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Calculus Day 1 25 Aug 2013 | 03:27 am
Last year in calculus on day one, my students explored local linearity on the calculator. The NEW fancy schmancy TI-nspire calculators that THAT class had experience with. This year's group is used to...
And the Award Goes to..... 24 Aug 2013 | 06:21 pm
ME - for "Continual False Expectations in the Face of Reality"! Thank you everyone who made this possible. I couldn't have continued my fantasy of thinking I'd be TOTALLY Friday-ready for the Monday-...
Arts and Crafts 18 Aug 2013 | 05:25 pm
I made my new planner for the year. I found various funny and inspiring images on the computer and cut and paste and printed. Then I put them on the front and back and inside covers, and I mapped out ...
Wrapping It Up 14 Aug 2013 | 08:58 pm
Just back from a last-minute trip to DC and Canada. Didn't know if I was going to go this year because of jury duty, but I risked it (the probability was low due to being called in in late July) .... ...
First Day Homework 1 Aug 2013 | 11:43 pm
For the past 5,000 years I've been using the same Math Autobiography as the first day homework assignment. Though I've enjoyed it, I've A.D.D.-ed out of it and decided to mix it up. This is my first d...
First Day Precalculus 26 Jul 2013 | 08:45 am
Who stole summer? Why do I keep getting sucked into the vortex of puzzles and naps and such? I want answers! I mulled around some things, and came up with my preliminary First Day Activity for Precal...
Summer Musings... 19 Jul 2013 | 08:13 pm
We got our AP results back, and WOOT! for AP Calculus AB and APCS. I had a higher percentage of students pass the APCalc test than before. I'm chalking it up to a combination of the flipped lessons, a...
Federal Jury Duty 15 Jul 2013 | 11:08 pm
I got called last fall to jury duty and grumbled internally and externally about having to miss school and make up sub plans and stuff for the 2 months required to serve. On the off chance it would wo...
Seven Stages of Groupwork 11 Jul 2013 | 09:14 am
I'm at a great CS teachers workshop for the next few days, and there are a ton of generously given ideas and resources bandied about. But then the ax came down with the statement, "We have put you al...
College Student Jobs 9 Jul 2013 | 10:05 pm
Our school just had our first graduating class, and now we're sending off our little kidlets into college. Many of the kids are the first in their families to go to college, and many are not made of m...
