When I multiply 2 fractions...

When I multiply 2 fractions, their product comes out less than each of the original fractions....why?

Solving picture equations...

Here is one thing cool about solving picture equations.......

using #-lines to add or subtract integers!

When the #'s get either too big or too small, how do I use #-line to add or subtract? somebody help me!

After 11Tools : Reflections

Knowledge is POWER. Shared knowledge is powerful. I find the Wikis the most exciting tool if properly used. The Internet and all the various digital devices of the 21st century has empowered the 21st century learner in an unprecedented way. In the same vein, the potential to kill and or render useless, is equally high if the use is not matched with equal sense of responsibility. In this regard, I have the following concerns:

a) Inappropriate behaviors: freedom or abuse of freedom
b) Protection of personal data
c) Overuse of the Internet
d) Use for illegal purposes
e) Internet friendship
f) Spam
g) Obscene materials
h) Use of pirated materials, to name a few.

11Tools #11: Digital Citizenship

The 3 top priorities for helping students develop good digital citizenship:

1)Consider the digital environment as an extension of the classroom:
Teach them the classroom expectations and repeatedly too. What is not allowed in the classroom is, by extension, not allowed on the cyberspace.

2)Morality/ethics
Morality means doing the right things even when no one is watching. The Rotarian's 4-way test sums it all - a) Is it the truth?
b) Is it fair to all concerned?
c) Will it build goodwill and better friendship?
d) Is it beneficial to all concerned?

3) Safety and Security (be cybersmart!)
Teach them not to expose too many personal things about themselves or others. Empower the students to think critically and make informed choices about how they live and treat others in a digital world. Teach topics topics such as privacy, social media, cyberbullying, and creativity/self-expression during advisory lessons.

11Tools #10: Exploring Mobile Technology & Apps.

The digitized world is changing per second per second - itouch, iphone, ipod, and ipad - unbelievable! Its a digital revolution that has hugely impacted how students and teachers learn. This is like 'drive-through-learning' or 'learning-on-the-go'. The world of education is fast changing, one pocket app and a set of earbugs we take learning on the go!

The potential is huge. The itouch can be used for vocabulary flashcards. Drill and practice, although considered lower-level on the Bloom's Taxonomy, nevertheless are crucial for student retention of facts. Research shows that students' recall and memory will be increased when visuals are added to the memory-creating process. When recall is required for student learning, we can encourage them to use the i-devices to practice by creating flashcards.

Even more effective than students practicing the iTouch flashcards is allowing students to build flashcard sets of their own. Fellow students can exchange iTouch flashcards and learn from one another, while they rarely need to review the flashcards that they, themselves have made.

iphone, ipod, ipad, itouch - all touching student life in the classroom! Amazing!

11Tools #9:Sharing Information through Jing & Skype

Kids like to work with things that are interactive - video games, itouch, etc. These two tools, Jing & Skype, provide an amazing platform for collaborative learning. They appear to be tailor-made for WAIS. With these tools we can become all the more international in outreach. Our kids can work collaboratively with kids in the other parts of the globe. It is awesome!

These tools can be developed to offer an active interaction among pupils and educator, supporting an effective learning as well as developing the four main skills: listening, speaking, reading and writing.

I hope that someday, we will find ways to interface them with activeboards so that educators and students can open and see the same lessons delivered on the activeboard. They can point out specific areas, write notes, highlight texts, and erase annotations as they were together in a presential classroom.

11Tools #8:Video Resources

Here are some cool links i found on teacherTube:


Welcome Back to School


Are You Paying Attention?

11tools #5:

I have used Google docs to create a file that could enable my students fill out and sign-up for camp-allen ,from their homes so that parents are actively involved in the sign-up process.

I also found the Brain Pop site which I had heard of, but had never investigated. It was very engaging and interesting. Here is that site: http://www.brainpop.com/

The Google Docs site was easier for me to navigate, so that is the one I decided to join. When I first began reading about social bookmarking, it sounded great because of using various computers. I will use more of this tool in connecting with students to elicit greater family involvement.

11tools #6: The Wikis

The ever changing world brings new challenges everyday in our lives. The wikis is an indispensable tool for coping with these challenges. Teaching has evolved a great deal; from the oral tradition used one-on-one during apprenticeship era, to the one-to-many oral culture that existed during the common-school era, teachers and children can now enjoy the best of both traditions using the wikis. By means of this tool, networked computers provide a way for students to learn materials collaboratively and at the same time take ownership of the material they are learning.

11tools #7: Digital Story Telling

Wish all movies come in math formats. This movie is rated 'PG7'

11tools_#4:

GOOGLE.docs
Google docs is an amazing peice of technology. Its a good platform for colloborative learning...little drops making the ocean!

My Google Doc Survey

:biker babe.

.biker babe. {explored}
Originally uploaded by *miss*leah*

If babies could talk.....they'd ask for a bike!

Flickr

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

11tools #3:Speaking_In_math_tonge

11tools #2: My thouhgts....

This medium is an indispensable resource for communicating with this digital, 21st century generation of learners. If fully implemented, a major obtacle to learning will have been cleared because the teacher will be able meet the learner on his familiar grounds.



It invokes a great deal of sharing among all stake holders - students, educators, parents, the community and the country in general. Whoever came up with this idea deserves a 'Nobel Price'!



I can see myself blogging on tutorial questions with students and mixing learning and leisure.



The blogs posted by everyone show a variety of interests. In particular, i like Paul Ziegenbin's, Seda Dawson's, Agrawal Shivani's, Pat Joyce's and Amy Houser's comments and thoughts.

11tools #1: Its so easy...I can do it!

It looks complicated, going through all the jargon in the write-up. But the fun one has doing it makes it very easy. Avatar? Never knew it meant anything other than a 3D-movie. The true test is in the 'doing'...if i can do it, everyone else can! Come-on, lets do it!