Glogster Assignment

Glogster seems really fun and a great interactive poster assignment for students. I liked how everything is online with no use of additional materials. Students can be as creative as they'd like incorporating other links from other websites such as videos or documentaries. This is such a great way to include technology in the classroom.

Elluminate

After doing some research on the website, I actually liked what I saw. The white board caught my attention and I would use that to expain and describe things that my students were still having trouble with. I could also use the chat as a way to help my students even more, if they have general questions about what was done in class or on a homework problem. I found this to be a great way to connect with my students outside the classroom.

Jing

http://www.screencast.com/users/Jenxoxo516/folders/Jing/media/84a865cc-9eb9-48ce-b153-c286fb374329

PollEverywhere!

Create your own sms poll at Poll Everywhere

I think this would be a great idea to get to know somethings about my students such as their likes, interests, hobbies. Basically something unique about themselves that would help me throughout the school year in getting to know them.

Second Life

To all parent, My name is Ms. Duarte and as you may be aware of, some of the faculty here at our school are going to use virtual worlds. I on the other hand will not base my math classes all on virtual world but I would like you to be aware that your children will be using it at times in my classroom depending on the content I will be teaching. There were many factors in which I have included virtual worlds in my classroom. For one, this will be a completely new learning opportunities for them to learn a different way than the traditional way they are taught. I will be including technology in a math classroom, then having them watch me write on the board all the time. Virtual worlds will be an opportunity for my students to learn differently in class and to make some connections in math. One important topic that I will cover with Virtual worlds is the use of Pi? What do you remember of pi? Is it a 3.14? Well my students will go beyond number that Pi has a numercal value of 3.14 because it is actually a number with more digits past that .14. They will study PI and where pi originated from, By the end of the unit,your children will have such a better understand of pi. There will be a unit covered on spheres and cubes and our study of volume and other shapes. As I mentioned previously, my class will not only depend on virtual worlds, but it will impact the learning style of your children for them to have a better understanding of the world of mathematics.

LiveBinder

http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=8429

The live Binder I chose had to do with writing equations using slope and y intercept form. Lots of students are stuggling with this at my field work placement so this is something I would consider showing my students since it is an important unit in mathematics. The colors in the live binder helps students see visually the concept of writing equations.