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Need help with a student project

Hi all,I need help with a student project. I have a student who wants to look at the relationship between how fast someone is going, and the time it takes them to stop on a long board (a type of skateboard).It's pretty easy for you, just share the following link with your students:https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGpUYmwyTzB0Z09wTVdKU0dTSmhpY3c6MQAnd ask your students to complete…See More
Blog post by David Wees Nov 26, 2010
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Let's Tell Our Stories

Hi all,As most of you no doubt know, there are a couple of documentaries which are either out or going to be out soon which probably don't make teachers look like they are doing a very good job. I'm thinking specifically of "Waiting for Superman" and "Race to Nowhere."We have a new project that we started today where we would like to share our story. Our objective is to let all stake-holders have an opportunity to present a 1 to 2 minute clip of what they think represents either the best in…See More
Blog post by David Wees Oct 13, 2010

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Need help with a student project

Posted on November 26, 2010 at 9:27am 0 Comments

Hi all,


I need help with a student project. I have a student who wants to look at the relationship between how fast someone is going, and the time it takes them to stop on a long board (a type of skateboard).


It's pretty easy for you, just share the following link with your students:…


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David Wees

Let's Tell Our Stories

Posted on October 12, 2010 at 9:45pm 0 Comments

Hi all,


As most of you no doubt know, there are a couple of documentaries which are either out or going to be out soon which probably don't make teachers look like they are doing a very good job. I'm thinking specifically of "Waiting for Superman" and "Race to Nowhere."


We have a new project that we started today where we would like to share our story. Our objective is to let all stake-holders have an opportunity to present a 1 to 2 minute clip…
Continue
David Wees

Unscientific survey on paper use in schools

Posted on November 17, 2009 at 8:44pm 0 Comments

Hi all,

Trying to gather some information on paper use in schools. Just looking for the answer to a couple of quick questions.

1. Approximately how much paper (in your teaching) do you use in a day?
2. How many teachers are at your school?

Please respond here:

http://is.gd/4XCAQ
David Wees

Free online training in Geogebra

Posted on March 19, 2009 at 3:24pm 18 Comments

Geogebra is a free and open source geometry program, similar in function to Geometer's sketchpad. It also allows for exporting your work to a web friendly format.



This coming Wednesday March 25th, either between 7am to 10am or 1pm to 5pm I plan on running an online workshop on how to use Geogebra. This will have to be limited to the first 20 participants as I am using the free online and screen-sharing website, http://dimdim.com (which has a limit of… Continue
David Wees

Using student created video word problems as assessment

Posted on February 25, 2009 at 4:30am 0 Comments

I'm currently enrolled in my Masters in Educational Technology at the University of British Columbia, and it's a wonderful program, I highly recommend it. One of the things we are currently looking into is something called the Jasper series, which is essentially a series of videos intended to bring real applications of mathematics into the classroom.



The series has a set up a problem in the real world (like rescuing an injured Eagle, etc...) and students are given a bunch of… Continue

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