Blogarithm of a Learner

I found a website called the Art of Problem Solving in my Google Reader.  This site has many math word problems on different levels categorized by subject.  The site tracks students’ success rates and offers problems based on their success.  As a teacher, I can create class lists and keep track of each student’s progress.  [...]

I found many videos that show a teacher’s strategy for teaching a particular concept to his/her students.  The two videos I focused on were created by Susan Johnsey.  The two videos are part 1 and part 2 of teaching students how to add and subtract integers.  Her method is not one I have seen before [...]

I love the concept of google docs.  I have already used this some at work.  We use a document each time we have a team meeting.  Each teacher that is a part of the meeting adds things to the agenda that he/she thinks we need to talk about.  It works really well. An idea I [...]

My initial thought about podcasting is that is not going to be at the top of my list to use in my classroom.  I am sure there are ways for me to use this as a teacher, but nothing immediately jumps out at me.  At this point in our Web 2.0 course, I have learned [...]

I found LibraryThing interesting, but not something I would currently use in the classroom.  I may try using it for my own personal reading – to find books that I would enjoy.  As well, I plan to explore it more and see if I can find books on education that I would use professionally.

I was excited at the beginning of the course when I noticed that Thing 15 was about organizing bookmarks.  I have lots of bookmarks and have been looking for a way to keep them straight.  I love the tags.  As soon as I signed up for Delicious I imported my bookmarks (I didn’t know this [...]

I found a link to some Math Challenge Posters that I really like.  Many of my 7th grade math students love math puzzles and there were quite a few good problems in this group of posters.  I am excited about having them in my classroom this fall.

I looked at several tools, but ended up focusing on quizlet and bubbl.us.  I chose to look at these because I thought they would have practical applications for my classroom.  As soon as I explored quizlet, I used it to create a vocabulary list for my summer math workshop students that I will be teaching [...]

I created my slides show using Roxio PhotoShow.  My show consists of 6 photos that are math related.  I had fun playing with the different styles, coming up with humorous captions (at least they are humorous to me!), and experimenting with personalizing my show. Details last edit by jrorabaugh just now – 33 revisions Tags [...]

Image by Network Osaka Okay, if you can’t tell, my topic for my search on flickr was “mathematics”.  I wanted to find photos that I thought would appeal to my students – with color, design, humor, etc. Before this task, I knew nothing about flickr.  What a great site!  It is very cool to have [...]