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Feedback from the Pros

“I just finished playing for awhile. What a hot site. The Futures Channel just keeps hitting home runs.

“I’ve been an Elementary Mathematics Resource Specialist, University, Mathematics Education professor, and a staff development specialist in the sixth largest public school district in the country for the past 34 years. I constantly remind my students, youngsters as well as preservice and inservice teachers, that setting a purpose for learning before delivery of a lesson is critical, related to student engagement.

“The Futures Channel and their Digital Video Resource Library does just that. I’ve been a fan of this material since the late 90’s when the VRL required the use of a rather clunky piece of hardware that hooked up to a TV monitor. Shortly after, a much improved Digital Video Resource Library on DVD appeared, and now a web based subscription service not only offering access to the entire DVRL but also a collection of resource videos going back to when the Futures Channel was part of an organization called F.A.S.E.

“Site features that I regard as favorites include:
• The Kay Toliver and Jaime Escalante material is inspiring.
• Navigating the site required no more than 3 clicks of the mouse to get to where I wanted to go, an important issue with a class of students in front of you.
• There’s a high impact video snippet to introduce virtually any lesson that you’d teach in math, science, technology, or arts and design, and they are accompanied by an abundance of printable lesson plans in PDF format.

“I use The Futures Channel material on a Promethean Active Board and inexpensive speaker system. Wish I had a dollar for every ‘ooh’ and ‘ah’ I’ve heard in past years.

“Summed up ----- can’t wait to see what the team is up to next.”

Mike Rooney
Mathematics Resource Specialist
Broward County Public Schools, FL

“The new Real Math, Real Science, Real Careers website is very self explanatory and so easy to utilize! Everything worked great for me. I use the Futures Channel videos as an extension to my math and science lessons to link what we are learning to how students may use the concepts we are working on in their future careers. They always seem so much more interested when you say that they might like to grow up and design roller coasters, or guitars. They are really hooked! The new site is also a great way to capture their attention! Can’t wait to begin to use it!”

Bill Combs
Foster Village Elementary
North Richland Hills, Texas

"This is a great tool to help a teacher show students the purpose behind some of the skills taught and how the skills can be used in real life. It is a great way to enhance lessons in math & science by using technology."

Donna Holmes-Lockett, Educator
School District of Philadelphia, PA

“It is easy to navigate the site and find what it is one is looking for to enhance a lesson.”

“My favorite part of the site is the large variety of mathematical topics covered as they relate to other fields and areas of interest. The accompanying activities & worksheets sorted by topics & grade levels."

Tom Shirey
Professor of Mathematics
Azusa Pacific University, CA

“The movies are very easy to use and to display to our smartboard/projector. My colleague and I are please with the production level and variety of the movies.”

Maurice Lepine
Technology Teacher
Ray Middle School
Baldwinsville, NY

“I really liked the search engine, it was very complete and very fast. I liked the way the Display all Movie page had topics listed so if you had a class that had a particular interest it was easy to go to.”

“It was easy to navigate around and very easy to understand.”

“As soon as I clicked on the movie, it loaded promptly). They were great to see, not grainy.”

Nate Quarcelino
Greenwood High School