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#1 2009-02-18 15:47:22
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New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
What do you think of Smart Blocks ... ?
Does it work nicely?
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#2 2009-02-19 03:24:31
- Jai Ganesh
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Nice Smart Blocks!
They work well....
Please replace
'Move the nlocks around, play with equations.'
with
'Move the blocks around, play with equations.'
A brief note on how the blocks can be manipulated, how to add new blocks, insert numbers/operations etc. would be helpful.
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#3 2009-02-19 03:47:28
- JaneFairfax
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
I see that it doesnt do multiplication of negative numbers. I got this equation
Surely that cant be right! 
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#4 2009-02-19 05:47:44
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
I also got it to tell me that [1] [-] [-1] [=] [0].
Good fun though! I like how it recognises concatenations (eg. [2] [1] [=] [21]).
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#5 2009-02-19 06:14:52
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Pity it doesnt do division. Im dying to make it divide by 0 and see what happens. 
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#6 2009-02-19 08:31:59
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Thanks guys. Good error findings, too.
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#7 2009-05-09 13:39:40
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
I got it to say 1=1+1....
How can that be true?
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#8 2009-05-09 13:47:55
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Poor thing only calculates left to right
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#9 2009-05-09 16:12:31
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
If you do
12x+=
or something like that it comes up with 0... maybe just call it 'incorrect expression' or something
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#10 2009-05-09 17:09:54
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Good point. Maybe "?" would be neat
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#11 2009-05-10 07:54:15
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Haha, just noticed this feature:
5352526542.... + 1 = BIG
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#12 2009-05-10 12:46:51
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
If you click on the background and drag around all the blocks on the screen, then when you move a block, all of them move.
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#13 2009-05-10 14:57:38
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Using | | for boxes, I got: |1| = |1| |0| = |10|
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#14 2009-05-10 17:43:35
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
Yep ... left to right.
Maybe the "=" should be an arrow. But then it loses its relevance (1+1->2 does not relate to normal teaching of 1+1=2)
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#15 2010-01-23 03:39:20
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Re: New "Manipulative" called "Smart Blocks"
BIGx7=BIG?
P.S. Can someone teach me how to take a screenshot? I'm trying to fill the screen with "BIGs".
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