Finally
Cal ArmstrongOkay.. it's taken me since September but this was the first math class of my Grade 9s where I was convinced that they 'got it'. Not in terms of the…
Why Smartboards?
I really have to question the continued emphasis on Smartboards... if you're a teacher (well, high school teacher at least) I'd strongly recommend you consider investing in a good tablet…
Google Docs
So I've been playing a bit with Google docs in a few classes...1) Grade 8s. A communal document for review... I distributed review questions to each student and they wrote…
A little off topic
MathML Strengthens Digital Math TextsDigital texts are moving beyond simply putting pages on a computer screen.In Kentucky, a small pilot study is demonstrating the benefits of this textbook technology for…
So a little further
Well, we're into quadratics now. The one section is doing really well incorporating Maple into their learning process -- they fluidly jump back and forth between Maple & OneNote. The…
Variables
Well, we've used the Curve Fitting Tool for the past couple of classes. Lesson learned: it's best to be descriptive in your variables because using x and y is not…
The test
Things that immediately pops up....Having them able to use the TEXT to describe their variables and present their solutions neatly. We focused so much on the math work that I…
Leading by the nose? Or breaking a path?
Well, we did a bit of direct instruction (not Direct Instruction, which is completely different... kinda like variables in poorly designed programming languages) where, in order to lead them through…
Dipping a toe in…
Okay... well we made an attempt at Maple 12 today... just a brief introduction to graphing. I deliberately did it by assigning names to the equationsL1:=y=3x+2Then I chose to have…
So it starts…
It begins tomorrow. Well, actually, it doesn't because the students don't have their laptops tomorrow so we will just do a "welcome back to school, I'm your teacher, here's a…