Albert’s Insomnia is an affordable, award winning math game, for 1 or more players, ages 6-99! Kids and adults both have a great time playing, even with each other! - See more at: http://albertsinsomnia.com/about/
The webinar gave participants an exploration into how to use and incorporate coding activities in everyday learning as well as identifying web 2.0 tools and apps to support engaging students in coding activities across the school. The session also provided practical examples of how to implement coding activities and highlighted the value of coding in relation to curriculum needs.
Albert’s Insomnia is an affordable, award winning math game, for 1 or more players, ages 6-99! Kids and adults both have a great time playing, even with each other! - See more at: http://albertsinsomnia.com/about/
The webinar gave participants an exploration into how to use and incorporate coding activities in everyday learning as well as identifying web 2.0 tools and apps to support engaging students in coding activities across the school. The session also provided practical examples of how to implement coding activities and highlighted the value of coding in relation to curriculum needs.
"The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly" Ausubel, D..P. (1960) Thia short presentation hopes to show the value of using a variety of tools including graphics organizers which function as 'advance organizers' in Ausubel's quote above and help the teacher scaffold learning
The webinar reviewed the major findings of the Australian Kids and Family Reading report and explored some of the implications for Primary and Secondary schools. The report was based on a national survey of children and parents and explored their reading attitudes and behaviour around reading books for fun.
Make Learning and Teaching Math Fun and Effective with Albert's Insomnia!Rick Buchner
Math classes from elementary schools report to us "a 23% increase in computational proficiency in just two weeks" and 33% more 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students exceeding the state standard exam!
Innovative MATH Solutions, the home of Albert's Insomnia, on a mission to Catapult Successes.
1) Restore USA S.T.E.M. world education rank
2) Enhance GDP through increased productivity and better work force
3) Alleviate strained education budgets
4) Improve Parent and community involvement in education.
Innovative MATH Solutions Inc.
Richard John Buchner III
President and CEO
www.albertsinsomnia.com
info@albertsinsomnia.com
Cengage Learning Webinar, Mathematics: Digital Games to Learn MathCengage Learning
What if you could harness the energy students put into gaming to learning math? You can. During this April 2, 2013 webinar, Dan Petrak, Des Moines Area Community College explored how to enrich your course and your students' learning experience.
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These are the slides I used for a Webinar on April 2nd, 2013. I make the claim that digital games are a great way to learn and practice math skills. As a game designer, I talk about the ideas of "flow", "desirable difficulty", and "Hard Fun" serious games can use to help students master content.
Active Learning: Success, Retention and Engagement Onsite and OnlineFred Feldon
The lecture environment and online homework systems fail to capture the reasoning and higher-level thinking skills students can bring to quantitative problems. Regular and substantive interaction, collaboration, productive struggle, and non-routine questions that stimulate discussion lead to deeper understanding of concepts, applicability, and support of students' affective needs.
"The most important single factor influencing learning is what the learner already knows. Ascertain this and teach him accordingly" Ausubel, D..P. (1960) Thia short presentation hopes to show the value of using a variety of tools including graphics organizers which function as 'advance organizers' in Ausubel's quote above and help the teacher scaffold learning
The webinar reviewed the major findings of the Australian Kids and Family Reading report and explored some of the implications for Primary and Secondary schools. The report was based on a national survey of children and parents and explored their reading attitudes and behaviour around reading books for fun.
Make Learning and Teaching Math Fun and Effective with Albert's Insomnia!Rick Buchner
Math classes from elementary schools report to us "a 23% increase in computational proficiency in just two weeks" and 33% more 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students exceeding the state standard exam!
Innovative MATH Solutions, the home of Albert's Insomnia, on a mission to Catapult Successes.
1) Restore USA S.T.E.M. world education rank
2) Enhance GDP through increased productivity and better work force
3) Alleviate strained education budgets
4) Improve Parent and community involvement in education.
Innovative MATH Solutions Inc.
Richard John Buchner III
President and CEO
www.albertsinsomnia.com
info@albertsinsomnia.com
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What if you could harness the energy students put into gaming to learning math? You can. During this April 2, 2013 webinar, Dan Petrak, Des Moines Area Community College explored how to enrich your course and your students' learning experience.
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The lecture environment and online homework systems fail to capture the reasoning and higher-level thinking skills students can bring to quantitative problems. Regular and substantive interaction, collaboration, productive struggle, and non-routine questions that stimulate discussion lead to deeper understanding of concepts, applicability, and support of students' affective needs.
The “summer slide” may sound like fun, but it’s definitely something you’ll want to keep your kids far away from this summer! It’s a phenomenon teachers know all too well – the loss of knowledge and ability that typically occurs when formal education stops during the summer months.
During the summer, kids (yes, even GT and TAG kids) can lose an average of 2.6 months of grade level equivalency in math computation skills and 25% of their reading skills. Mental training can improve the brain, just as physical exercise can improve the body. So, here are some tips to keep your kids from “losing it” over summer break.
In this webinar, you'll learn:
What parents can do to prevent the "Summer Slide"
What skills children need to exercise over the summer to prevent the "Summer Slide"
How and why to incorporate physical activity into mental exercises
Prepare for the start of a great school year over summer break
How to determine gaps and areas to focus on over the summer
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The empire's roots lie in the city of Rome, founded, according to legend, by Romulus in 753 BCE. Over centuries, Rome evolved from a small settlement to a formidable republic, characterized by a complex political system with elected officials and checks on power. However, internal strife, class conflicts, and military ambitions paved the way for the end of the Republic. Julius Caesar’s dictatorship and subsequent assassination in 44 BCE created a power vacuum, leading to a civil war. Octavian, later Augustus, emerged victorious, heralding the Roman Empire’s birth.
Under Augustus, the empire experienced the Pax Romana, a 200-year period of relative peace and stability. Augustus reformed the military, established efficient administrative systems, and initiated grand construction projects. The empire's borders expanded, encompassing territories from Britain to Egypt and from Spain to the Euphrates. Roman legions, renowned for their discipline and engineering prowess, secured and maintained these vast territories, building roads, fortifications, and cities that facilitated control and integration.
The Roman Empire’s society was hierarchical, with a rigid class system. At the top were the patricians, wealthy elites who held significant political power. Below them were the plebeians, free citizens with limited political influence, and the vast numbers of slaves who formed the backbone of the economy. The family unit was central, governed by the paterfamilias, the male head who held absolute authority.
Culturally, the Romans were eclectic, absorbing and adapting elements from the civilizations they encountered, particularly the Greeks. Roman art, literature, and philosophy reflected this synthesis, creating a rich cultural tapestry. Latin, the Roman language, became the lingua franca of the Western world, influencing numerous modern languages.
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Improve Math Skills, Make $$ for your school all in one fun solution!
1.
2. 1) Improve math scores
2) Make some money for your school
3) Have fun, all rolled into one simple plan
Let me show you how to:
3. Why are only 26% of high school graduates proficient in
12th grade math today?
Everyone knows math skills
build on each other so a
systemic problem like this
must be seriously addressed
at the foundation.
Did you know studies
report the best predictor for
a 12th grade student’s math
success is how well that
student did in the 3rd
grade?
4. Educators are properly focused on teaching math
fact fluency in the 3rd grade today, just as they have
for decades. Today’s educators are better qualified,
better paid, and better trained with improved
techniques, high tech equipment, etc. So what has
substantively changed in today’s classrooms that is
causing this decline in math?
5. 40 years ago, I, and many others like me,
had sticks, rocks, and dirt to play with
and lived in a house with one black and
white tube TV with 3 channels and no
remote. If we were lucky, we had an
hour of cartoons on Saturday morning
before our parents woke up. Our
classrooms were one of our most
engaging environments!
Today, students have toys we could not have
imagined 40 years ago, and they live in a big screen,
Hi-Def, 3D, surround sound, remote controlled,
smart phone, on-demand, instant gratification, fast
food, supra-normal-stimuli video gaming world.
Classrooms are likely not their most engaging
environments! The traditional ways math facts were
taught are no longer effectively engaging most of
today’s students.
Relative Engagement Levels
6. A Helpful Engagement Analogy
BLACKSMITHS = EDUCATORS
METALS = STUDENTS’ BRAINS
TEMPERATURE OF THE FIRE = ENGAGEMENT LEVEL
Metals are easily reshaped only when the fire is hot enough.
Otherwise, the metals retain their shape and the blacksmiths
only have a sore arm to show for all their efforts.
Kid’s brains today are complex, high tech alloys requiring a
fusion-like reactor to generate the necessary heat to make the
gray matter “flow.”
When I was a kid, all it took was the warm glow of
a campfire to keep us engaged.
7. Automaticity is when the math facts become permanently “stored” in long term
memory. Here, the facts can be instantly recalled, as opposed to repeatedly “solving” the
same problems in the valuable and limited working memory* part of the brain.
*Advanced math requires the working memory be “available” for processing higher concepts while
integrating smoothly with the math facts that should be stored in long term memory.
The “simple” decisions are now allowed
to take place in the background …... so the “driver” can focus on other more
important tasks.
Lower relative engagement levels in the classrooms have
resulted in a decline in AUTOMATICITY.
What is Automaticity and what role does it play in
furthering student’s math careers?
8. Almost every teacher, even college professors, tell us,
”My students do not know their math facts.”
How can one teacher possibly engage dozens of
today’s students to automate something as mundane as learning math facts?
Let me tell you about my good
friend, Kathy Spruiell. She is one of
the best elementary math coaches,
teachers and trainers in the country,
diligently working on this very
problem.
Is this “Mission Impossible”? No!
9. Kathy Spruiell uses the “Albert’s Insomnia” not so
secret formula to help solve this big problem.
• Is available in many: card games, home
school kits, mobile apps, and an ERP
(Electronic Resource Program with built -
in layers of assessment for students and
teachers).
• Is a great value and Very Affordable and
will even serve as a great fund raising
tool and community
involvement/outreach program to help
ease strained budgets.
(Higher Test Scores) + (Games kids love to Play) = “Albert’s Insomnia”
***The Results are in***
Last year, Kathy used Albert’s Insomnia to
increase the average number of students
exceeding the state standard in her school’s
3rd, 4th, and 5th grades by 33% playing for 15
minutes/day 3-4x/week!
*Data from GADOE Press release.
“Albert’s Insomnia”
• Plays like a game students WANT to play.
• Automatically tiers instruction; meaning,
the game play starts off easy to engage
even the most math reluctant students,
not just the ones that are already good at it,
while simultaneously reinforcing mental
math fact fluency.
10. Spelling Bees!
Did You Know?
• On their 100th anniversary, in 1925, the “Scripps National
Spelling Bees” were established and are still going strong
today.
• Since the advent of “Spell Check technology,” participation
has doubled in these competitions.
• These competitions are very popular with schools,
students, parents , and sponsors.
• The finals are in the 24/7 news cycle every year.
Even though Spelling Bees:
do not have a significant impact on standardized test scores
do not offer differentiation for all student ability
11. News Flash:
We just got a report in stating: “23% increase in
computational proficiency using Albert’s Insomnia
in just two weeks!”
Today, the news is full of stories about
educators continuing to struggle with math as
seen in the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s article
“Educators: Address kid’s math struggle”
by Rose French on the front page June 28, 2014.
How can you be the Hero?
12. 3) PTA can even ask local businesses to join the fun and “sponsor” the
contest or provide prizes creating more interest and funds for the
school.
Create an “Albert’s Insomnia Challenge” at
your school modeled after spelling bees.
This is as simple as 1 2 3 !
1) Improve math skills and test scores for students by kids playing
Albert’s Insomnia.
2) Very reasonable upfront cost with OPEN ENDED FUNDING!
PTA can recoup investment with a very low entry fee.
Many schools already have a math night. Plan the school finals
to coordinate with math night so sponsors can participate and be part
of the fun and make math night at your school a BIG DEAL!
13. Try my game for free today! If you can make it up to
level 7 of the “Free Challenges” ladder, the value of
“Albert’s Insomnia” becomes intuitively obvious, even
to the casual observer!
You can register yourself and play the “Free Challenge” ladder at;
http://game-albertinsomnia.rhcloud.com/
See how well YOU can do!
14. Albert’s Insomnia
A Game You Can Count On!
For a demonstration or more product
information please contact:
Richard John Buchner III
3732 Galdway Dr.
Snellville, GA 30039
Ph. 678-787-4524
Email rjb3games@gmail.com
www.albertsinsomnia.com
“Albert is a proven winner.
He will be a winner for you too!”
The best piece of “exercise” equipment is……
the one you will use.
there's no thrill in easy sailing when the skies are clear and blue,
there's no joy in merely doing things which any one can do. but there
is some satisfaction that is mighty sweet to take, when you reach a
destination that you never thought you'd make...
anonymous