TeAchnology is an awesome website and resource for all teachers. Among the variety of educational resources, they have an open forum under the teacher message board where anyone is welcome to add a question or comment about an ongoing discussion, whether you are a member of the website or not. There are interesting discussions every day on the message board. Usually if your question is sort of open-ended, you can expect to get multiple responses which are helpful. They break it up into groups: k-2, 3-5, middle, and high school. It’s a great way to narrow the focus and keep yourself within the right age group and level.
Aside from the message board, there are tones of useful information a teacher could take from TeAchnology. There are lesson plans, tips for and helpful hints for just about any sort of teaching situation, a cool rubric generator, articles, a variety of worksheets that are content specific, great themes for all subjects, and lots of links to other great resources as well as plenty of other great resources for teachers. They even have a huge list of links to all sorts of different math websites if you want to look beyond Teachnology. I guess that’s why the website is called the online resource for teachers.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Programming a Graphing Calculator
As this final project comes to a close, I wanted to share with you all the progress I've made and the goals I've met through my IEP. I now understand the language of the TI-83 Plus graphing calculator, and I'm able to use it to compile meaningful programs with minimal difficulties. I often laugh to myself in embarrassment that I never new how to do this stuff before, even though I'm been using the TI-83 for over 10 years. I'm not proud of that fact, but now I know.
As part of the IEP, I've created a unit plan on how to use the TI-83 Plus with an emphasis on programming which consists of 5 lesson plans; however, each lesson varies in length and may take several days. I also have links to the 4 worksheets I created as part of the unit.
If you wish, you can read a self-reflection of my journey establishing an IEP, setting objectives and goals, and meeting them through a unit plan applicable to any algebra class. Although this unit sounds like it focuses on 8th grade math, it can really be applied to all secondary levels of math, including advanced placement calculus. Please check out the links below to view more details about the IEP.
Self-Reflection
Unit Plan
Worksheets for Unit Plan:
As part of the IEP, I've created a unit plan on how to use the TI-83 Plus with an emphasis on programming which consists of 5 lesson plans; however, each lesson varies in length and may take several days. I also have links to the 4 worksheets I created as part of the unit.
If you wish, you can read a self-reflection of my journey establishing an IEP, setting objectives and goals, and meeting them through a unit plan applicable to any algebra class. Although this unit sounds like it focuses on 8th grade math, it can really be applied to all secondary levels of math, including advanced placement calculus. Please check out the links below to view more details about the IEP.
Self-Reflection
Unit Plan
Worksheets for Unit Plan:
Thursday, April 10, 2008
IEP Proposal
As a way of enhancing my own knowledge about the TI-83 graphing calculator-a device I've been using for many years as a math student-I've decided to create an individualized education plan for myself to improve upon the skills I already have and broaden my knowledge about the calculator even further.
For my proposal, I will be creating a mini unit for my students, approximately six lesson plans, that teaches students how to use a graphing calculator. The students will ultimately learn the technical language of the calculator which will allow them to write programs that can perform operations with the press of a button. I'm very excited to learn the language myself, and I'm really looking forward to meeting my goals of my IEP.
For my proposal, I will be creating a mini unit for my students, approximately six lesson plans, that teaches students how to use a graphing calculator. The students will ultimately learn the technical language of the calculator which will allow them to write programs that can perform operations with the press of a button. I'm very excited to learn the language myself, and I'm really looking forward to meeting my goals of my IEP.
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