Math Stategies video podcasts

Take a look at some of these podcasts created to help math students learn common problem topics:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=EB2196CE96D0D750

Enjoy!

Math Blogs

In response to Chrissy's post (go look ;)), I have found a couple math blogs that you may enjoy reading:

http://polymathematics.typepad.com/polymath/advanced_high_school_math.html

http://math-blog.com/

http://homeschoolmath.blogspot.com/

http://mathgoodies.blogspot.com/

Fourth-Grade Teacher Visits Our Class Friday

As we all know, we will have a visitor tomorrow to speak with us. Here is the list of questions that my other class started and we discussed on Tuesday. Take a look, and see if you have any others to add. You can add them in the "Comments" section.

Thanks~

Questions for Mrs. Milite

1. How do you set up your classroom? Why?
2. How has teaching fourth grade changed over the years?
a. Students
b. Staff
c. Assessments/Tests
d. Curriculum
e. Motivation
f. Parents
3. How do you deal with parents?
4. Do you love being a teacher? Why or why not?
5. What is the hardest thing about your job?
6. What is the easiest thing about your job?
7. Has your job ever interfered with your personal life? Does it affect your “outside life”?
8. What is your view on principals and superintendents?
9. Who was your most challenging student? Why?
10. Did you always want to be a teacher?
11. Have you taught any other grades?
12. Have you ever thought about teaching older kids?
13. How difficult is it to find a job? Do you think it will get easier or harder?
14. Have you ever had a student teacher?
15. What do you do in the summer?
16. What was your first year of teaching like?
17. Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Bloggers in Action!

Catarina looks on as Deirdre blogs at the Academic Symposium. This experience allowed us to see that blogging can be done practically anywhere (with an Internet connection) and at anytime.

Thanks to the students who visited the Symposium and to the rest of you who have put so much hard work and effort into this educational blog assignment.

Academic Symposium

Today, our blog will be presented at the annual Academic Symposium.

The Academic Symposium provides participating students from all departments with an opportunity to share their research, publications, and other educational projects with the College Community.

Come take a look at our blog as well as other fascinating projects and research!

Final Blog Assignment

This is the end of the official blog assignment. The final date to officially post and respond is Friday, April 25.

At that point, you should have at least 15- 20 blog postings. With that said, I am not being "picky" on the amount of postings, but rather looking at the content and how active you were in posting and responding.

If you have any questions about your status, please let me know. However, if I was concerned with you, you would probably know it by now. ;)

So, on to the final assignment....

Please use your next posting (or two or three...) to reflect on your blog.

• Write about your blog.
• Discuss what you originally thought of the assignment
• Explain what you learned by using it.
• Do you think it was an effective assignment?
• What could make it more effective next semester?
• Would you use it in your future teaching?

Thanks. And again, your blog writing this term was nothing less than amazing.

Bye

"Thanks!

Free Rice!

FreeRice is a website that can help your students increase their vocabulary while helping others.

The website has two goals:

1. Improve your vocabulary

2. Improve your life and the lives of others

Take a look at this site and see what you think...

**FreeRice is a sister site of the world poverty site, Poverty.com.

Randy Pausch

Susan just imformed me that Randy Pausch will be on ABC (channel 7) tonight at 10:00PM.

Thanks, Susan!

Let's watch...

Rapping Vocab

Today in my Tests and Measurements class, a student presented a lesson using this site:

Flocabulary: Hip-Hop in the Classroom
http://www.flocabulary.com/

Take a look and a listen and see what you think.

Vocabulary Website

After our interesting discussion on vocabulary development, I thought I would share this link:

http://www.vocabulary.com/

This site contains root lessons as well as online games and puzzles to increase vocabulary skills and knowledge.

Enjoy!

Welcome Back!!

Welcome back to the blog...and school, too.

Hope you all had a wonderful Spring break and are rested.

I know some of you were doing your field experiences during the week. Anything you would like to share with the class?

Blogging on Break... Yes or No?

To blog or not to blog...that is the question...

Here is my answer:

If you have followed the criteria (2 blogs a week and at least one response a week), please feel free to take the week "off" from blogging. If you have a couple to catch up on, make sure you add a couple blogs.

If you have any concerns, please ask me.

Have a nice break!

New Jersey Association of Educational Technology

Take a look at this site and blog.

• NJAET Website
• NJAET Blog

Visit the website to sign up for this organization. It is free to join!

The Blog includes monthly topic discussions with experts from all around New Jersey and places for NJAET members to share ideas and resources.

What Are You Doing In That Computer Lab?

After our day in the lab, I thought this would be a nice connective piece for you to read:

Read What Are You Doing In That Computer Lab?

How will you use a computer lab in your school?

NCLB thoughts

Here is an article about the infamous NCLB:

“No Child Left Behind” Should Be Left Behind

And, being fair...here is another side to the story:

NCLB: Fix it, Don't Nix it

Any thoughts?

High School Proficiency Assessment

Here is the link to the NJ HSPA guidelines on the NJ Department of Education (DOE) website:

New Jersey HSPA

Any thoughts?

Teacher's Job

If a doctor, lawyer, or dentist had 40 people in his office at one time, all of whom had different needs, and some of whom didn't want to be there and were causing trouble, and the doctor, lawyer, or dentist, without assistance, had to treat them all with professional excellence for nine months, then he might have some conception of the classroom teacher's job.
~Donald D. Quinn

Puzzled?

Puzzlemaker is a free, online puzzle generation tool for teachers, students and parents. Create and print customized word search, criss-cross, math puzzles, and more using your own word lists.

Take a look at this one (took me less than a minute to create):

C E N L M N L S Y N L K F A F
Q R B X Y L A R Q J E A Z K G
N D T Q I S E S Z F E C P P O
J R M W I H S Y U C A U N M S
A I I M T V X I A S F W J F U
C E W A R R H T R L E O L H C
K D E Q Q I A C G H I V X D B
I H K T E R E N C E C S B N N
E R I F I D M L E T O X H C J
W R M N Y Q W M H M D P G A I
Y R A G W R B P M C I S Q S E
Q B Y O R U O N T X L O A A J
D P A R L Y I W V D X A V C A
D A M M A H O M H T C I U Z B
R E W T T S J O E F X X P R K

ALISHA
CATARINA
CHLOE
CHRISSY
DEIRDRE
HEATHER
ISAAC
JACKIE
JOE
MIKE
MOHAMMAD
SUSAN
TERENCE
WILL

Can you think of some good uses for this tool?

Last Lecture on Tuesday

Class,

I promise to show the Last Lecture video on Tuesday.

This is a living example of how there is always so much to teach and never enough time!

Like I have said in class, you will have lesson plans and time allotments. Will you always meet them? I hate to say it, but no. Realistically, side discussions and insights usually lead you off-track and this is acceptable. Side discussions are usually what make for great learning opportunities.

On that note, though, I promise to show that video on Tuesday!

**P. S. Thanks again to Susan for finding it and posting it on her blog.