This is a perfect resource for your students: www.ignitiontutoring.com
It's online tutors (via Skype) from top universities like Stanford. Their focus is on MATH but also "growth mindset" and independent learning. It's a great…
Hi Darin,
How are you liking pbwiki? I am trying wetpaint wiki and I am trying to figure out how to use an equation editor. I see that you have been able to embed it in your website. Was it straight forward?
Thanks,
Bridget
Recently our school held a fundraiser for an alumnus who is battling cancer. It was a 3 on 3 basketball tournament where each team had to have one member somehow connected to Anderson High School. I played and more importantly reconnected with some of my former students. Another teacher who has epilepsy annually participates in a 5k run/walk to raise funds for a summer camp for kids with epilepsy. This led me to enter the Cincinnati Heart Mini marathon, a 15K race that is sponsored by the…See More
Very cool idea, Darin. I hope to do this someday with my Statistics students using Moodle. What are the pros and cons of this type of assignment/review/collaboration based on what you've seen so far?
I started a class wiki last year and have had students use it to create review pages, post projects, collect resources, find videos among other thing. IYou are more than welcome to view it.
My senior Algebra 3 / Trigonometry students are working on an ongoing chapter review page on our class wiki.. Each week we are discussing a new topic in trigonometry. Two days prior to the quiz, they are to summarize the information by creating practice problems, finding tutorials on the web, finding links to sites they could use to study for the quiz, creating podcasts, screencasts. or even videos of themselves working problems and explaining examples. I am…See More
The problem, as I see it, is the problem you have with any jigsaw activity. The pair that is assigned to a given topic will definitely benefit from the 2 days spent. They will probably learn more about their topic in those 2 days than they'd…
I am a math teacher, tennis and golf coach. I am also the tech coordinator at Anderson. I am part of our districts TABLET program. I have been teaching with a tablet PC for 2 years. This year I started using blogs and wikis in the classroom.
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Hi Darin. I was wondering if your colleagues and students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
I came to Cincinnati a few Years ago to visit a friend called Stan, who is now deceased.
It is such a beautiful town you live in. I went to the Lookout, and the floating Restaurant and the city tour and had a wonderful time.
Maggi
Seriously? That is GREAT! You should do a race sometime soon. I just registered for the Myrtle Beach Marathon Feb 14th!! 9 weeks and counting....I am EXCITED!