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Got Gaps in Classroom Time? Try Anchor Activities!

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Learn about anchor activities, how they work in a classroom and a few lesson planning ideas you can use today.

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What's New on Polypad

November

New compass and set triangle utensils.

Sliders for variables that can be used in equation or coordinate system plots. Significantly improved function plotting.

Option to "evaluate" equations on the canvas. Use equation as weights on the balance scale.

Action to "transpose" a table.

Optional sound effects for many actions like rolling dice or shuffling cards.

August

Support for 3D geometry: add some built-in solids to the canvas, or create custom nets using polygon tiles. Polyhedra can be rotated

Many different chart tiles (row, column, line, area, pie, donut or box plot): you can data from any table to a chart, modify individual series by double-clicking, and choose from many different display options (e.g. stacked or grouped).

New Clock components

Improved graphic precision, and support for implicit multiplication in equation editor.

High contrast mode for projecting Polypad in the classroom (enable in settings popup).

July

Significantly updated "File" menu: organise saved Polypads into folders, more granular sharing settings (public, students/teachers, private), examples and assignments appear as a special folder, and we moved the share and changelog panels.

Re-organised "Tiles" sidebar with improved grouping of tile types.

Buttons to change the denominator of fraction bars (expand and reduce), including support for denominators up to 1/24.

New "Number Dot Arrangement" component.

New number tables (addition, multiplication and integers) and number frame components.

Remember the weight of balance scale tiles when you save a Polypad. Fix support for algebra tiles on the balance scale: you can now change the value of "x" and even solve quadratic equations.

New algebra tiles for y, y² and xy, including support on balance scales.

New advanced options to lock the position of a tile (but allow selecting/copying/etc) and to make a tile invisible.

Improved change handling with the colour picker (create a single "undo" state when moving a slider or typing in the RGB fields).

Updated number card colours, and action to "negate" their value.

June

Polyhedral Dice.

Stack, shuffle and draw playing cards, standard deck template in sidebar.

New "join" action to merge multiple polygons. Improved "cut" algorithm for polygons.

Double-click dice, coins and spinners to randomise, and playing cards to draw a card.

Tutorial Pages for every tile type.

Improved numberline resizing and snapping, and flip actions for ruler and protractor.

Significant performance improvements.

Improved graph plotting with implicit functions.

Hide Exploding Dots labels when the "hide number labels" option is selected.

Pride Month background.

May

Transparency support in colour picker.

Drag to select ranges of cells in tables, and copy/delete them.

New Domino tiles under Probability.

Irregular pentagons under Geometry.

Handle to partially highlight fraction bars.

Function plotting: create a coordinate system and an equation editor component. Next, drag the blue triangle on the right side of the equation editor onto the coordinate system. You can plot any expression with one variable, an equation of the form y = f(x), an implicit function containing x and y, as well as polar functions of the form r = f(θ).

Buttons to quickly change the axes scales of coordinate systems.

Decimal and percentage labels for fraction bars and fraction circles. You can switch between the different display modes in the settings panel on the right.

Direct number inputs for the RGB values in the colour picker.

New table component in the Tools section of the sidebar.

Layering and locking for tiles: enable Advanced Options in the settings panel on the right. Then you can use the new options in the toolbar to force tiles to stay in the foreground or background, or lock tiles. To revert locking, click Unlock All Tiles in the settings panel.

Increased limit of saved Polypad canvases per account from 100 to 250.

Equation editor improvements.

Keyboard Shortcuts and Accessibility

These are the keyboard shortcuts supported by Polypad for accessibility:

SHIFT: hold while you click on multiple tiles to select all of them at once

ALT: hold before clicking and dragging on a tile to move a copy

BACKSPACE: delete your current selection

C: duplicate your current selection

CTRL/CMD + X/Y: undo or redo your last change

ARROWS: move the currently selected tiles up, down, left or right (hold SHIFT to reduce the shift size, for more precise moving)

R: rotate the currently selected tile by 15° (hold SHIFT to rotate by -15°)

S, D, F: move the focus to the sidebar on the left, toolbar at the bottom or canvas area respectively

ESC: clear the current selection and close any open popups and modals

TAB: cycle through all buttons on the page and tiles on the canvas (hold SHIFT to reverse direction)

SHIFT + S: save the current canvas (if you are signed into a Mathigon account)

Use CTRL/CMD + X/C/V to cut, copy or paste tiles. You can even copy and paste tiles from one canvas onto another!

Points and tiles will automatically snap to nearby shapes or gridlines as you move them. You can disable this behaviour by pressing the SHIFT key while moving an item with your mouse or trackpad.

You can learn more about our commitment to accessibility, as well as a WCAG checklist, at mathigon.org/accessibility
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You have probably heard of Flipgrid and have seen tons of people sharing their experiences using it on social media. It seems that people all over the world have been using Flipgrid in all sorts of creative ways.

Flipgrid is a video response platform where educators can have online video discussions with students or other educators. Teachers can provide feedback to students AND better yet students can provide feedback to one another.
The best part? Flipgrid is completely FREE!
My first experience with Flipgrid was back in early 2017 in our weekly #Ditchbook Twitter chat where a group of educators from all over the country shared ideas and inspire one another online. Since then I have had the opportunity to use Flipgrid with students, administrators, as well as other educators in workshops and professional development sessions.

Each time I introduce it the reaction is always the same, "Wow! There are so many ways to use this tool. I can't wait to try it out in my class!".

But don't take my word for it, check it out and try it yourself!

In this post you will find over 50 ideas and ready-to-use Flipgrid activities for your class. You can use the quick navigation box below to jump to any section or scroll through the post to find something that you can use in your class tomorrow!

Getting started with Flipgrid

Getting started with Flipgrid is easy. As a teacher you can sign up (see the steps below) and start creating your grids and topics right away. Students and participants don't need an account, they will simply use the code you provide to log in and start recording!

The Flipgrid Getting Started Guide

Want even MORE assistance bringing Flipgrid to your classroom? Check out their onboarding webinar or visit the updated help center that to get up and running in no time!

Flipgrid conversation starters from the Disco Library

Flipgrid understands the power of community and educators connecting and becoming better together. The "Disco Library" tab at the top of your Educator Dashboard and you will find over 20,000 Flipgrid topics ready for you to add to your Grids. Once you select a Topic to add you will have an opportunity to update and make any changes to the Topic before it is added to your grid.

Below you will find six popular topics from the Disco Library that can help your students get started using Flipgrid in a fun and easy way. Just click on the button Don't see a topic you like? There are lots more here.

50+ Flipgrid activities for your class

English Language Arts

Ready-to-use ELA activities from the Flipgrid Disco Library

Reflect and assess with Flipgrid

Flipgrid Math activities

Ready-to-use math activities from the Flipgrid Disco Library

Science and Social Studies

Ready-to-use science activities from the Flipgrid Disco Library

Creating a community

Ready-to-use community building activities from the Flipgrid Disco Library

Flipgrid beyond the classroom

Conversations about race, equity and justice from the Flipgrid Disco Library

Appsmash with Flipgrid

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Flipgrid for ALL! 50+ ways to use Flipgrid in your class

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I had the opportunity to present the following webinar recently:
Holy Sheets! Google Sheets Activities for all Subjects
Google Sheets is not just a tool for crunching numbers. It is a powerful tool for learning, inquiry, exploration, and inspiration in any subject area. In this session we take a look at several practical activities for a wide range of content areas including random writing prompts, flash cards, educational games, student-created learning databases, art and creativity, conditional formatting feedback for students, task lists, and of course analyzing data to draw conclusions and make predictions.
In the training I covered lots of creative ways that Google Sheets can be used for student activities including:

🕹️ Educational Games and Activities

🎲 Random Generator Activities

💬 Conditional Formatting Feedback

💻 Activities from Google's Applied Digital Skills

See below to view the full 1-hour recorded webinar, and access to all of the links, templates, and resources covered in the session.

Recorded Webinar (1 hour)
Post by Eric Curts. Bring me to your school, organization, or conference with over 50 PD sessions to choose from. Connect with me on Twitter at twitter.com/ericcurts
You can also view this video directly on YouTube at:

All of the content covered in the webinar, including links, templates, and other resources can be found in the Google Document linked below.

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Free Webinar - Google Sheets Activities for all Subjects

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