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Doceri Creates New Teaching Strategies

Why Doceri? Students need to learn to reason. Doceri motivates students. Doceri changes how students learn. Doceri changes the way students think. How does Doceri do it? Doceri creates new ways to...

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How many squares do you see?

Play the video to see how we used Doceri to visually track each square as we counted. What solution did you come up with?

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How many triangles do you see?

Here’s a puzzle to solve. True, math has definite rules,  but we’ve seen some creative answers to this question. What’s your answer? Try using Doceri to count the triangles, and support your solution....

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Back to School Math Fun: Find the Bike Routes

It’s back to school time in America, and students all over the country are starting new schools – and finding the best routes to ride home on their bikes. Well, assuming they ride straight home! Here’s...

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Doceri in my Math Classroom

Guest Post by Monica Burns I love using video clips from Khan Academy and MathTrain to kick off math lessons! It grabs my students’ attention and is perfect for changing up our usual routine. With...

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Back to School Tetrahedron Project at San Marin High School

At San Marin High School in Novato, Calif. back to school preparations include all the normal lesson planning and administrative requirements – plus 510 mailing tubes and a Doceri screencast on how to...

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Visualizing mathematical thinking through Doceri’s timeline

There are two common issues that students encounter when learning new mathematical concepts: visualization and relevance to their own lives. First, let’s take a look at visualization (pun intended)....

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Teacher Feature: Oommen George

Name: Professor Oomen George School: Professor at San Jacinto College, Pasadena Texas Subject: Physics “In my search for whiteboard apps, I hit a gold mine when I found Doceri. It has all the necessary...

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Teacher Feature: Mark Willis, Bangkok Patana School

Name: Mark Willis School: Bangkok Patana School Subject: Mathematics (Years 7-13 British system) Location: Bangkok, Thailand Mark Willis first learned about Doceri at an International Baccalaureate...

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#DoceriChat Archive: April 16, 2014, Guest Deb Porcarelli on #CCSS and Doceri

We asked Deb Porcarelli from the AIMS Foundation to join us for #DoceriChat on Twitter, to talk about the Common Core State State Standards, and the Doceri lessons she has created and presented on the...

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Doceri Teacher Feature: Krista Hands, Oklahoma Baptist University

Name: Dr. Krista Hands School: Oklahoma Baptist University State: OK Subject: Mathematics – all levels Krista Hands is a mathematics professor at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, Oklahoma,...

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Teacher Feature: April Barton

Name:  April Barton School: Cottonwood High School District: Granite School District State: Utah Subject: Mathematics    1. What drove you to begin making Doceri screencasts for your students?  I was...

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2014 Doceri Teacher Survey: iPad Whiteboards in the Classroom

Once again, at the end of the US school year, we asked for input about how teachers are using Doceri. What we’ve learned is not surprising – the more teachers use Doceri, the more integral it becomes...

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How to use Doceri: Part 3 of 3 (Doceri Desktop)

This introductory video is part 3 of a 3 part instructional series about how to use the Doceri iPad App and the Doceri Desktop Control system. One of the most prolific Doceri Teachers, Mark Willis has...

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Teacher Feature: Part 1 of 3- Timothy Wayne Boudreau

Part 1 of 3  Name: Timothy Wayne Boudreau School: Lougheed Middle School School Board: Peel District School Board Province: Ontario, Canada Job Title: 8th Grade Core French and Math Teacher How do you...

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Teacher Feature: Part 2 of 3 – Timothy Wayne Bourdreau

This is part 2 of 3 of the Teacher Feature on Tim Boudreau in Feb 2015. What have been the reactions of your students, other staff, admin, parents to Your use of Doceri? Student Reactions This is only...

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Teacher Feature: Part 3 of 3 – Timothy Wayne Boudreau

This is the final installment of Canadian Middle School Math teacher, Tim Boudreau. How has Doceri changed how you interact with your students during lectures/ presentations/ small group instruction? I...

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Teacher Feature: Kim Laabs: 1.0

Name: Kim Laabs School:  San Marin High School District: Novato Unified School District Job Title: Mathematics Teacher / Department Chair How do you use Doceri? Do you use Doceri Desktop as well as the...

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Doceri Screencast Film Festival: Benjamin Cogswell 1.1

I remember in grad school one of my professors telling me, “You don’t really know a concept well until you teach it to others.” This is an idea that stuck with me throughout my teaching career. It is...

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Doceri + Minecraft = Math Engagement: Benjamin Cogswell 1.2

“Minecraft in the classroom is AMAZING!” states Benjamin Cogswell,  Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) for Alisal Union School District. He goes on to say, “There are so many teachable moments within...

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