Friday, November 30, 2012

Online Apps

The two online apps that I will be reviewing are Google Docs and Sumo Paint.

I use Google Docs for everything in my school.  I have set up folders just like a computer and you can save everything in the "cloud".  Therefore, you are not using any of the memory on your computer.  The part that is really nice is that I can work on something at school and then finish it at home or vice versa.  I can get the documents that I am working on at any computer.  I do not have to save them to a zip drive or email them to myself.  Therefore, if something happens to your computer, you will still have all of your documents.  Google docs allows you to make word documents, presentations, excel, and many more type of files.  I also have a Google Website.  I can link my pages of my website to the files that I have in my Google Docs.  Then when I make a change to the file on Google Docs, it automatically updates my website!  I don't have to update anything twice!
The only down fall that I have found so far is that I can not get my SMART board lessons saved on Google Docs.  However, I can save all of those on Drop Box.  The only problem with drop box is that you have to have all of the programs on the "other" computers that you might be using.  Therefore, if you don't have word on a computer, you can not work on a word document.  Google Docs has its own programs therefore you can use them everywhere!

Sumo paint is new to me.  But as soon as I started playing with it I saw a lot of different ways that I could use it in my Geometry Class.  In the picture below I made a tessellation   I could have my students figure out how many degrees the figures are moved, name the figures, and tell me what properties they have in order to make them the shape they say they are.  You could use a lot of other shapes also.  It was very easy to save on my computer.  However, outside of having students creating their own pictures or looking at pictures I create, I don't know the other uses that I would use it for.

Saturday, November 17, 2012

Website

This week in my grad class, we were suppose to make our own website using Google Sites.  My site is located at https://sites.google.com/site/careypyke/home.  It is still a work in progress (just like everyone elses).  We have a new trimester starting in two weeks so once I have my syllabus made and more information done, I will be adding a lot more to my website.  However, right now I have a good lay out working!

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Week 10 Reflection


The concept map I made is about factoring.  I find that students are always getting confused on how to factor whenever they are given an expression.  Once they know how to start factoring, they normally do just fine.  So this concept map I would give them as a teacher in order to help them figure out where to start out at.

Saturday, November 3, 2012

Graphing Calculator Video

Unable to display content. Adobe Flash is required. This is how to use the graphing calculator online.

First go to http://education.ti.com/educationportal/sites/US/productDetail/us_sdk_73_83_84.html and download the graphing calculator.  Once you have it completed downloaded and you restart your computer, double click on the debugger icon.  Go to file, new.  Press the play button.  

When the calculator comes up on your screen, it will look and be exactly like the ones we use in class.  In this video, I am showing you how to find the solution to a system of equations.