Mathtrain.TV Podcast

Mathtrain.TV Podcast


Latest Episodes

Mathtrain.TV, Ep.110, Reflection App for iPad
April 22, 2012

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 and have a "portable, wireless document camera"!

Mathtrain.TV, Ep.109, Remembering the Nines
April 15, 2012

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.

Mathtrain.TV, Ep.108, Basic Trig with Paul
April 02, 2012

"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.

Mathtrain.TV, Ep.107, Complete the Square
March 24, 2012

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

Mathtrain.TV, Ep.106, Visual of Subtracting Fractions (mixed numbers)
March 03, 2012

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 . P

Mathtrain.TV, Ep.105, Fraction Busters w/”Rebecca”
November 25, 2011

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

Mathtrain.TV: Ep.104, Solving Equations w/ Variables on Both Sides
October 28, 2011

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.

Mathtrain.TV: Ep.103, GEMDAS with Kermit and Freckles
October 16, 2011

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 time ever using

Mathtrain.TV: Ep.102, Multi Step Equations with Rachel
October 09, 2011

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

Mathtrain.TV: Ep. 101, Evaluating with Swifty and Patrick
September 24, 2011

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.