Archive for the 'Math' Category

Collaborative Student Math Wiki

Friday, December 18th, 2009

A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about my Thoughts on Setting up a Student Created Wiki.
I chose to use wikispaces education wiki as the platform of the Math wiki. The set up of student accounts was very easy and fast, no email was required for the students.

I also pre-created a page [...]

Groundhog Day- Predictions

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009

Groundhog day is just around the corner.
First graders predicted if the groundhog would see his shadow, hence signaling six more weeks of winter.
The class discussed the results of their graph:

How many students predict that the groundhog will (not) see its shadow?
Did more students predict six more weeks of winter or more students predicting spring [...]

Students becoming Teachers

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

What if we asked our students to become the teachers? What if we asked our students to articulate the process of something that they have learned? The SmartBoard, that we have installed in TechConnect also has a special software that is available on all of the computers at school. That software includes the capability of [...]