Tag: Video
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Using Virtual Tools to Solve Real-World Problems
I recently saw this video come up in my Twitter Feed. It is about a group of teenagers who are working on a project for Abbott Labs, and the story of their teacher who realizes that after working on this Real-World Problem, that the students will never be able to learn the same way ever…
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Percent Increase and Decrease
Here’s a sample lesson on Percent Increase and Decrease designed for a 52-minute Pre-Algebra class. 1. Start by watching the video on ‘Percent Increase’. Make sure that students have the handout so that they don’t have to write down the application problem. 2. Have students work on the two ‘Group Work’ problems on percent increase.…
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This Calculus Game Needs a Sweet Name… Any Suggestions?
I just finished this new Calculus game in anticipation of teaching a lesson on The First Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. I’m looking to give it a good name. Any suggestions? Calculus Game.pdf Download this file Jing Video and notes to accompany my lesson: http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/54f7800c-0820-4d28-ab22-63c3ca0ae758/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » Intergal_Video.pdf Download this file Jing Video and notes…
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Solving a System of Equations with Two Unknowns
A Sample Lesson on Solving a System of Equations with Two Unknowns Before you begin, you may want to print the summary sheet below for reference. The sheet happens to have a major typo, but I think that it’s usually fun for the students to discover it themselves. I’ve been generous enough to correct the typo.…
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Games, Activities, and Useful Web Tools.
Here’s a rundown of some of the games and activities that I’ve recently used in the classroom, along with various other useful links that I can see being applicable to learning and education. 1. Ed On Your Own Crossword Puzzles – This particular link from Ed on Your Own has a list of free printable math…
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Links from the Week – including a LCM/GCF Competition-Style Idea
Sometimes I wonder how many people actually find this more annoying than useful. 1. Maple Worksheets for Calculus – In addition to the Applets which I previously posted about, there St. Louis University also has a series of Maple Worksheets for Calculus that could prove to be useful. That is, if Maple is your thing.…
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Twitter Link Round-Up
Here’s a recap of the links that I’ve posted on Twitter over the past week or so: 1. A friend told me that she used this Divisibility Rocks game from over at The Utah Education Network with her Developmental Math students and that it worked really well. It turns out that they have plenty of other…
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Degrees, Minutes, and Seconds on the TI-Nspire
I'm learning new things about the TI-Nspire everyday. This video is from the people over at Tech Powered Math:
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Non-Apologetic Promotion of Twitter
Update: 50+ Twitter Links, including a Prezi about Twitter in Education. There have been at least 3 times in the last week when I have showed a colleague this website and have gotten a surprised look of, “Where did you get all of these ideas?” When I tell people that Twitter feeds a majority of…
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