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!

Problem Solving PD

Agenda and Problem Solving Sheets

PDF: Standards of Mathematical Practice

UPS-Check Video

Power Point File

Problem Solving - UPS Style

Our 6th grade success time is working on Problem Solving. We are using a 4 point plan, teaching students to

1. Understand the Problem (restate in own words) 
2. Choose a Plan (What strategy will we use?)
3. Carry out the Plan
4. Look back at your answer (Does it make sense?)

In this video, they use also use a 4-step process, called the UPS process.

1. Understand
2. Plan
3. Solve
4. Check 

Sound familiar, or at least similar? Got 6 minutes? Check out the video.

"I believe that if you can think, you can work any problem!" --TeRaze Mickle