Showing posts with label problem solving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label problem solving. Show all posts
Monday, November 17, 2008
Thing 17
I listened to some of each of the podcasts in the math section. My favorite was the MathGrad Podcast. I enjoyed his description of this famous problem and its solution. I would like to hear more from him and find podcasts like this one that I could use in the classroom. I am not quite sure how, but maybe I could use them in a problem solving unit or to introduce problems in my classes. Other than the previous, I did not enjoy the other choices in the math area. I have recently bought an ipod and have really enjoyed podcasts in all of my areas of interest (golf, home improvement, woodworking, home theater, and even some Christian comedy) for the drive to and from work when I am on my own. I love the feeling I get of learning in an otherwise wasted time, so if I can find some math content for that time in the car then I will be quite happy.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Thing 2
I initially was a little overwhelmed in seeing how much is out there that I am not too familiar with. I have never blogged nor recorded my own voice for the internet. It was strange to do both, but after I got over the initial nervousness it was pretty cool.
I really love the videos on Web 2.0, so I would like to bring that aspect into my class as a demo tool and those videos maybe something my students can produce. I also see blogging as a way to continue learning outside of the walls of the classroom if I can take the leap and get it started this year or at the very start of next year. We could discuss real world problems and the different ways students approach and solve problems. We often do not have time to discuss multiple methods or strategies to solve word problems, yet this could be the solution to the constraints of time.
Blogging might also be a tool for me to learn more about myself through recording info like a journal or maybe using it to follow my studies of the Word of God. Who knows, I do not see that I have time in the day to do such things, but I do think they would be a valuable tool for me to grow as a husband, teacher, parent, coach, bible study leader, etc.
I really love the videos on Web 2.0, so I would like to bring that aspect into my class as a demo tool and those videos maybe something my students can produce. I also see blogging as a way to continue learning outside of the walls of the classroom if I can take the leap and get it started this year or at the very start of next year. We could discuss real world problems and the different ways students approach and solve problems. We often do not have time to discuss multiple methods or strategies to solve word problems, yet this could be the solution to the constraints of time.
Blogging might also be a tool for me to learn more about myself through recording info like a journal or maybe using it to follow my studies of the Word of God. Who knows, I do not see that I have time in the day to do such things, but I do think they would be a valuable tool for me to grow as a husband, teacher, parent, coach, bible study leader, etc.
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