Reflecting on how this week has gone as far as my GAME plan is concerned….I was able to find a little time to look at a site called The Futures Channel. I have signed up for their weekly videos and letters. I am hoping through this site I can find videos to share with my students, but once again time became an issue and I did not find something to use for our current unit. On the other hand, a fellow math teacher did send a video she had found on Safari Montage on Systems of Equations. I did try showing it to my students and found many were not engaged and did not find the video useful. But they say ‘persistence pays off’, so I will keep trying.
As far as real-world applications, I did use an activity about air traffic controllers and the paths of planes this week. The students did find the activity interesting. Once again this activity was suggested by a fellow teacher.
I have found that my colleagues are an invaluable resource to my GAME plan. They usually have good suggestions and activities to share. Another area that my colleagues have been helpful in is helping with the creation of flipcharts and Power Point presentations. We often work on them together and come up with some decent ideas. The jury is still out as far as projects go….Although I assign projects, I am going to have to put some front time into some that I already have to make them use the students’ technology skills to their fullest potential.
One thing I am excited about is that on February 19th I am going to a technology conference in our district. I was able to sign up for sessions that may help me with the Promethean Board as well as other digital activities. I don’t normally get excited about conferences, but this one seems timely and addresses some of the things we have discussed in our courses!
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The support showed by your colleges is really a priceless asset for your game plan, power points are a good element to incorporate technology in your classroom, and by giving the students the opportunity to learn and produced their own presentations, we will be given them a hand on experience. You are definitely in the right track.
ReplyDeleteLeilani,
ReplyDeleteThe air traffic controllers’ activity sounds very interesting, I wonder if you are able to share a little bit about it and which lesson did you use it for. I always value your ideas as I also feel that your classroom is an exciting place for your students. Good job! I wish that you learn new great things in the coming conference.
Joseph
Joe,
ReplyDeleteThe activity was for solving systems of equations. I used it as an introduction to graphing systems. We look at the 'paths of planes' as graphs of lines. Of course the goal was to make sure the plans did not intersect. I find that when we move from graphing the lines to solving algebraically students loose sight of the fact that they are still dealing with lines. Hopefully as we continue, I can refer to this activity and they will remember what the solutions represent - where the planes would 'meet' or the lines intersect.
Thanks for the comments,
Leilani