Really, I found a use for the boxes of old scantrons I have in storage! I didn’t think of it myself, though. It came from here. Provide each student with a scantron sheet and ask them to guess which would be the correct answer to the first question, if you were unable to see the [...]
It is time to start thinking about such things! First, room arrangement. This year I am expecting to have between 30 and 37 learners in each class. In the past, I have had my room arranged in a large, double sided U. This allowed for maximum conversation and collaboration, as well as random number usage [...]
I really find the concept behind the site Maths in the City to be very interesting. Real world math, based on the urban environment around us. It is a British site, but that does not mean it will not end up with some really cool pictures and videos from around the world. Now, what can [...]
An accident happened to me while teaching Algebra 2 this year. A very good accident. I was teaching solving equations, and I always tell my learners that solving equations is about looking for 1′s and 0′s. I stress this fact, and point out the 0′s and the 1 every time we solve something. And of [...]
I am in cadre that was given MacBook Pros to do podcasting and vodcasting this Summer and upcoming school year. Not too shabby, I downloaded Handbrake already in order to convert video from one format into another. This was made essential because my Flip video camera only records in .AVI format, something the mac hates. [...]
In another case of “working together benefits all”. Dan Meyer posted a picture of himself throwing a ball into a trash can. Except, he only posted the first half of the flight. (See the original here.) This picture is one in his series of “What can you do with this?”, that challenges educators to think [...]
I was taking an online course on how to create online courses, and one of the assignments was to suggest pedagogical websites and sources. (That 6 week online course is one reason I have not posted in so long, but that is a totally different story.) I suggested dy/dan, Dan Meyer’s terrific site. One of [...]
So, I finished my last post, and realized that I was talking, but showing nothing. So, start to finish, including the time to upload to Vimeo AND for vimeo to convert the video and Photo Story to render the video and me to type this second post. Meaning this is all inclusive time, here. I [...]
Well, some of us are not as good as Dan is when it comes to video. Heck, I bet 99% of us couldn’t do the things he does with video. But why let that stop us from using video, and more importantly, coming up with ways to have our learners constructively use video in the [...]
Ok, so the lesson on reading graphs in the book was boring, I knew it and more importantly the learners knew it. So, to liven it up, I brought in my spreadsheet that I keep track of my utilities every month for my house. In it, I have my gas therms, my KWH (Kilo Watt [...]