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Describe your blogging experience in this course. Do you think you will continue using your blog? Why or why not? Blogging was very new to me. I have read other people’s blogs and thought that I would never be able to create one for myself. I liked reading my classmates posts and others out there on the internet. However, I liked using the forums for communicating ideas with our classmates. I do not think I will continue to use blogs unless benefit my students. I think it poses as another thing to do and keep up with.
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What did you learn about yourself and your abilities or interests in Math or Algebra? I learned that I once I got started I remembered more about Algebra than I thought. Doing some of the activities reminded me of how much I enjoyed solving problems. I also realized for a class like this I may have benefited more by being in a classroom.
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Did you learn or discover anything you found particularly interesting through your course active or your own internet research? Describe one interesting discovery and why you found it fascinating. I learned a lot about the resources on the internet. There are so many activities out there to reinforce algebra concepts. The most interesting discovery that I learned about was the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives. I already have had kids go on it to reinforce some concepts that they have been struggling with after the results of a recent quiz. The students really enjoyed using it and wanted to go on the website and check out the different activities. Next week we are introducing one step equations and I intend on using the algebra quiz game with the students.
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Do you think you will use journals with your students? Do you think you will use blogs? Why or why not? I do think that I will use journals with my students. I was thinking of incorporating the journal with their warm up problem twice a week. This will require them to explain the strategy that they used to get their answer. I do not think that I will use the blog with my students because a very low number of students would be utilizing the blog. Some of the students have a hard enough time going on the programs that they need to go on like First in Math and Study Island.
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Tracy,
Having students journal twice a week is awesome! It is important that students be given the opportunity to clarify their thinking and this is a great way to do it. You might ask students if they would be willing to share their journals. Sharing ideas is also valuable and many students need to write their thoughts before they are clear enough to share.
Judy