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Entries from February 24th, 2009

Math in the (student) movies!

February 24th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Classroom, Voicethread

My daughter will tell you she is a visual learner.  And she has an aversion to math word problems (have you met a student recently who loves these questions?)  So when I read a recent post including visual math problems, I wondered if this might provide a learning experience for our students.  Shannon Johnson’s eight [...]

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No time to film? A movie in minutes!

February 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Video/movies

INGREDIENTS 1 Discovery Education (DE) video clip (make sure it says EDIT) Students Access to movie making software ( I use Windows Movie Maker) A place to serve ( I use Teachertube) DIRECTIONS Pre-heat the project by viewing the video in class without sound. Add in the required clips into moviemaker.  Meanwhile students create narration. [...]

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If a picture is worth 1000 words…part 2

February 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Classroom

Here’s a visual dictionary- with many pictures and an easy way to look up words in the definition.  You can select your photo source (i.e., Yahoo, Google, Flickr). I liked the way is scrolls down just adding your next request to the top (sort of wiki like). Click here to explore!

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