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Honestly, I am having a little difficulty with this one. I think it would be a great place for my students to share problem solving ideas and strategies, as well as for sharing ideas on how to stay organized and study. It would also be a great place for them to discuss how to solve homework problems (as well as a great place for me to post homework for them). I love the posts of Dan Meyer's blog. In it, he poses questions and offers ideas for teachers, but honestly, I have been terrified to try some of them with my students (many of them do not have access to technology at home, and it is very difficult to book computer lab time for my classes.) I also have not seen blogs for math classes...everything I have seen so far is the teacher's blog for sharing ideas with other teachers. If anyone has seen one in practice, please let me know so I can check it out.
Hopefully, I will learn much from this course. I want to have a cutting-edge classroom in which students are not terrified of math...
Thanks for "listening!"
Jen,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post. In the book on page 33, there is a blog about AP Calculus. Could this be the type of blog you create with your students where you can introduce new concepts, another way to solve a problem, or share ideas? Could you have the students work in groups, so that they could post as a group since computers are limited? Would you be able to access a computer in your room or once a week? Just some thoughts? Good luck.
Jen,
ReplyDeleteI agree with your reservations and with your ideas. I teach senior physics and I have also though about starting a blog for homework help and questions. I have even tried to think of how this could be counted as an assignment, or some sort of participation credit. But I then think about the students who may not have access or a reliable computer at home. This would reduce their ability to use the blog and they would not be afforded the same opportunity as other students. If I had computers in the classroom, or if we had them in study halls that the students could all access in school, I think I would do it. This would be a great way for students to collaborate with you as well as other students on homework problems and questions they have. It could also be use to investigate further into the material or its application.
- Aaron
A thought I had would incorporate the use of smartphones...since SO many of our students have smartphones now, and they use them for social networking sites like twitter and facebook: perhaps we can have the students use their smartphones to post ideas and comments or to access our blogs.
ReplyDeleteOf course, this would require schools to relax their anti-cell phone policies (my school has a zero tolerance policy in which we are supposed to confiscate phones if we see them out...)
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ReplyDeleteI did a google search and saw this wonderful blog. I think you may enjoy it. First one is http://wildaboutmath.com/ and the second one is http://math-blog.com/
ReplyDeleteAs physics teacher, I search internet before teaching a topic to understand how other people teach it and what resources they are using. This makes my teaching better :)
I think blogging can help you to share your ideas with students. I think it also helps you to share your human side to the students. I witnessed that some students are afraid to ask question face to face. However by using internet they find courage to ask questions and collaborate with their peers. Long time ago, I set up a web page for my chemistry club students to share their performances in the club time. Students really liked to see their work in the internet. It was a great experience. I don't know maybe you can use your blog to post your students' work or setup a poll to select best homework etc. I am also new to blogging and looking forward to see other ideas.
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