David Poras
@davidporas.bsky.social
Exciting Polypad update!
Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad.
Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new
Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad.
Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Exciting Polypad update!
Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad.
Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new
Educators can now create and assign an @amplifyeducation.bsky.social activity directly from a saved Polypad.
Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/p#help-whats-new
Interested in learning more about the FREE Polypad Virtual Manipulatives from @amplifyeducation.bsky.social? Sign up for the next Polypad webinar on Nov 5th at 7 PM ET. Even if you can’t make it, sign up to receive a link to the recording. tinyurl.com/5fb4m48z
October 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Interested in learning more about the FREE Polypad Virtual Manipulatives from @amplifyeducation.bsky.social? Sign up for the next Polypad webinar on Nov 5th at 7 PM ET. Even if you can’t make it, sign up to receive a link to the recording. tinyurl.com/5fb4m48z
Heading to #NCTM? Come hang out with me at Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct 16 in Atlanta! Trivia, games, food, and fun! RSVP here: at.amplify.com/47W4OQK
Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night!
Heading to NCTM? Win prizes, mingle with math teachers, and maybe even bring home the new trivia champ title at our annual Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct. 16, 2025!
at.amplify.com
September 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Heading to #NCTM? Come hang out with me at Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct 16 in Atlanta! Trivia, games, food, and fun! RSVP here: at.amplify.com/47W4OQK
Heading to NCTM? Win prizes, mingle with math teachers, and maybe even bring home the new trivia champ title at the annual Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct. 16, 2025!
Sign up at go.info.amplify.com/fy25_amplify...
@amplifyeducation.bsky.social
Sign up at go.info.amplify.com/fy25_amplify...
@amplifyeducation.bsky.social
September 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Heading to NCTM? Win prizes, mingle with math teachers, and maybe even bring home the new trivia champ title at the annual Amplify Arcade and Trivia Night on Oct. 16, 2025!
Sign up at go.info.amplify.com/fy25_amplify...
@amplifyeducation.bsky.social
Sign up at go.info.amplify.com/fy25_amplify...
@amplifyeducation.bsky.social
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📣 Hey teachers—new year, new routines! Don’t forget fluency practice.
Deck 1 of Addition and Subtraction by Heart 1 builds the “counting on” strategy. Explore it for yourself—plus 16 free decks of flash cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
🧡 Get started: fluency.amplify.com
Deck 1 of Addition and Subtraction by Heart 1 builds the “counting on” strategy. Explore it for yourself—plus 16 free decks of flash cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
🧡 Get started: fluency.amplify.com
August 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
📣 Hey teachers—new year, new routines! Don’t forget fluency practice.
Deck 1 of Addition and Subtraction by Heart 1 builds the “counting on” strategy. Explore it for yourself—plus 16 free decks of flash cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
🧡 Get started: fluency.amplify.com
Deck 1 of Addition and Subtraction by Heart 1 builds the “counting on” strategy. Explore it for yourself—plus 16 free decks of flash cards for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
🧡 Get started: fluency.amplify.com
Reposted by David Poras
👀 Amplify Classroom is here!
Access free, interactive lessons and gain insights into student thinking—all in one place. Join 300,000+ teachers who are exploring this new platform to energize classroom learning.
💻 Create your free account: amplify.com/classroom
Access free, interactive lessons and gain insights into student thinking—all in one place. Join 300,000+ teachers who are exploring this new platform to energize classroom learning.
💻 Create your free account: amplify.com/classroom
August 18, 2025 at 1:26 PM
👀 Amplify Classroom is here!
Access free, interactive lessons and gain insights into student thinking—all in one place. Join 300,000+ teachers who are exploring this new platform to energize classroom learning.
💻 Create your free account: amplify.com/classroom
Access free, interactive lessons and gain insights into student thinking—all in one place. Join 300,000+ teachers who are exploring this new platform to energize classroom learning.
💻 Create your free account: amplify.com/classroom
Still have time left in this school year and looking for an end-of-year activity? Check out the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest. Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
May 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Still have time left in this school year and looking for an end-of-year activity? Check out the 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest. Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
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New: Sneaky Brilliance Built Into the Desmos Platform
open.substack.com/pub/fawnnguy...
#MTBoS #iteachmathh
open.substack.com/pub/fawnnguy...
#MTBoS #iteachmathh
Sneaky Brilliance Built Into the Desmos Platform
A This is a 6th-grade digital activity in Amplify Desmos Math (ADM).
open.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New: Sneaky Brilliance Built Into the Desmos Platform
open.substack.com/pub/fawnnguy...
#MTBoS #iteachmathh
open.substack.com/pub/fawnnguy...
#MTBoS #iteachmathh
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🐼 We can bear-ly contain our excitement for Free Lesson Friday!
Try out Panda Patterns, a grade 3 lesson that helps students use known addition facts and patterns to determine sums: at.amplify.com/437cawJ
#MTBoS #ITeachMath
Try out Panda Patterns, a grade 3 lesson that helps students use known addition facts and patterns to determine sums: at.amplify.com/437cawJ
#MTBoS #ITeachMath
May 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🐼 We can bear-ly contain our excitement for Free Lesson Friday!
Try out Panda Patterns, a grade 3 lesson that helps students use known addition facts and patterns to determine sums: at.amplify.com/437cawJ
#MTBoS #ITeachMath
Try out Panda Patterns, a grade 3 lesson that helps students use known addition facts and patterns to determine sums: at.amplify.com/437cawJ
#MTBoS #ITeachMath
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Sean Sweeney just created a new set of escape rooms on Desmos! I loved them and here's the link in case you want to try them with your students or do them for fun on your own.
They're challenging and beautiful!
student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
They're challenging and beautiful!
student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
May 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Sean Sweeney just created a new set of escape rooms on Desmos! I loved them and here's the link in case you want to try them with your students or do them for fun on your own.
They're challenging and beautiful!
student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
They're challenging and beautiful!
student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
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🔑🚪It’s time to escape! Check out the newest Desmos escape room!
To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
(no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do)
Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class:
teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...
Have fun!
To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
(no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do)
Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class:
teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...
Have fun!
May 2, 2025 at 7:06 PM
🔑🚪It’s time to escape! Check out the newest Desmos escape room!
To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
(no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do)
Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class:
teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...
Have fun!
To play yourself: student.desmos.com/join/3jjxj9
(no need to log in but it will save your progress if you do)
Here’s the teacher link to run it with a class:
teacher.desmos.com/activitybuil...
Have fun!
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Here, a few quick tips re: getting started with @amplifyeducation.bsky.social 's #Polypad Art & Music Contest (2025): youtu.be/H3dyazbquJI #MTBoS #ITeachMath #mathteacher #edusky
April 30, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Here, a few quick tips re: getting started with @amplifyeducation.bsky.social 's #Polypad Art & Music Contest (2025): youtu.be/H3dyazbquJI #MTBoS #ITeachMath #mathteacher #edusky
I'm so looking forward to all the exciting things in Amplify Classroom, including Polypad and Math Fluency Practice!
📢 Your favorite math teaching platform is expanding to more subjects!
🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more!
🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ
🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more!
🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ
April 28, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm so looking forward to all the exciting things in Amplify Classroom, including Polypad and Math Fluency Practice!
Reposted by David Poras
📢 Your favorite math teaching platform is expanding to more subjects!
🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more!
🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ
🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more!
🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ
April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
📢 Your favorite math teaching platform is expanding to more subjects!
🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more!
🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ
🎉 On June 28, Desmos Classroom becomes Amplify Classroom as we broaden our free lessons to science and literacy. Enjoy all the activities and features you love, plus so much more!
🔗 amplify.com/AmplifyClassroomFAQ
Reposted by David Poras
This task provoked some interest at my conference session this week so I thought I'd share to see if anyone fancied having a go.
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
April 17, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This task provoked some interest at my conference session this week so I thought I'd share to see if anyone fancied having a go.
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
Polypad interactive to assist with attempts (you can drag copies of the triangles): polypad.amplify.com/p/cR6OglvIOO...
#mathstoday #ukmathschat
Reposted by David Poras
The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
April 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The 2025 Polypad Art and Music Contest has launched! We invite students from around the world to submit their best creations by June 13, 2025. Additionally, for the first time ever, we’re inviting educators to join the fun! Learn more at polypad.amplify.com/contest
Check out the new Multi-Input Function Machine on Polypad!
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
March 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Check out the new Multi-Input Function Machine on Polypad!
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
Try it out at: polypad.amplify.com/p#functions
Learn more at: youtu.be/JXALi1hpQcE
Reposted by David Poras
Preorders for How Did You Count? are now live on the Routledge/Stenhouse site:
www.routledge.com/How-Did-You-...
And there's a discount code for 20% off and free shipping!
code 👉👉 25AFLY1
www.routledge.com/How-Did-You-...
And there's a discount code for 20% off and free shipping!
code 👉👉 25AFLY1
March 14, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Preorders for How Did You Count? are now live on the Routledge/Stenhouse site:
www.routledge.com/How-Did-You-...
And there's a discount code for 20% off and free shipping!
code 👉👉 25AFLY1
www.routledge.com/How-Did-You-...
And there's a discount code for 20% off and free shipping!
code 👉👉 25AFLY1
Still looking for something to do with students today? Check out these activities!
Looking for some Pi-Day activities? Check out the latest activities in the Desmos Classroom monthly challenge! See the thread below for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 activities!
March 14, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Still looking for something to do with students today? Check out these activities!
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Pi Day ideas!
Including fun ideas from Desmos Classroom and @davidporas.bsky.social
annieforest.substack.com/p/pi-day-is-...
Including fun ideas from Desmos Classroom and @davidporas.bsky.social
annieforest.substack.com/p/pi-day-is-...
Pi Day is Coming!
🥧 🥧 🥧 🥧 🥧
annieforest.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Pi Day ideas!
Including fun ideas from Desmos Classroom and @davidporas.bsky.social
annieforest.substack.com/p/pi-day-is-...
Including fun ideas from Desmos Classroom and @davidporas.bsky.social
annieforest.substack.com/p/pi-day-is-...
Check out this thread for some Pi-Day activities!
Looking for some Pi-Day activities? Check out the latest activities in the Desmos Classroom monthly challenge! See the thread below for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 activities!
March 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Check out this thread for some Pi-Day activities!
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Pupils had lots of hands-on experiences for completing the square with Amplify Polypad algebra tiles, then I was able to use part of a @DrFrostResource PowerPoint to make them a summary/review/revision video of 'Logan's method' for them to access. Didn't have this back in 1973!
March 7, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Pupils had lots of hands-on experiences for completing the square with Amplify Polypad algebra tiles, then I was able to use part of a @DrFrostResource PowerPoint to make them a summary/review/revision video of 'Logan's method' for them to access. Didn't have this back in 1973!
Reposted by David Poras
Students can use mathigon.org and Polypad to hone their multiplication skills! There are fluency cards as well as d12 dice to practice facts! #ocsbMath #math #Polypad #FactFluency
March 6, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Students can use mathigon.org and Polypad to hone their multiplication skills! There are fluency cards as well as d12 dice to practice facts! #ocsbMath #math #Polypad #FactFluency
Looking for some Pi-Day activities? Check out the latest activities in the Desmos Classroom monthly challenge! See the thread below for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 activities!
March 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Looking for some Pi-Day activities? Check out the latest activities in the Desmos Classroom monthly challenge! See the thread below for K-5, 6-8, and 9-12 activities!