Thanks to middle school teacher Jennifer Leung for creating this awesome step-by-step presentation for students on their digital portfolio. There is an embedded Google Presentation and a YouTube video! Mrs. Leung is working on designing flipped class lessons as well as learning how to create screencasts and created these as an example of her learning … Continue reading Digital Portfolios: Getting Started
Thank you to GDEF!
It’s usually tough to drag yourself out of bed the Monday morning after vacation, but not so much this week!  Thanks to an email over vacation, I knew that there was the best first-day-back-from-vacation present EVER waiting for me in my classroom:  a dedicated class set of 30 new ChromeBooks, thanks to a grant from … Continue reading Thank you to GDEF!
Students Thank GDEF for ChromeBooks–E Period
Students from E Period Math share their thoughts on the new ChromeBook cart provided through a grant from GDEF: Having computers every day is great, Because writing is something I will always hate. Now everything we can type, It makes a much easier life. Though mainly we still have to write, These chromebooks have a … Continue reading Students Thank GDEF for ChromeBooks–E Period
Students Thank GDEF for ChromeBooks–D Period
Students from D Period Math share their thoughts on the new ChromeBook cart provided through a grant from GDEF: Thank You To the GDEF You gave us this wonderful gift, So it seems very fair, To write you a thank you poem, For all that you did share.  You brought things to our classroom, … Continue reading Students Thank GDEF for ChromeBooks–D Period
Students Thank GDEF for the ChromeBooks–A Period
Students from A Period Math share their thoughts on the new ChromeBook cart provided through a grant from GDEF: *********************************************************************** from Cole C. *********************************************************************** 4/28/15 Dear GDEF, The chromebooks in our classes have made life much easier and has helped me learn and understand new concepts that I couldn’t have experienced without them. They … Continue reading Students Thank GDEF for the ChromeBooks–A Period
Students Thank GDEF for ChromeBooks–C Period
Students from C Period Math share their thoughts on the new ChromeBook cart provided through a grant from GDEF: 28 April 2015 Dear GDEF, My name is Sydney and I am in 7th Grade Pre-Algebra 1 with Ms. Durling. In our daily classes we use chromebooks a lot but not as much as we do … Continue reading Students Thank GDEF for ChromeBooks–C Period
Integrating ChromeBooks into Math Instruction
One of our new standards in seventh grade math under the Common Core State Standards asks students to be able to visualize and predict what two-dimensional shapes will result from slicing a three-dimensional object with a plane.  For example, slicing a sphere will result in the creation of a circle, but slicing a cube will result … Continue reading Integrating ChromeBooks into Math Instruction