Today we played a Raffle Ticket Review Game in my Precalculus class. It was a huge success. The students were the most excited about doing math than I have ever seen. That may be because the semester is almost over (we are reviewing for the semester exam) or it may be because I haven't had them do many activities …

Being on the technology committee has its advantages. The head of Academic Technology gave me a new document camera to play with. It’s from a brand called IPEVO.⁠ You can see it in the photo above.

updated on Sep 23, 2020 If you are teaching math in 2020, then your school hashttps://www.hoffmath.com/2021/06/precalculus.html probably adopted an all-virtual or a hybrid model (some virtual students, some face-to-face). You have naturally wondered, "How am I supposed to give a test when the students are at home…

I am going to share two ways you can share your iPad screen with your students.

I think we math teachers can all agree that in some ways teaching math is easier than teaching other subjects. We don't have to grade essays, for example. Our grading is a lot less subjective and generally takes less time than our peers' in the humanities departments.

Suppose you have been assigned to teach a course called Honors Calculus, Applied Calculus, Dual Enrollment Calculus, College Prep Calculus, Principles of Calculus, Introduction to Calculus, College Calculus, Fundamentals of Calculus, or just Calculus. In that case, you're in the right place!

I call it Group Board Work. In 2017 I went to a teaching conference: Twitter Math Camp (TMC). (They haven't had one since 2018, and I don't know if they will have one again, but it was an awesome conference.)

How I got the idea for the game I was looking for some math review game ideas and I came across an elementary teacher's blog where she discussed a review game called Stinky Feet. She calls the game Stinky Feet because she allows the winning team to take their shoes off for the rest of the day. That's not goin…