Twitter 101 @ MRHS

Attended a workshop on Twitter yesterday. Mr. Howe is doing some great things both in his class and online, here's his outline for the workshop. He's got some things that I never new about. Not that I've used twitter much since I signed up in 2007.

Here are the main points I got.
1. To send it to a group chat use #keyword like #mathchat or #edtech
2. Ask for help from a group like #sschat - Howe asked about ways to electronically submit papers & if someone else had used a particular activity in their AP U.S. History class and how it went.

CPS training

So I actually finally gave my training to the math teachers at MRHS. I pretty much bombed it. I was far more unprepared than I thought - evenhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif though I started planning a month in advance. So here's my powerpoint.

I had the plan of
1) talk about what clickers are used for
3) And give the teachers time to interact with several of the different functions of CPS
a)Verbal questions using stolen web-based quizzes
b)Fast grade where the student clicks in their response from a given worksheet of questions (this is where I faulted because I didn't preload the correct responses)
c)CPS quiz/premade questions
d)pick a student at random
e)chart responses to measure performance both on individual and group questions.
3) Give them time to set up one of their own to use.

If you're reading this and want some more of the info I created email me at protsee95@yahoo.com

CPS clicker trainer?

So in suggesting a training on how to better utilize the CPS clickers with powerpoint. I essentially was elected to give the training. Here are my thoughts right now:

1)handout of the instruction to create a ppt and use of CPS to record grade
2)show video segement from einstruction website
3)demonstrate to participants a live ppt questionairre
4)ask if there are any questions

Unfortunately our school only has the old school IR devices. so only MC style questions are available. Got a huge interest from the calc teacher who wanted a different method of review for AP exam!

CPS for ppt

just learned about how to use CPS and ppt together they actually have a nice tutorial at http://www.einstruction.com/programs/product-training under online training tools.

Mass Texts

So I have had this thought, since the global learners started: to utilize text messaging in an educational format. however after doing some research on the web, particularly this article. I find that using texts does have its hidden flaws.

yet the idea is still out there and I found an internet application that will process the request. I have yet to test it out, but the future will yeild a blog of it's results. If you're interested its called Tatango.

Algebra lesson

So I am taking a class this spring semester titled "teaching algebra and trigonometry." The final exam for the project was to create/compile a document that other teachers could use/learn from for teaching a unit in the courses of Algebra or Trigonometry. I did my unit for ACHS's Alg 9B's first unit of study - Linear Functions. It's 50 pages long, so it might seem cumbersome unless you're actually teaching a unit on linear functins. I've attached a link to the link on my webpage for you to view the document.

I've got this exact message on my blog too. Haven't quite figured out how to do the "cross-blogging" thing yet.

Algebra 9B Unit 1

So I am taking a class this spring semester titled "teaching algebra and trigonometry." The final exam for the project was to create/compile a document that other teachers could use/learn from for teaching a unit in the courses of Algebra or Trigonometry. I did my unit for ACHS's Alg 9B's first unit of study - Linear Functions. It's 50 pages long, so it might seem cumbersome unless you're actually teaching a unit on linear functins. I've attached a link to the link on my webpage for you to view the document.