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Comment on Extra-Curricular? by Sherryii

Sherryii — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:23:37 +0000

thanks much, man

Comment on Time Flies! by Pete Reilly

Pete Reilly — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:52:45 +0000

Sari,
Your doing what you need to do based on the environment you are teaching in right now.

I remember my first few years teaching and there was no emphasis on testing and NCLB requirements. I was able to experiment and be really creative. It’s too bad that new teachers today aren’t experiencing that as much.

Good luck with the tests!
Pete

Comment on Time Flies! by ratherbereading

ratherbereading — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 00:53:17 +0000

Sorry to hear about your SMARTboard. I wish I had some “Plan B” advice to give you but I have no experience with student testing. Good luck!

Comment on Technology with 7th grade math students by Pete Reilly

Pete Reilly — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:42:41 +0000

Sari,
Good job!
pete

Comment on Extra-Curricular? by Anne

Anne — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 13:22:09 +0000

The website I mentioned at the last class is Illuminiations and it is part of Thinkfinity. Here it is: http://illuminations.nctm.org/
There is also a good site for interactive math at: http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

Comment on Extra-Curricular? by Pete Reilly

Pete Reilly — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 17:26:00 +0000

Sari,
I’ve had comments like the AP’s throw me off too. Sometimes they really are just joking around; and don’t understand that because of their role and position, they are taken very seriously…especially by untenured teachers.

I think you initial instinct was probably correct, you are in your first year and you don’t want to get overcommitted to too many outside things. Your most important priority are the kids in your class.

pete

Comment on SMART Board by Katie

Katie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 16:58:23 +0000

Congratulations Sari! I have a Smart Board and love using it with my math class. If you want, I would be happy to show you some things you can do. Remind me next class!

Comment on SMART Board by Pete Reilly

Pete Reilly — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 19:09:04 +0000

Sari,
A good place to explore is to find what the kids can do with the board. How can they be active in their learning?
pete

Comment on SMART Board by ratherbereading

ratherbereading — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 17:34:49 +0000

That is great news about your SMARTboard. I have had one for a little over a year now and I use it every day. At first I used it primarily as a screen and projector, then I began to create more interactive content. It just takes a lot of time. (I spent 2 hours this morning creating an activity that will take 20 minutes of class time to do. Fortunately for me, I have seven classes that will use the same activity.)
I have a few pieces of advice. See if you can join some kind of user group so that you can learn from, and help out, others with SMARTboards. Secondly, make sure you search for updates for your gallery from SMARTTECH on a regular basis. Third … use it all you can and you’ll keep finding more ways to use it.

Good luck!

Comment on New York Sports Club by schoolnurse

schoolnurse — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 04:39:27 +0000

It is always easy to make excuses why you can’t take care of yourself. Work and grad school would have been a reason to put off joining a gym at this time. Good for you.