My last post was about an idea to use old scantrons as a visual aid to build knowledge of the binomial probability formula before the learners actually were introduced to the formula. Short post: it worked, I think. Long post: I passed out the scantrons, which immediately brought forth a groan. We just had the [...]
Several months ago I wrote about 53 free android apps for education. Because technology advances and new apps come out and apps change, I will have to update that list. I know the Andy-83 app has been pulled and replaced because of demands of TI, so clearly some updating is necessary. But this post is [...]
I am very much a fan of repurposing objects and creating my own solutions to tech problems. Often times, you can do for your self much cheaper and get better quality if you think outside the box and create your own solutions instead of buying a premade solution. A long time ago, I wrote about [...]
The FRQ review that I did last class was fairly successful. The learners worked their problems, thought about how to teach that problem, and gave good presentations to the class. The one thing I was very disappointed in was the lack of questions on how to do the problems the class was teaching. They all said, “yup, [...]
Tomorrow I will be doing a short presentation at our district’s Tech Café on some google tips. The hard part is figuring out which tips will be most useful. Here are 4 different cheat sheets for google docs, search and mail. Google for Teachers II Google for power users Google Cheat Sheet Gmail tips In [...]
In AP statistics I was having a problem getting the class to actually engage during class! I know! The whole purpose of being .. in class .. is to BE IN CLASS! Thanks to my twitter PLN, I learned a terrific idea to get the class engaged. It works. Hardcore it works. It is called [...]
The other day, this article popped up in my reader (really! I think they were recycling their content). It is from August 2009, and it is a list of 100 iPhone apps for education. It got me thinking, because I don’t use an iPhone. I really have nothing for or against iPhones. I use Verizon [...]
This week I downloaded a free piece of software from Microsoft. Actually, 2 new free pieces of software. The first piece was the new Microsoft Mathematics “calculator”. I put calculator in quotes because it is so much more than just a calculator. For instance, it is a calculator and a grapher. If you click on [...]
I attended the Southern NV Math and Science Conference over the weekend. I presented part of the Advanced Algebra Applications course, but more on that in another post. I also attended a session given by one of the major textbook publishers on 21st Century learning with their products. I was told by my boss to [...]
As if I needed any more reasons to use Google Docs besides the sharing, the collaboration, the fact it is free, the folders, the sharing of folders, and the fact that it is free; Google has given me one more reason. A big, gigantic reason, actually. I can now upload ANY type of file to [...]