Notes will be posted at the beginning of the week.
Monday:
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Post: Continue to work on Geometer’s Sketchpad analysis of conic sections. Continue to get caught up on all of the reading and other assignments.
Post: Lab write up from Tennis Ball problem. Be complete. Include your guestimates before doing any calculation, your method of what you did to solve the problem, and all of your work. You might wish to create some images to include with your explanation. Your group can create one submission per group.
Tuesday:
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Be thinking: Begin thinking about your teaching lesson for this week. Back to teaching in mini-groups this week, I am placing two restrictions on the lesson:
The lesson should be addressed to the high school level of mathematics
the lesson should be generated from a problem.
IN-class: We will learn screenshots of sketchpad files for images, and how to save a sketchpad file as a Java Sketchpad HTML document. I expect you to save something (hopefully more than one thing, in the next week or two) as a Java Sketchpad file. We will continue with learning new technologies as well this week in our look at math.
Read: Chapter on Assessment in Brahier.
Wednesday:
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Be thinking: Your final project will be due next week. You will teach one lesson from your final project on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday of next week. Begin thinking now about what topic of mathematics you would like to address. I will expect you to have an idea before you leave on Thursday.
Thursday:
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Post: Assessment Plan. We will discuss this in class.
Friday:
Enjoy: the Fourth of July. Champaign-Urbana’s Freedom Celebration is unique; enjoy it! But, also, make time to work on your project over the weekend. I expect your projects to reflect the culmination of your growth and understanding over the course.
