January 30, 2012
Here are some announcements/reminders/notes regarding class for Wednesday: The previous post on the blog has the directions for how to download a demo of SimCalc on your computers. Please bring your laptop with this demo installed on Wednesday. Your videos and board snapshots should be in your personal Google Docs Winter Pedagogy folder. Let me [...]
January 30, 2012
For Wednesday’s class I would like for you to have your laptops ready with the demo version of SimCalc. Here are the directions for installing that software: Go to http://www.kaputcenter.umassd.edu/products/software/ Click on the link that corresponds to your correct platform to download the software Go through the installation process as specified by the prompts Open SimCalc. [...]
January 9, 2012
The readings and reading questions for Wednesday’s class have been posted to Google Docs. Enjoy!
November 26, 2011
Math Pedagogy this week wil be devoted to pulling together your interview analysis, sharing drafts of your paper, and reviewing for the course final. For Monday: Bring any of the pieces of this interview paper assignment, as described in the course syllabus. Also, bring your notebooks with readings, handouts, and course notes. For Wed: Bring drafts [...]
November 3, 2011
First, I wanted to thank all of you for making the trip to Bend and working hard to participate and engage with the Skyview math team, principal and the teaching coach- Cheryl, nice work! I think our productive conversation today really highlighted the benefits of making that effort! Second, the quarter is moving along as [...]
October 25, 2011
Hi Math Colleagues, I wanted to let you know that the Knuth et. al (2009) article is in our math pedagogy folder in preparation for Wed. class. Thanks for working on those work sample documents and being ready to rehearse your string on Wed. Nice work today Alyssa and thank you for being the first [...]
October 3, 2011
Thanks for coming prepared to class. 1) For Wed. we will continue reading chapter one. I would like each of you to continue following your same group of students as well as read the whole text. Be prepared to write about the math ideas you see the group taking up. I have read your quick [...]
September 27, 2011
Thanks for contributing today to class. Remember for Wed. 1) Identify the math ideas used in the Cookie Jar task 2) Use the CCSS to supplement the math ideas you identify for #1 3) Read/skim through the common core content standards. Read the mathematical practices section (p. 6-8) to familiarize yourself with the ideas in [...]