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Lesson Plan: Coordinate Battleship

Posted in algebra, lessons on October 28th, 2006 1 Comment »

Audience:

8th – 12th Algebra I

Objective:

Students will plot points on a graph given the coordinates and determine the coordinates given a set of points.

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From the Just Hanging On Files:

Posted in anecdotes on October 27th, 2006 3 Comments »

School is great plus or minus a few off days. Today we played battleships in Algebra but instead using the traditional letter-number grid format, we practiced coordinate geometry. Instead of B4, for instance, they say (2,-4). We played boys-versus-girls. The losing team had a minor-league homework assignment over the weekend. My first period class had a nail-biter straight to — I'm serious — the last shot. Watch for the highlights on Sports Center, they were that crazy.

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Where’s Waldo?

Posted in anecdotes on October 25th, 2006 No Comments »

As I greeted students outside Geometry today, I heard JG yelling my way:

Heyyy, I found WALDO!


The Presentation

Posted in presentation on October 22nd, 2006 12 Comments »

[Updated: Here's the narration and slidedeck of my presentation. QuickTime movie. 20 MB.]




I was the second segment. The longest. My department head laughed on his way in and called me a sucker. Under different circumstances he would've been right. But I knew why I was there.

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But what can you teach teachers?

Posted in uncategorized on October 18th, 2006 No Comments »

I gave my talk twice today … once in a cafeteria full of teachers and once in my pajamas to a room full of nobody. The one with the teachers felt much better.

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