Classroom vs Geoboard, by MLC

Classroom turns your iPad into a powerful teaching assistant, helping a teacher guide students through a lesson, see their progress, and keep them on track. With Classroom, you can easily launch the same app on every student iPad or Mac at the same time or launch a different app for each group of students. Classroom helps teachers focus on teaching so students can focus on learning. Assign Shared iPads to students • Once configured, Classroom connects to nearby student iPads • Classroom intelligently assigns students to the Shared iPad they most recently used • Log students out of Shared iPad at the end of a session to prepare for the next class Start, focus, or pause student work • Launch any app, website, or book for students with a tap • Lock into a single app to help students focus • Lock screens to pause work or refocus your class • Mute audio on student devices See what your students see with Screen View • See an overview of all student screens at once • Focus on a single student screen • Students are informed when their screens are being viewed Share documents and links with your class using AirDrop • Share to your entire class with just one tap • Students can also share with you Share student work on the classroom Apple TV • Show the great work your students are doing to the entire class • Use AirPlay to wirelessly present a student’s screen • Students are informed when their screens are being presented Reset forgotten passwords right in the classroom • Reset a Managed Apple ID password without calling IT Organize students using groups • Classroom automatically creates groups of students based on the apps they are using • Teachers can create groups to break students into project teams • Perform actions on entire groups or on individual students within groups Great for use with both 1:1 and Shared iPad student devices Supports IT-managed classes or teacher-created classes All actions take place over the local network only Requirements iPad with iOS 14.4 or later Bluetooth and Wi-Fi enabled on both student and teacher devices Students within Bluetooth range of the teacher running Classroom

Geoboard is a tool for exploring a variety of mathematical topics introduced in the elementary and middle grades. Learners stretch bands around the pegs to form line segments and polygons and make discoveries about perimeter, area, angles, congruence, fractions, and more. This virtual version of the manipulative is an open-ended educational tool, ideal for elementary classrooms and other learning environments. FEATURES • Create line segments and polygons by stretching bands around the Geoboard’s pegs. • Choose from 8 different band colors. • Fill individual shapes with a transparent color, or use the Fill All button to toggle all the bands between filled and unfilled. • Switch between the standard 25-peg square board, a rectangular board with 150 pegs, or a circular board with 13 pegs. The circular board enables explorations with angles, fractions, and time measurement. • Duplicate shapes then move, rotate, or flip them to explore symmetry and congruency. • Change the color of selected bands. • Display grid lines with or without numbering to more easily calculate area and identify shape locations. •Hide and reveal work with resizable covers to create your own problems and model strategies. • Use the drawing tools to annotate work and show understanding. • Add equations, expressions, and descriptions with the math text and writing tools. • Share your work by saving an image or providing a share code to others. MORE APPS For more Geoboard resources and other apps, visit:www.mathlearningcenter.org/apps LEARN MORE To learn about Bridges in Mathematics, an elementary curriculum that employs visual models such as the geoboard, please visit: www.mathlearningcenter.org/bridges/overview ABOUT US This app is brought to you by The Math Learning Center, a nonprofit organization dedicated to K-12 math education since 1976. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The Geoboard app was made possible by a generous donation from Dr. David Moursund. This app was crafted by Clarity Innovations. We help improve teaching and learning by creating solutions that match promising technologies with the needs of education.  Visit us at: www.clarity-innovations.com