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Friday, August 9, 2019
Podcast. technology and reflections on class skills
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to hear my latest podcast.
Podcast title: technology and education
Podcast. technology and reflections on class skills
Thursday, August 8, 2019
TECHNOFIED LESSON PLAN:
TECHNOFIED LESSON PLAN
iT starts with a traditional lesson plan which is then re-created to be "technofied."
Both lesson plans will reflect the common core state standards. The traditional lesson plan will be evaluated using the SAMR model and the ISTE standards to see how it may be re-created in a classroom setting as part of the digital platform of learning geometry.While the traditional lesson uses teacher lecture, textbooks, and paper, pencils, the technofied lesson changes this to a diversified lesson, giving students more control of the learning process. Technology gives tools that augment and replace the traditional delivery in engaging ways.
The goal of the TECHNOFIED LESSON PLAN is to utilize the best available resources for digital learning and improve the student experience.
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https://www.ck12.org/c/geometry/definition-of-line-segment/
https://www.ck12.org/c/geometry/points-that-partition-line-segments/
Brief overview of geogebra and list of other apps:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIbXVdk3gws
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE FIRST OF TWO VIDEOS ON THE LESSON:
We are learning about points, line segments, lines, rays, angles: 90 degree, acute, and obtuse angles.
PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR THE LAST OF TWO VIDEOS ON THE LESSON :
Names and labels for points, lines, line segments, rays; and a discussion for parallel and perpendicular lines.
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Alone or with your group read through these Lessons
Navigate around these interactive resources on angles:
https://www.ck12.org/c/elementary-math-grade-4/classify-angles/
https://www.ck12.org/c/elementary-math-grade-4/classify-angles/
MUST DO: Assignment:
9.0
[https://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Middle-School-Math-Concepts-Grade-6/section/9.0/]
9.1
9.2
https://www.splashmath.com/class/mrs-skyrud/grades/fourth-grade/curriculum
Use this game to test your knowledge of lines and angles.
FIND : 11. GEOMETRY:
CHOOSE GAMES:
1. LINES, RAYS AND LINE SEGMENTS
2. TYPES OF ANGLES
3. RIGHT ANGLES
4. PARALLEL AND PERPENDICULAR LINES
[PLEASE PLAY FOUR GAMES AT LEAST ONCE--YOU MAY PLAY MORE IF YOU NEED TO]
You may play this game:
https://www.education.com/game/geometry-house/
or this:
https://www.mathgames.com/skill/4.2-lines-line-segments-and-rays
MAY-DO ASSIGNMENT: YOU MAY READ ON THROUGH
9.3 - 9.4 - 9.5 - 9.6
https://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Middle-School-Math-Concepts-Grade-6/section/9.3/
https://www.ck12.org/book/CK-12-Middle-School-Math-Concepts-Grade-6/section/9.4/
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES:
Please us the following links to videos, games, and help apps:
https://www.khanacademy.org/math/basic-geo/basic-geo-lines/lines-rays/v/lines-line-segments-and-rays
https://www.geogebra.org/geometry
HERE IS A QUIZ. It's in your GOOGLE CLASSROOM account. PLEASE COMPLETE AND SUBMIT BEFORE FRIDAY.
GOOGLE FORMS - STUDENT QUIZ from Google Earth project
Here is a Google Forms Quiz from the state capitol Google Earth Virtual Tour
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Four Google SLIDES Shows - Exploring Image-ination
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Here is the collection of images from an exploration of interest:
Here is the collection of images from an exploration of interest:
I chose wildflowers because I have a compulsion to photograph them. I often stop to take pictures on the trail when I hike or backpack --- much to the amusement (and frustration) of my backpack partners.
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Illustrate a 'how to' in Google slides.
Here is a collection of images showing how to teach a day class. I chose to show how to run a day class for watershed education .
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Here is the collection of images from: choose five photos and digitally edit to create art:
I put five photos together in a collage, applied different filters to some of them and added some text onto a couple of the photos. There were other cool digital graphic edits which did not translate across so I had to omit them (Microsoft does not play well with others).
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Here is the collection of images from the National Geographic topics: exploration of food from around the world:
This is a photo collection of food shots inspired by the National Geographic photo contest.
This was a fun project because --who doesn't have pictures of food (ha! ha!)---
All the shots were taken when gathered with friends or family to share a meal. So it is also a collection of some good memories.
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FOUR Google EARTH Tours
PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE first GOOGLE EARTH TOUR:
1) This is a -Which State Game--
a virtual tour that partners with a google quiz- to take and submit in Google Classroom. There audio is instructions and information on the expectations for completion.
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PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE NEXT GOOGLE EARTH TOUR:
2) A Google tour of Missoula and beyond
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PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE NEXT GOOGLE EARTH TOUR:
3) This is a mapping tour of my Birth to Missoula.
Since my father was an aircraft carrier pilot, we traveled a lot. As a young adult, I continued to live in a few diverse places before coming to Missoula. Missoula: don't we all have our story of how Missoula "captured us."
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PLEASE CLICK THE LINK BELOW FOR THE NEXT GOOGLE EARTH TOUR:
A Google tour of 6 well known tourist sites for travelers.
https://umt.box.com/s/enx1i938mgen7qsiy2popjecdb14ljqc
Tuesday, August 6, 2019
Stop Motion of a Circle
HERE'S A STOP MOTION PROJECT
https://umt.box.com/s/mpqyh7dszjb1flg7077shf64zongwwgf Stop Motion photography can be done in the classroom by students with any device-- iPad, etc. This was taken with an iPhone and edited with Life Lapse app.
Of a circle and how they came up with the pi ratio: 3.14159265359 or just 3.14
https://umt.box.com/s/mpqyh7dszjb1flg7077shf64zongwwgf Stop Motion photography can be done in the classroom by students with any device-- iPad, etc. This was taken with an iPhone and edited with Life Lapse app.
technology in a math classroom
Here is a Google slide show presentation on the Big Idea
of creating technology as part of teaching in the math classroom.
Exploring Technology in the Classroom is not optional anymore.
Monday, August 5, 2019
Students and Stop Motion
Stop Motion projects can be done by students in class.
https://app.box.com/s/rxem02awtntz4fi1fqoaq55pwfqq89m1
Friday, August 2, 2019
How to Do Stop Motion Photography
You can learn how to make a stop motion projects using the free version of LIFE LAPSE app.
It's Fun to learn and easy to use. Imagination is your only limitation. Projects can be made in class with iPad or with a phone. YouTube has several tutorials posted and you can get ideas from there.
Now, in addition to large poster boards and art supplies, you can make a stop motion project as part of your math or social studies lesson. They can be posted in Google Classroom.
Your Stop Motion projects can be combined with podcasts, blogs, and class videos in Google Classroom.
SEE BELOW:
This is a short tutorial with professional stop motion artist and producer, Trisha Zemp.
"Four Tips to Make Your Stop Motion Videos Look Really Good."
If you get excited about this -- like Trisha-- and want to start making stop motion projects all the time, the Life Lapse app is only a few dollars a month.
Digital Video Project with rubric link
Here is a digital video project, with a focus on education.
Video was collected over a 5 hour period in an outdoor learning environment on watershed science. iMovie was used as the film editor.
Most of the time went into reviewing the material, choosing what would be included in the first cut, and then compiling this down into a draft version. It took several hours from there, to edit down what is shown here [this is cut 30]. I thought most of the time would be spent in filming. But, it turns out the reviewing and editing takes most of your time and thought processes. . .
So here is the result.
Studying our water landscapes, insects, and plant communities.
Combining computers with hands-on learning:
Children watched videos about watersheds then led group discussions on sustainable
habitats and watershed health.
This film is the result of a day of following an outdoor classroom. Through-out the day, children learned about plant communities, watersheds, riparian habitats, and insects, Using interactive computer maps and exploring thought-maps of watersheds- upstream, downstream impacts, they learned how to enter data to generate field maps for water quality data in their study of habitat diversity in riparian zones.
Here is the link to Rubric for Digital Video Project
Introduction to Blended Learning Series
As more and more people recognize the importance of incorporating online technology into our classrooms-- more opportunities and resources become available to teachers.
This is, especially exciting for MATH, because blended learning opens up an environment for different learning styles and especially for the different paces of concept understanding.
In MATH, each student reaches mastery in different ways and at different times. Blended learning strives to give students resources so they can build knowledge, at their pace, both inside and outside the classroom. It removes traditional constraints on math skills acquisition because students have multiple resources available to them, including lectures that can be revisited at home for understanding.
In math it can be really stressful when the lesson "goes" too fast. And if we can't keep up with what the teacher is teaching, we get lost; this may cause us to shut down, which further delays our ability to get the important math concepts we need to build on.
Blended learning give the student a lot more control over the resources they need to learn.
PODCAST: What.About. EUREKA Math
PLEASE CLICK ON MY POD CAST BELOW
This is a podcast where I talk about my experiences using Eureka Math. I give an overview of a second grade geometry lesson and talk about working with elementary students last year. I tell about their responses to the curriculum. Using this curriculum students thought hard and worked hard. They developed growth mindset and gained a better attitude about math.
Please click on the link below to listen to the podcast.
first.podcast.what.about.math
Mathematics Curriculum
: Composite Shapes and Fraction Concepts
This work is derived from Eureka Math ™ and licensed by Great Minds. ©2015. eureka math.org
It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution.
Partition circles and rectangles into two, three, or four equal shares, describe the shares using the words halves, thirds, half of, a third of, etc., and describe the whole as two halves, three thirds, four fourths. Recognize that equal shares of identical wholes need not have the same shape.
Identifying, Composing, and Partitioning Shapes
PODCAST are a GREAT IDEA: Teachers can communicate with students and provide content the students can assess 24/7. Education re-defined.
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Word problems are so intimidating? I hate them.
Besides, "What do they even want to know? Why don't they just give me the numbers so I can solve it, already?"
I always ask myself, when faced with a word problem, "What is the point of doing a WORD problems? They're so hard."
Well, it turns out, you need a method, a strategy, or a system ---You need an approach! SOMETHING that walks you through with baby steps! So, here it is. As taught in college.
1. READ (do I have to?)
2.THINK (I don't want to)
3. ASK (What do they want to know?!#@%??)
4. Draw a Picture: (What?!) THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT PART (Its a college skill)
5. Decide: What does the picture tell me? How can I solve this. What can I do?
6. Write out the Equation. Now, Solve. Is it wrong? No Problem...
-- GO BACK AND DO IT AGAIN! (What? #$%@?)
7. Back to the Drawing Board.... (I love math) (this is fun...)
8. YES. NOW Solve it again. Victory.
9. Check your work (WHAT! #%@?) omg
That is a long list. My biggest problem with WORD problems is: They take time.
Unless it's easy, I don't like it: WE HAVE TO GET OVER THAT.
That's the mistake we make in MATH: Thinking we can cut corners, and cheat our way to the answer... Doesn't work like that.. ..that voice: " I don't want to do this. I can't do this" ---
It's the obstacle standing between us and crushing it in the math world. WE CAN DO It; We do know it.. We just have to buckle down and draw a PICTURE
THIS SPRING
I needed to build three composting worm boxes for red compost worms. I ordered them from Pennsylvania... Now, I had to figure out how to build a worm box. I suddenly realized: "This is why we have word problems." Building worm boxes was a word problem.
TURNS OUT, LIFE IS A WORD PROBLEM!!
HERE'S A FUNNY VIDEO about MATH, that I LOVE
Tuesday, July 9, 2019
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
If you divide its Circumference by it's diameter
you will get pi (3.14),
o O o O
Well how do you find the CIRCUMFERENCE (C) of a CIRCLE? (distance around)
And how do you find the DIAMETER (d) OF A CIRCLE? (distance across)
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1. fIRST FIND THE DIAMETER: You need a ruler, and a Circle. Measure straight across the center of the circle: that's the diameter
2.. SECOND USE THE CIRCUMFERENCE formula (it works, trust me).
Circumference = diameter * pi (C = d * pi)
Well what is pi? You tell me!! (I'm confused)
(pi = 3.14) IF
C = d * pi [Algebra] THEN pi = C/d (you divided both sides by d)
Try it!!
Start Here:
Measuring across a circle with a ruler-- you get 10 centimeters. (diameter)
If you GOOGLE "pi" you get 3.1415... 
WE JUST USE 3.14 = pi OK?
diameter = 10 centimeters (cm) and pi = 3.14
C = d* pi
Circumference = diameter * pi
C = 10 cm * 3.14 (do the math)
10 cm * 3.14 = 31.4 cm
SO THIS CIRCLE HAS A CIRCUMFERENCE OF 31.4 centimeters (cm)?
YES
(Why? because... you need to go back and find out)
NOW THE FUN STUFF: pi = Circumference
diameter (YES! see above)
Three CIRCLES:
#1. circumference is 6.28 cm and diameter is 2 cm
6.28 cm/2cm = 3.14
#2. circumference is 18.6 cm and diameter is 6 cm
18.6 cm = 3.14
6 cm
#3. circumference is 15.5 cm and diameter is 5 cm
15.5 cm = 3.14
5 cm
ITS A CIRCLE:
C = d * pi C / d = pi
So, who cares? Well, this is where they got pi. And it works for any circle. Pi is called a ratio because ratio means divide and you divide Circumference of a circle by its diameter to get pi.
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