Periscope

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Welcome, MathFour-ticians!

~~I’m not so sure what to do with Periscope, but I have it. So why not use it, right?~~ I’m getting it down – and loving it!

My first attempt at periscoping is going to be a daily “Knick-knack Yack from the #MathShack!”

It’s going pretty well, so I’m rolling with it. I’ll be doing weekly recaps as posts, but here’s the running list, with the most current on top:

Friday, July 24, 2015 – MathShark Electronic Game from the early 90s. It’s still in production with more contemporary colors. watch the periscope here
Thursday, July 23, 2015 – Mystery Bag Day! Frog Publications (with lovely Velcro) took the day with their math game (and we chatted about external hard drives and CD drives). watch it here
Wednesday, July 22, 2015 – I PAINTED THE MATHSHACK! With black Behr paint so it’s now like a sound stage (or a video studio). I’m so fancy! watch here
Tuesday, July 21, 2015 – Notepad Mousepad – Rhodia’s my favorite, but I’m itching to try the days of the week one too! watch here
Monday, July 20, 2015 – School Year’s Resolution & The Math Calendar (special episode for NBC Education Nation) watch the scope here
Friday, July 17, 2015 – Tiffany Cube Paperweight (get a cheaper one here) and a discussion about cubes, optic/optical glass and prices. scope here
Thursday, July 16, 2015 – Mystery Ziploc Bag day! More fun discovering what I thought should be stored in a bag long ago. Turns out, this time it was Learning Wrap Ups, Versatiles mini answer case, and some other stuff from ETA Hand2Mind (formerly ETA Cuisenaire). see the scope here
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 – Little Professor by Texas Instruments, the calculator that gives problems and lets YOU do the calculating! watch me playing on it here
Tuesday, July 14, 2015 – Delorean – Time Machine, Hot Wheels, math all over! see the scope here
Monday, July 13, 2015 – Twitter Bird Figurine and what you can talk about mathematically with it. scope here
Friday, July 10, 2015 – Pens, Pens and More Pens! (viewer request) scope here
Thursday, July 9, 2015 (MY BIRTHDAY!) – Mini Whiteboard and various types of dry erase markers (watch the scope on YouTube here)
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 – Staedtler Compass (the kind you draw with) watch the scope here
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 – MasterLock combination lock and the probability behind cracking the code. scope is here
Monday, July 6, 2015 – QAMA Calculator – a calculator that requires students to input an estimate of the answer before it gives them the actual value! watch the scope here
Friday, July 3, 2015 – Chinese Abacus (great instructions on how to use it here) the scope on YouTube is here
Thursday, July 2, 2015 – Math Clock. Need I say more? watch the scope
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 – Boxes, thinking inside them, outside them and using them! (From ideas in the book How We Learn by Benedict Carey) see the scope here
Tuesday, June 30, 2015 – Diamond Ring Paperweight & Murray Jewelry – and the math behind cutting diamonds. Scope here.
Monday, June 29, 2015 – SumBlox recap and Dinah Zike’s Foldables. Scope on YouTube here.
Special CAMT Edition Friday, June 26, 2015 – SumBlox. Most beautiful product at the conference! watch the scope here
Friday, June 19, 2015 – Weird mobile phone holder. I’m not sure why I haven’t thrown this away yet, but I keep thinking it’ll be useful for something. watch the scope here
Thursday, June 18, 2015 – Pencil Eraser Dusting Brush, an essential ingredient of the serious math student’s desk. “Be gone, eraser boogers!” watch the scope here
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 – Random Bag Day! All kinds of neat stuff discovered live from a ziplock bag I found. Including remnants from my paper box post, Handy Hints for Parents thing, stuff from Kaplan Elementary, Scholastic Power of Probability poster, and a brief discussion of the book/movie Flatland. periscope video on YouTube here
Tuesday, June 16, 2015 – Giant Playing Cards! As a teacher, these are a must-have. the periscope video on YouTube is here
Monday, June 15, 2015 – Lipstick. Yes – my favorite math subject. I’m currently loving Revlon ColorStay Suede. Here’s the guest post I mention on LipstickRules.com. And check out the YouTube recording of the scope here.
June 12, 2015, Friday – The MathRack, an awesome bead counting tool (like a rekenrek, but infinitely better, assembled in the US by local, often special needs, teens and young adults!) see the scope here
June 11, 2015 – GIVEAWAY! The Verbal Math Lesson by Michael Levin & Charan Langton. Click here for the giveaway and to watch the video.
June 10, 2015 – My ram mount that I have to do pictures and videos: periscope video here
The first one was done on June 9, 2015 and it shows my two recently acquired peg solitaire games. Here’s the periscope video for it.