I fell behind again. Blogger initiation came and went… my
self-discipline really shows.
My ill-excuse, robot club. Yeah. I have been with kids
building robots.
We went to a FTC Qualifier Event on Saturday, Dec. 8th
in Ankeny. We scored 17 out of 18. Not the best I know, but my kids were
awesome. We met challenge after challenge with things going wrong, ordered
parts never showing up, things not being legal on the robot, not being able to
find things… We set our school alarm off because we stayed at the school working so late the night before we left. My
students rose to every challenge. We will be competing again in February, and I know we will do a whole lot better.
Though I may have been busy, aren’t we all? I read f(t)’s
recent blog http://function-of-time.blogspot.com/2012/11/day-in-life-dulce-edition.html and found it amusing as usual. Again, it is comforting
to know there are others who understand how active and involved a teachers’
day is. My husband asked why I was so tired one day. I wanted to lop him one. I sometimes envision my brain is like a car engine that if I put too many miles on it now, I will not have anything functioning when I am older. Then I remember my brain is a muscle. I get serious brain DOMS- a term a learned from my brother-in-law about stretching muscles. But, hopefully the constant activity I am giving my brain will only make it stronger for the future, right? Is that how it works?
Anyway, I thought I would try to resume some self-discipline
and get my blog on again. Below is a Calculus “quiz” I am giving my flipped calculus
students. The typical me teaching through videos is going to be put in their
hands, for they are going to be the ones making videos. This quiz is a bit out
of the ordinary, because it is somewhat of a group quiz. Ideally, you would
have groups with three students to a group. In each group, each of the three
students will be assigned the f-, g-, or h- functions. They are to complete the
two problems they are assigned and complete a video on the two problems. Then,
the next day I post up all of the videos, and they can watch each other’s to
help complete the remaining problems on the quiz. I will post up the videos
from one group. I have recently been on a kick to bring out
students who are able to explain and articulate their understanding and assess
this understanding appropriately. I believe this assignment does that.
chapter 5 Quiz.docx
chapter 5 Quiz.docx
Here are some videos created by one of the groups:
