiccup" around the 23 minute mark, where the audio is gone, but you can still pause the video and show the diagram to explain that rate is a function of both hours and dollars.

So the lesson I have learned here is break down the video into parts so that an error at the end does not require a complete restart!

Using Tables to Solve Rate and Ratio Problems

Here is about a 9 minute clip (created using the Educreations free app) helping students solve rate and ratio problems using tables.



 Also, here is a link to Rate as a Function of Slope.

Bar Model with Rates and Ratios

Using Decomposing Numbers to Solve Problems

Click on the video to view.

This lesson could be used as a fill-in when your regular math lesson ends before class time is up. Or it can be a lesson on days that you want to supplement your Agile Mind. Or even as the start of a Success Time lesson.

A lesson like this is helpful for something as simple as students who are struggling with their multiplication facts as it builds their number sense and provides strategies for problems they have not yet committed to memory. It is also helpful for building mental math strategies for larger problems.