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1. Open Office to LaTeX - Writing
Math the real way does not have to be so hard! -
2008-12-21
My first year as a math teacher I remember my students taking their
state test and being overwhelmingly embarrassed. My students knew a
lot about angles but they had no idea what a simple angle sign
meant. A few seconds later it hit me. My school did not ...
2. Current Project -
2008-06-12
At present, I´m sucked into a shared project called PlanSmart
with a friend from school. Our goal is to design a teacher planning
application that will let you create, organize, and reuse old
lesson plans much more intelligently than normal programs like
...
3. Multiple Choice Test Creation +
LaTeX - 2008-04-13
New tools, new tools! This one requires a bit of technical
inclination. If you are up and using LaTeX to write worksheets you
should be able to figure it out. Behold the much tool. Much takes a
set of simple questions and creates x variations of the ...
4. Maxima, a Computer Algebra
System - 2008-04-06
Dear reader, if you teach a branch dealing with algebra and you do
not already use a computer algebra system, get your hands on one. I
am in the middle of grading quizzes that involve simplifying long
expressions. Although I trust my work, it's nice to ...
5. Educational Filler in Language
Arts - 2008-04-06
Yesterday, my class was interrupted to extract 10 of my students
for Destination Imagination. Obviously I could not continue with
book clubs with almost half my class missing but I wanted the
remaining students to get something out of their time with me.
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6. Manipulatives, online -
2008-03-05
Recently I have been teaching a few students using online
manipulatives. I would like to find powerful software for my
students to utilize. I'm disappointed by the limitations of the
virtual manipulatives offered at the National Library of Virtual
...
7. Useful websites from Classroom
2.0 - 2008-03-05
After doing some research about this website, I've found a few
promising spots on the internet. I'll briefly describe them.
Searching for curriculum sharing and education resources I stumbled
upon the first site Classroom 2.0. Looking through the forum I
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8. Carnegie Foundation - CASTL -
2008-03-05
On a tip from a friend I checked out castl an attempt by the
Carnegie Foundation to share the "complex work of teaching." I just
started to explore this, I'm excited....
9. GeoGebra - 2008-03-05
I'm in the midst of trying to teach myself GeoGebra. I'll be
teaching a graphing unit soon, and would like to make sure that the
graphs we make are high quality given the lack of an overhead and
some other basics. Tutorials here...