The AP exam is over, finals are in two weeks, and my learners have been busy bees constructing knowledge for the community. That is their goal in this post-AP Exam stage of the class. Their charge and challenge is to do something that constructs, creates, or consolidates knowledge for the school or the community. Below [...]
Yea, that’s right. I just had 2 classes in a row teach themselves and others how to complete the square with circles and ellipses. How did I accomplish this miracle, because I really do consider it to be a miracle. In my Advanced Algebra Class we have the following problem called, creatively enough, The [...]
It has been a while since I have done a #MyFavFriday, but I realized this week that I absolutely have a favorite I would like to share. My pens. I love pens. I have a ritual I do every morning to make sure I have my wallet, room keys, cellphone and yes, by Rotring Quad-point [...]
It has been a while since I did a #MyFavFriday post, but I have to share this because it has been making my life so much easier this school year. Dropbox. Yes, that service. I know, so many other people have written about it in the past, and so have I, but this year I [...]
My #myfavfri post this week is on 2 ways to graph equations online easy and simply. I struggled with showing graphs large and in charge in a way that learners could duplicate at home, and then I came across these 2 methods. 1. Desmos’ “A Better Calculator” which is found at http://abettercalculator.com. Some nice features. [...]
I was having a tough time writing this post this week because I have been at Exeter Math training for the last 2 days, and will be for 2 more days. This training has been a huge time suck, with homework given every night that I have spent a lot of time on thinking as [...]
This year I am trying to make my classroom more personal and less institutional. So many math classrooms are can be described and “lacking a personal touch,” I think because as math teachers we don’t realize just how much that personal touch is missed. I know when I was in college, we spent so much [...]
For today’s #myfavfriday I am presenting an idea that has been percolating in my head for a while. If you want to know what a #myfavfriday is, then see Druinok’s blog here. Learners have a devil of a time with quadratics. Afterall, there can be 2 solutions, 1 solution, or no solutions in Algebra 1, [...]