Friday, December 11, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 12/12/2009


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Thursday, December 10, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 12/11/2009


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Thursday, November 26, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 11/27/2009


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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 11/25/2009


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Monday, November 23, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 11/24/2009

  • Great examples of problems/data sets that can be analyzed. I do think there are a considerable amount of regression equations that may/may not be categorized appropriately. That said, it's a great set of questions to discuss with students, great data sets that can be updated with a little bit of research as most are 10 years old.

    One of the best compilations of regression problems that I've come across.

    tags: math, web2.0, regression, algebraic, modeling


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Thursday, November 19, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 11/20/2009


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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 11/11/2009


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Monday, November 9, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 11/10/2009


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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 10/08/2009

  • How do I know if my use is a fair use?This tool has been developed to help teachers and students reason through the fair use process. You can see an example of how this tool is being used HEREUse the form online. The data from this form feeds into a google spreadsheet so you can compare how individuals or groups reason the fair use of copyrighted material in a work. If you would like to use this form in your work you can click here. If you have a google account, you can sign in and copy into your google account.

    tags: fair, use, copyrightconfusion, copyright, administration, instruction

  • Another great post from Bud, actually calling attention to the issue of classroom management rather than the tool being the issue. How dare students express their boredom by doing something rather than daydreaming...Make sure you read the comments, especially Dave Truss' response.

    tags: filtering, blocking, blogging, administration, instruction


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Monday, October 5, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 10/06/2009


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Friday, October 2, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 10/03/2009


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Thursday, October 1, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 10/02/2009


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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 10/01/2009

  • Really interesting way of doing a multimedia search. Not sure it's classroom safe, even with safe search on there were several images that were beyond borderline. When I did compound search "algebra" + "linear" much tighter and deleted virtually all inappropriate material.

    I just like the way you can explore the information. If you have students gathering information and tagging with specific tags like "wjhsconlit09" then you could pull up all of that material without interference. I think it's a great tool for that kind of exploration.

    tags: search, visualization, spezify, mashup, visual


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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/30/2009

  • Singapore Math in the US site. Several books for ordering.

    tags: singapore, textbook, teacher training, math

  • Chinese students often outperform U.S. students on international tests in mathematics. Chinese students’ mathematics performances are assumed to be related directly to their teachers’ deep mathematics understanding and ability to represent concepts flexibly in their classrooms, which, in turn, are thought to be influenced by Chinese mathematics curriculum and policies. The authors examine this theoretical assumption through a systematic review of relevant literature and attempt to identify the relationship between Chinese students’ mathematics performance and the factors that contribute to their achievement. On the basis of their review, the authors raise questions about the assumption and propose research that can lead to a better understanding of the relationship between the quality of students’ mathematics learning and the contexts in which their learning occurs.

    tags: student performance, chinese, math, standards

  • In-service Training in Alternative Assessment withSingapore Mathematics TeachersFan LianghuoNational Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, SingaporeAbstract: Fifty-nine primary mathematics teachers of three intakes participated in in-service training in alternative assessment newly offered at a university in Singapore. A study, action research in nature, was undertaken to examine the effects of the in-service training and investigate relevant issues in promoting teachers' use of alternative assessment in classrooms. Data were mainly collected through questionnaire surveys, the participants’ work on an authentic alternative assessment task, and field-notes of the training. The results indicate that systematic training in alternative assessment is highly needed for school teachers, and inservice training can be an effective way to promote their professional growth in this area, especially through their integrating authentic alternative assessment tasks into their actual classroom teaching as part of the training. In addition, the study reveals that the current school curriculum does not well reflect the new development of assessment and therefore there is a need to integrate the concept and content of alternative assessment into school curriculum to facilitate teachers’ use of alternative assessment in classroom. Some other relevant issues, including advantages and disadvantages of in-service training, are also documented in the article.

    tags: teacher training, singapore, math

  • Lianghuo Fan1 and Yan Zhu1Centre for Research in Pedagogy and Practice, National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, 1 Nanyang Walk, Singapore, 637616, SingaporeAbstract: This study examined how selected school mathematics textbooks in China, Singapore, and USA at the lower secondary grade level represent problem-solving procedures. The analysis of problem-solving procedures was carried out in two layers – general strategies, which adopted Pólya’s four-stage problem-solving model, and specific trategies, which consisted of 17 different problem-solving heuristics such as ‘acting it out,’ ‘looking for a pattern,’ ‘working backwards,’ etc. Both similarities and differences in the representation of problem-solving procedures in the textbooks across the three countries were revealed and compared. The possible reasons for the similarities and especially for the differences were explored. Suggestions about how to improve the representation of problem-solving in mathematics textbooks were provided at the end of the study. Comparative study, Mathematical problem-solving, Mathematics textbooks,Curricular contents, Pólya’s problem-solving, model, Problem-solving heuristics, Textbook analysis, Lower-secondary mathematics

    tags: problem solving, singapore, textbook

  • Miracle Math: A Successful Program from Singapore Tests the Limits of School Reform in the SuburbsAuthors:Personal author, compiler, or editor name(s); click on any author to run a new search on that name.Garelick, Barry

    tags: singapore, textbook, math

  • Alignment Content Analysis of TIMSS and PISA Mathematics and Science Assessments, Using the Surveys of Enacted Curriculum MethodologyFebruary 2009, A CCSSO paperPrepared for National Center for Education Statisticsand American Institutes for Research

    tags: no_tag

  • Great opportunity to have students showcase their skills, their learning, and for teachers to maximize an engagement opportunity. I would love to collaborate with someone interested in making this a class assignment. Looking for someone to help provide guidance, let me know!

    tags: write2pub, web2.0, video

  • We introduced Diigo to WJHS this summer and I thought I would pass this news along to everyone, but especially that group.
    I still think Diigo is an incredible tool for collaboration in the classroom for research, group work/accountability, formative assessment, reaching beyond classroom walls both with students and colleagues.

    Additionally, Sean does some nice simple video production (with totally FREE tools) that I want to share with other teachers. It's easy to do, is a way of getting information to your students easily and in a manner that allows them to access the information as many times as they like/need.

    tags: diigo, socialbookmarking, research, write2learn, write2pub, dialog, blogging, bookmarking

  • tags: singapore, math, textbook, algebra

  • I've been an advocate for Wikipedia for a long time, yet more information saying it is a valid source (as with all sources we need to teach students to find corroborating sources before using the source).

    Not without error, but does go to show that even more trusted sites have errors, so don't hold Wikipedia to a different standard!

    Finally, what makes Wikipedia a better source is a shear volume of information on the site as compared to other 'encyclopedias'.

    tags: wikipedia, research, write2learn, comprehension, encyclopedia

  • I've always liked timelines as an educational tool. They offer the ability to show related threads compared to each other easily. I loved having students investigate a single topic, create a timeline for that topic, mash the timelines together in a BIG overarching timeine, and then have students start to look for connections. I stole the concept early in my career from the TV show Connections (too bad it didn't make it, GREAT GREAT show).

    tags: timeline, art, arthistory, socialstudies, history, write2pub, write2learn

  • tags: ipodtouch, technology


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Monday, September 28, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/29/2009


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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/25/2009

  • • “Picturing the 1930s,” a new educational web site created by the Smithsonian American Art Museum in collaboration with the University of Virginia, allows teachers and students to explore the 1930s through paintings, artist memorabilia, historical documents, newsreels, period photographs, music, and video. Using PrimaryAccess, a web-based teaching tool developed at the university’s Curry Center for Technology and Teacher Education, visitors can select images, write text, and record narration in the style of a documentary filmmaker.

    tags: web2.0, socialstudies, primary source, smithsonian, museum

  • tags: blogging, CTL blog

  • Follow-up to the BEAR-4 near space video from amateur radio enthusiasts from Edmonton, CA. These students (yes, MIT students) capture still photos from space for $150 worth of equipment. Again, it's all about letting students solve problems, using technology that is available to them, and sharing it! Talk about engaging!!!!!

    tags: web2.0, science, technology, MIT

  • A group of amateur radio enthusiats launch an HD video camera into space and track it back down to earth. I think it's incredible and a great example of what people with an interest in something can do. What could we do if we gave students goals like this to accomplish? Any thoughts about how we use this incredible example of curiosity with students? Also, note that they send it to space, share their work via YouTube, blog about it, get picked up on the Discovery channel for relatively little cost!

    tags: science, technology, amateur, geography


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Thursday, September 17, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/18/2009


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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/17/2009

  • Science apps for Science grades 3-6.

    tags: science, web2.0

  • Not many books begin with a word of warning. Through the Clock's Workings does. This anthology of literature is not some textual tome, frozen in time and space. It is alive, evolving organically in a constant state of flux. Why? Because each story is available under a Creative Commons licence, giving you rights to share and reuse the book as you see fit. This is a world first: a remixed and remixable short fiction anthology. Buy your copy here or download the electronic version.

    tags: comprehension, write2learn, write2pub, web2.0, technology

  • Always looking for reading resources to share with the Striving Readers group. Here is a great online resource that has short readings that are applicable and topical. May not be user friendly for students 2 years or more behind grade level, but very applicable to the content area classrooms! Very interactive, combine pictures with text, updated constantly.

    tags: comprehension, science

  • I know the Hubble is not new, but the addition of the new spectroscope adds new life to this old tool (yes it's almost 20 years old). If nothing else exposing students to the different pictures that Hubble generates would be an addition. If you can use the pictures to help develop math/science connections then what a powerful tool.

    Take one picture a day and ask students to calculate how long it would take a human to get to that point in space traveling at 100,000 miles per hour (twice as fast a any human has ever gone) or at 1,000,000 miles per hour (way faster than we can currently travel)...

    tags: math, science, tech, hubble

  • "While there are still some educators who dispute the importance of technology in the classroom, there is no dispute over the fact that technology is here to stay in schools. Whether you are one of those tech-savvy teachers who can’t get enough of technology news and ideas or you are a teacher just learning to embrace technology in the classroom, these blogs offer a wealth of information straight from teachers and other professionals in the education field themselves."

    tags: blog, instruction, write2pub, write2learn


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Friday, September 11, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/12/2009


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Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/09/2009


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Friday, September 4, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/05/2009


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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/03/2009


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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/02/2009


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Monday, August 31, 2009

Math Lessons Collaboration Daily 09/01/2009


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