Mathtrain.TV Podcast

Mathtrain.TV Podcast episodes:

• 05.16.2016

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.129, Sphere and Cylinder Volume

  Find the volume inside the cylinder, but outside the sphere. Part of the student-created tutorial project at Mathtrain.TV.Mathtrain.TV is a free, educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos and his Students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. StudentCreated.TV is a free...

  
• 05.16.2016

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.128, Mini Exponent Review

  A mini-review of multiplying exponents. Part of the student-created tutorial project at Mathtrain.TV.Mathtrain.TV is a free, educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos and his Students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. StudentCreated.TV is a free site for sharing student-created tutorials...

  
• 04.08.2014

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.127, Visual Look at Area of a Circle

  Let's take a visual look at the area of a circle. Part of the student-created tutorial project at Mathtrain.TV.Mathtrain.TV is a free, educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos and his Students at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA. StudentCreated.TV is a...

  
• 02.21.2014

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.126, Vertical Line Test for Functions

  Shane, a 7th grader, show us the vertical line test for functions.  She created this tutorial on her iPad, using the free ScreenChomp app. It's our 7th Anniversary month!  Yay! Part of the student-created tutorial project at Mathtrain.TV.Mathtrain.TV is a free, educational "kids...

  
• 01.20.2014

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.125, Simple Interest with Student Shane

  Middle school student Shane shows us a Simple Interest problem.  She created this tutorial using the free ScreenChomp app on her iPad and Camtasia Studio was later used for adding the pop ups.  Part of the student-created tutorial project at Mathtrain.TV.Mathtrain.TV...

  
• 11.17.2013

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.124, How to Find the Circumference of a Circle

  Middle school student, "Shane", shows us how to find the circumference of a circle. Part of the Mathtrain.TV "kids teaching kids" project from Eric Marcos and his Students at Lincoln Middle School, in Santa Monica, CA. (music score written & performed by...

  
• 07.20.2013

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.123, GCF LCM Ladder Method with Kermit

  Find the LCM and GCF using the ladder method, with 7th grader Kermit. Part of the student-created tutorial project at Mathtrain.TV. Mathtrain.TV is a free, educational "kids teaching kids" project from Mr. Marcos and his Students at Lincoln Middle School in...

  
• 07.09.2013

  Mathtrain.TV:EP.122, Visual Multiplication Fun

  7th grader, "Kermit", returns to show us some fun with multiplication. She recorded this by herself and edited it. Mathtrain.TV now plays on mobile devices, including iPads & iPhones!  StudentCreated.TV is a free site for sharing student-created tutorials for all school subjects!  Videos also play...

  
• 06.08.2013

  Mathtrain.TV:EP.121, Statistics Mean, Median, Mode & Range with “Poseidon”

  "Poseidon", a 6th grader, shows us some statistics of Mean, Median, Mode and Range.  This tutorial was created on an iPad, using Doceri. Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV Project Mathtrain.TV now plays on mobile devices, including iPads & iPhones! StudentCreated.TV is a free site...

  
• 06.03.2013

  Mathtrain.TV: EP.120, Shane and Integers

  "Shane" is a sixth-grader & created this tutorial on her iPad, using the free ScreenChomp app.  "Shane" shows us some things w/integers. Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV Project Mathtrain.TV videos now play on mobile devices, including iPads & iPhones! StudentCreated.TV is a free site for...

  
• 02.02.2013

  Mathtrain.TV: EP.119, Pythagorean Theorem from 6th Grader

  Sixth grader, "Poseidon", makes his debut with a video tutorial on the Pythagorean Theorem.  He used his iPad and an app called, Doceri, to create this screencast. Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV Project. NEWS UPDATE: Mathtrain.TV has been upgraded.  Videos now play on...

  
• 12.16.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: EP.118, Estimating Fractions w/ “Justin”

  "Justin", a 6th grader, makes her debut and shows us how to estimate fractions when multiplying (and dividing).  Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV Project.

  
• 12.15.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: EP.117, Multiplying Fractions w/ “Selena”

  Sixth grader, "Selena", makes her debut and teaches us how to multiply fractions!  Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV project.

  
• 11.26.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.116 Comment Calculer la Puisance d’un Nombre (Solving Exponents)

  Student, Avec Clem, is now in 7th grade. Here she shows us (in French) how to solve exponents.  Don't worry if you don't speak or read French, because English captions are included.

  
• 09.22.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.115, MakeyMakey Student Paper Piano

  Student using the new MakeyMakey kit creates a paper piano.

  
• 08.03.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.114, We are in Alan November’s New Book

  While we are away on Summer holiday, we figured we would share our excitement about being mentioned in Alan November's new book, "Who Owns the Learning?".

  
• 06.24.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.113, Resoudre Des Proportions En Utilisant Le Produit En Croix

  "Solving Proportions using Cross Product".  Yes, it's in French!  Our first!  And it is the debut from Clem, a 6th grade student from Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA.  The English captions are included.   Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV project.

  
• 06.11.2012

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.112, Create a Tessellation!

  Let's have some fun and create a tessellation!   Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV project.

  
• 05.20.2012

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.111, Area of Trapezoids

  Debut screencast from 6th grader, "Pixie", of Lincoln Middle School, in Santa Monica, CA!  "Pixie" shows us how to find the area of a trapezoid.   Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV project.

  
• 04.22.2012

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.110, Reflection App for iPad

  A quick look at how to start using the Reflection App on your Mac so you can share your iPad/iPhone screen. The cool thing is you can move around the classroom with this app on and iPad or iPhone camera on...

  
• 04.16.2012

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.109, Remembering the Nines

  6th grader, "Kermit", shows us 3 interesting ways to remember the 9's - - multiplication by 9. She recorded and edited the entire screencast by herself! Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV project.

  
• 04.02.2012

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.108, Basic Trig with Paul

  "Paul" returns from high school to do a basic trig video. She shows us the famous "soh cah toa" used in trigonometry. Part of the student-created Mathtrain.TV Project.

  
• 03.24.2012

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.107, Complete the Square

  An algebra student had this question for homework.  This is a tutorial for a completing the square problem from Mathtrain.TV.

  
• 03.04.2012

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.106, Visual of Subtracting Fractions (mixed numbers)

  A visual look at subtracting fractions.  This goes along with another video we made several years ago. Here, we use pizza as a way to help visual this subtraction of fractions. Original video with alternative method is at http://youtu.be/yXiG2iv1Vq8 . Part of...

  
• 11.25.2011

  Mathtrain.TV, Ep.105, Fraction Busters w/”Rebecca”

  7th grader, "Rebecca", introduces us to fraction busters - a way to simplify solving equations.

  
• 10.29.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.104, Solving Equations w/ Variables on Both Sides

  7th Grader, "Betty", debuts with her tutorial. She takes the word problem, translates it into algebra, and then solves it. There are variables on both sides of the equation.

  
• 10.16.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.103, GEMDAS with Kermit and Freckles

  Another debut from two 6th graders, Kermit and Freckles (not their real names).  Watch these two simplify a problem using the order of operations (also known as PEMDAS and GEMDAS). "Kermit" did 100% of the editing and this was her first...

  
• 10.10.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.102, Multi Step Equations with Rachel

  7th grader, "Rachel", makes her debut showing us how to solve a multi-step equation.

  
• 09.25.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep. 101, Evaluating with Swifty and Patrick

  A new school year and "Swifty" & "Patrick" make their debut video here on Evaluating Algebraic Expressions!   Part of the Mathtrain Student-Created Project at Lincoln Middle School in Santa Monica, CA.

  
• 09.14.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.100: Writing Repeating Decimals as Fractions in Simplest Form

  A look at how to write repeating decimals as fractions in simplest form.

  
• 08.06.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.99, ScreenChomp

  Screencasting on the iPad!  For Free! In this episode, the ScreenChomp App is showcased.   It is meant as a rough "tutorial" and mainly as an introduction to the possibilities we might have using this with our students.

  
• 06.09.2011

  Mathtrain.TV:Ep.98 Special Episode: FluidMath

  This is a special episode of 2 demo-screencasts of FluidMath. FluidMath is a cool, new math software for tablet pc and IWB users.  It can recognize handwriting and then solve, graph and animate on the fly.   Their Web site is http://www.fluiditysoftware.com/.

  
• 05.27.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.97 Google SketchUp is Cool

  A quick look at how easy it is to create cylinders and prisms in Google SketchUp (free). http://sketchup.google.com/

  
• 05.11.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.96, Reflections with Kat

  "Kat", a 7th Grader,  returns to shows us something she recently learned... "Reflections".

  
• 05.07.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.95, App is Here

  The Mathtrain App is now available in the iTunes Store. Yup, it's free. Created by 8th grade student, Andrew Rothman.

  
• 03.03.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.94, Spread the Word to End the Word 2011

  Spread the Word to End the Word message Our Lincoln Middle School students wanted to share this important message about the "R" word.  We are rebroadcasting this video today, on 03.02.11.  Thanks!

  
• 02.27.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.93, Simple Interest our 2nd Student Mathcast, 2007

  This is a remix (we added music) of our 2nd student-created mathcast which aired in 2007.  "Billy Billy" was not her real name.  She picked this name as her alias just after "Bob" picked her alias.

  
• 02.17.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.92, Simple Interest via Banking in HD

  Simple Interest in the setting of banking. We are trying this one out in HD.

  
• 02.13.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.91, Percent of a Number

  Here is a look at how to figure out "percent of a number" problems using a proportion.

  
• 02.12.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.90, Finding Percents

  Watch 6th grader, papatom, explain how to find percents.

  
• 01.22.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.89, Unit Price

  Let's find which is the better buy!  We will find the unit price (unit rate) to compare the two items.

  
• 01.06.2011

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.88, Metric Conversions II

  Another look at metric conversions.

  
• 12.14.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.87, Binary with Drew

  Lincoln Middle School student, "Drew", shows us binary numbers!

  
• 12.11.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Ep.86, Input Devices via The Forge

  This special episode of Mathtrain.TV is a partial rebroadcast of a TechSmith show called, The Forge. In this rebroadcast, Matt Pierce is joined by Dave McCollom (both of TechSmith fame) and they discuss different ways to screencast. Specifically, they focus...

  
• 11.30.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Episode 85, Inequalities with Vincent

  "Vincent" makes her debut.  She shows us how to work with an inequality problem.

  
• 11.28.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Episode 84, How We Screencast

  We take a moment to show you how we create a screencast.  It's just a general overview.  We can get more detailed in future videos.

  
• 11.28.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Episode 83: Our Screencasting Ingredients

  This is a quick video showing the ingredients we use to create our screencasts here at Mathtrain.TV.

  
• 11.22.2010

  just testing something… nothing to see here

  This is just a test video to try something new... perhaps. Hopefully this video will be viewable on the ipad and iphone.  And hopefully it shows up in itunes.

  
• 11.16.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Episode 82, Fun Promo

  This episode was created for fun.  The students like strange, new things.  So here is something for that.  It is a short, animated promo for Mathtrain. We created this using the free xtranormal software.  Xtranormal could have some nice uses in...

  
• 11.12.2010

  Mathtrain.TV: Episode 81, Percents to Fractions

  Student, "Phinease", returns to show us a quick and easy way to remember how to convert percents into fractions.