Comments on: Great Classroom Action

By: Jesse

Jesse — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:45:27 +0000

I love the integer blackjack game, and I’m considering adapting it to solving linear equations somehow with multiplier cards. The students would need to get their total to a non-zero number as well, but I’m trying to keep it from getting overly complicated. Right now, I think my best bet is to make it a group activity where one side of the class is against the other, and I’m up front running the show one equation at a time.

By: Cathy Hannon

Cathy Hannon — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 04:01:25 +0000

I just played integer blackjack with my lower level Algebra students today and they loved it!! We played 5 rounds – all
14 students playing at once with 2 decks of cards. We kept a
running total of everyone’s score (we didn’t use absolute value) and the students enjoyed trying to figure out what they
needed to get closer to zero. Great game!

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 15:58:32 +0000

Karl, you leave a comment on that blog post itself. I imagine the author would respond directly there.

By: Karl Mason

Karl Mason — Sat, 06 Oct 2012 20:23:50 +0000

Integer blackjack is genius. Really interested in correlation station too, could the person contact me, couple of quick questions your blog post doesn’t answer for me,

By: Julie Reulbach

Julie Reulbach — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 15:13:29 +0000

Dan,

When I went back to teaching 3 years ago after being out of the classroom for ten years, I knew I had some catching up to do. That is when I discovered your blog. In fact, your blog was the first math blog I ever read. It inspired me to be different in my classroom and think outside of the box for my students. I almost feel as I have come full circle since your blog was the first math blog I ever read, and now my math blog has been mentioned on your blog! Thank you so much for inspiring me and many other teachers who want to be better!

Julie