SMART Response (Clickers)
September 15, 2010, 12:00 amThese worked great. They integrate with the SMART notebook software, so they require a bit of tweaking when entering an assessment. SMART notebook, even with math tools, requires entering any equations again… even if they were imported from Word or a google Document.
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September 14, 2010, 12:00 amFacts:
· Humans average 2 words per second when speaking.
· Humans average 60 minutes per day speaking.
How many words will you speak in your (average) life of 75 years?
(hint: break it down to smaller questions)
This is the question that the Applied Math guys worked on yes...
Track(ing) the tips
September 12, 2010, 12:00 amFor the past two summers, I’ve worked at the oldest horsetrack in the country, Saratoga Racetrack. I work as a mutuel teller and my job has me selling and cashing bets. It’s an okay job, the pay is not high, but it’s quite flexible and it’s totally different from teaching and so the break is nice....
My New Classroom
September 7, 2010, 12:00 amSo I’ve talked about it before, but I was selected to be a guinea pig for a new 21st century classroom. I’ll be teaching two classes in this classroom: Geometry Regents, and Applied Math (second half of year is called Consumer Math). The Applied/Consumer math will consist of mostly PBL (project ba...
SBG – Question #1
August 26, 2010, 12:00 amIn mentally preparing for this upcoming year, my brain (clearly a separate entity from myself, ala pilkington) keeps returning to a couple of sticking points regarding a transition to Standards Based Grading.
Grades Go Down?
Two issues: should they be able to go down? and how do you put t...
Kodu
August 19, 2010, 12:00 amSomething cool out of microsoft?
Very neat simple “programming game”. Like Scratch, but 3d and pretty.
Its now available for PC (originally only xbox).
Devil’s Tuning Fork
August 16, 2010, 12:00 amDon’t know if you’ve seen this, but its a very cool student-made computer game whose premise is awesomely original. Devil’s Tuning Fork is a first-person game where you have no “vision”. The only way you can see is if you sound your tuning fork, and then you can “see” the sound waves as they bou...
Bricks (WCYDWT)
August 16, 2010, 12:00 amHow many pallets of brick,
do you need to make these,
or
this?
I’ll try this problem out for the first day of class in Applied Math. What extra information do they need?
Dynamic Geometry
August 9, 2010, 12:00 amDynamic Geometry Software
I have access to Geometer’s Sketchpad at school; its installed on a bunch of laptops and in a couple of computer labs. Geogebra is a similar program but I do not have much experience with it.
For the past 4 years I’ve done various “labs” with the Geometry students...
First 21st Century Project
August 2, 2010, 12:00 amSo this year I’ve been given the privilege of trying out my teaching skillz in a new 21st century classroom in our building. I’m still unsure about how deep of “trouble” I am with this classroom. The classroom is being upgraded with smartboards (a normal and a small), 25 or so budget laptops, idea...