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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 16d

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

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · 29d

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

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Aug 26

Hi @elgarmaths.bsky.social As students get cards correct, the underlying spaced repetition algorithm will advance students automatically to other cards that use different strategies. Learn more here: service.amplify.com/s/article/ac...

Amplify Customer Portal

service.amplify.com

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · Aug 25

📣 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

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Aug 19

Hey Darren. Happy to chat! I'll message you to connect.

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · Aug 18

👀 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

Amplify Classroom
One powerful platform for all your teaching needs
• Access 1,000+ free lessons in math, literacy, and science, aligned with core instruction.
• Spark collaboration with dynamic tools.
• Get real-time insights into student thinking.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Jul 17

If they join your class as a student, they WILL NOT be able to make changes to their assigned deck on the progress page.

Here is all the fluency practice documentation:
service.amplify.com/s/article/ac...

Amplify Customer Portal

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hi Darren. That's one option. They can also make a student account if they are over 13 by going to: learning.amplify.com/auth/?signup...

Or, as a teacher, you can make a class at my.amplify.com/admin-portal... and then have them join that class as a student.

Log in to Amplify

learning.amplify.com

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Jul 17

Hi Darren. If you want to change the cards that you are working on, you can click the progress icon on the page where you do your flashcards. That will take you here: fluency.amplify.com/progress

To change what cards your students are working on, go to: fluency.amplify.com/dashboard

Thanks!

Fluency by Heart

These beautiful flash cards use spaced repetition to teach arithmetic facts. Achieve fluency with just five minutes of practice per day!

fluency.amplify.com

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · May 28

Hi Darren. When you use Polypad inside Activity Builder in @amplifyeducation.bsky.social, you can see students work in realtime! Learn more here:

service.amplify.com/s/article/99...

Amplify Customer Portal

service.amplify.com

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · May 24

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

David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Apr 13

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

Picture of Polypad Art and Music Contest landing page.

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Fawn Nguyen @fawnnguyen.substack.com · May 17

New: Sneaky Brilliance Built Into the Desmos Platform
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

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · May 9

🐼 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

A video of the Panda Patterns activity in action.

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Robert Kaplinsky @robertkaplinsky.com · May 5

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

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SweenWSweens @sweenwsweens.bsky.social · May 2

🔑🚪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!

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Tim Brzezinski @tbrzezinski.bsky.social · Apr 30

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

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Apr 28

I'm so looking forward to all the exciting things in Amplify Classroom, including Polypad and Math Fluency Practice!

Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 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

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Amplify Education @amplifyeducation.bsky.social · Apr 28

📢 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

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Jacob Merrill @islesofwhatif.bsky.social · Apr 17

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

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Kurt Salisbury @kurt-salisbury.bsky.social · Apr 14

kurtsalisbury.substack.com/p/building-m... #math #iteachmath #STEM #edTech

Building Math Minds: Lessons from a Bin of Legos

Exploring the power of blending open-ended exploration with structured learning.

kurtsalisbury.substack.com

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Apr 13

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

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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Christopher Danielson @triangleman.bsky.social · Mar 14

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

The front cover of a picture book. On a parquet gym floor is a large, diamond of colorful spheres. The left side of the diamond is base-5 triangle made of sky blue spheres; the right side is a base-6 triangle made of candy-apple red spheres.

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David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Mar 14

Still looking for something to do with students today? Check out these activities!

David Poras @davidporas.bsky.social · Mar 2

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!

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Annie Forest @annieforest.bsky.social · Mar 10

Pi Day ideas!

Including fun ideas from Desmos Classroom and @davidporas.bsky.social

annieforest.substack.com/p/pi-day-is-...

Pi Day is Coming!

🥧 🥧 🥧 🥧 🥧

annieforest.substack.com

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