Education Week

This week I decided to take a look at a different twitter @educationweek which I found to be pretty cool.  Unlike @RenLearnUS which posts links to many different blogs relating to all different educational topics and subject matter, @educationweek posts links to live chats.  There is a different topic to each of the chats, for instance, this week was 'Integrated' Math: A Transitional Approach to the Common Core where you can see it is not just teachers on the forum.  There are superintendents, teachers, supervisors and coordinators.  People are given the chance to ask questions about integrated math.  For instance:

2:41	Madeline Will:  Paul, we have a great question from Michelle about how it's been teaching integrated math.

2:41	Comment From Michelle L.  In addition to changing the course sequence, have methods for teaching math changed? Is there more of a constructivist approach used? Are students doing hands-on activities with manipulatives and problem-solving? Or group work? Or is lecture-based?

2:41

Paul Stevenson:  Michelle, perhaps the biggest change has been in terms of teaching pedagogy. Implementing the Standards of Mathematical Practice forces a change in instruction. Students are doing far more problem solving and teachers are assigning far fewer problems each day, but the work is more meaningful and application oriented. We are moving away from lecture and using group structures pretty much every day in our classes.

This is taken directly from the forum, where questions regarding such a dramatic change in our schools are being answered almost instantly and making those fretting about the change feel more comfortable with it.  Common Core is a hard adjustment for many so as a math major, I of course found this forum to be interesting.

Flipping Math

From the blog I follow dy/dan, I discovered Kevin Davis' blog Flipping Middle School Math.  Now Kevin just decided to flip his eighth grade classroom this past week in November which he called "Day Zero."  He had faith through friends who flipped their high school classroom and succeeded with the highest state exam scores they have ever seen in their school.  Others however, put the breaks on and explained it would never work.  Now their isn't much to his blog since he hasn't gone further than assigning thee students as 12 minute video to watch and take notes on it.  But Kevin seems to be getting frustrated and antsy with flipping as only one student watched the video as of 9pm.  Might I add, the student watched less than 5 minutes of video.  However, I thought this blog would be a great one to start following, and seeing how he progresses over time because as he said at the end of the blog - he will wake up in the morning with a plan.  I also thought that it was an essential blog to discuss because well, Kevin introduced a new form of technology to me that I was not familiar with when it comes to flipping the classroom.  It's called Zaption. Now I haven't started my free trial just yet because I would like to experiment with it next semester when I myself am in a classroom.  But I did watch the demo!  It seems like an amazing tool for flipping the classroom, as Kevin said in his blog, it allows him to see which of his students watched the video and for how long!  Now you don't even have to ask your students to show them your homework, it tells you!  Also, it allows your video to become a full interactive learning experience.  Taking snipits of other YouTube Videos and dragging them into your Zaption, then adding an interactive question.  Now, if you have your own YouTube channel... you can use your own video, add it in to Zaption, and ask your students questions on exactly what you just taught.  It tracks every detail and response, and there are also some pre-made video that you can tailor.  Though there is a fee, it seems worth it to me!

How does a teacher learn?

The Daily Riff presented a blog entry Ask a student, how does your teacher learn?  which explains that teachers today are found everywhere thanks to the internet which becomes personalized.  But as the article states, designing your own education or curriculum isn't easy.  But having the internet at our fingertips with educators is great because it is often "how-to" which according the the article, the author doesn't believe that is happening in our schools today.  I might have to disagree - I mean yes, it isn't done in every lesson, but it is certainly happening.  You can not possibly teach a math class and assume that just because a child can add, that they also know how to multiply.  Not at all, you must pave the path in how-to's an build their education based on what they already know.  But then he continues and makes a really great point :

This is not to suggest that the content in our classrooms is no longer important, or that the adult in the room isn't still a critical part of our kids' learning or their social and emotional development.  I want my kids to be in places where they are cared for, where they are supported and encouraged by people whom they look up to, respect, and trust. There is no question that "teachers" still have a lot to offer my children. But those "teachers" now need to be experts at only one thing, and that is learning. They need to know how to help kids become those self-directed, literate learners who can ask meaningful questions, probe difficult problems, separate good information from bad, connect safely to strangers online, and interact with them on an ongoing basis. And, most importantly, our educators need to be able to do this themselves.

I really liked that he addressed that teachers need to be experts in learning.  Teachers need to constantly update what they know and continue to educated themselves and their students.  Teachers need to not only teach classroom materials, but encourage students to be responsible, sociable, literate, and the list goes on.  It is true in my eyes - an educator is an educator far beyond subject matter.

To Love What You Do, or to Love Money?

The Twitter account that I actively follow @RenLearnUS tweeted and article from @TheAtlanticEDU which is about students majoring in "fun things" while in college.  As a college student in her 5th year, going on 6th to finish a dual degree with a BA in Mathematics and a BA in Education, it sure has me shaking in my boots.  Being that I'm in school much longer than most, my debt has certainly surpassed what the "average" student debt is of $26,500 (I really wonder how that was possible for most people?).  Those who start in a field with a lower income often struggle when paying their student loans back.  So according to this article, students who major in things such as Theater have to payback 14.1% of their paycheck, but those in energy and extraction engineering only put about 7% of their paycheck towards these student loans.  I think this is a great article for @RenLearnUS to post because this allows teachers to encourage their students even more to shoot for the sky.  Granted, those majoring in "fun things" can also shoot for the stars - it could be more encouragement for them to focus on more than one thing to have a back up plan with something else that they love.  Or maybe encourage them to apply these "fun things" to a more intensive major that could be incorporated with what they love, this way they can still feel passionate about the subject matter.  This would help out our economy as well as our futures wallets.

This week I found a new mathematics and education blog dy/dan (it is a math joke, I promise).  A few weeks ago I posted about having math connect with students in the city by embracing graffiti within the school.  They would put graffiti on the walls inside and out of their school, however they took data of students in the school and made graphs on the walls and turned this data into art.  Now on this blog, Mr. Dan Meyer writes about Coral Connor's students who creates 3D chalk charts to show that they understood trig functions.  NOW THIS IS NEAT!  Not only is it connecting art and mathematics, and not only is it turning everyday math into hands on math, but it is giving the teacher a great way to evaluate his students knowledge on the subject matter without testing them!  YOU SAID WHAT NOW? (Sounds like a red flag to the common core if you ask me - OH WELL!)  Testing isn't everything.  In math, people have always struggled because people often think the only way to evaluate ones understanding is to test them... news flash... you are wrong.  dy/dan just showed you otherwise!

Behind on the Times

The twitter account that I have been following @RenLearnUS tweeted on November 10th as follows:

"An interesting look at what happens when schools simply don't have the budget for the technology students need."

Attached to the tweet for the link Struggle to teach students ’21st century skills’ when classroom technology isn’t up to speed.  As fast as software is changing and constantly being updated,  the computers often can not keep up with the constant change under a school budget.  Just as something new comes into the school, it is already outdated.  In today's classrooms, teachers are often encouraged to utilize technology in their lessons, but as things begin to run slow and aren't compatible, it often becomes more frustrating for the teacher and the students.  The constant change in technology and lack of being able to upgrade constantly also causes trouble in areas where they may not be "well off" and in that case, their peers at the school just one county over is getting a ore knowledgable education, leaving some students at a disadvantage and basically creating a technology gap.  The article names that it is one day "a dream" for there to be a technological device for each student in the classroom, or one to one.  In my personal opinion, though this could truly be a great thing for many teachers, I do not believe that technology should be implemented throughout an entirety of a lesson and find that it should be included as a part of a lesson.  With this being said, it is not necessary for there to be a device for every single student in the school. Now BYOD can be a great thing to implement throughout the schools because many students have relatively up-to-date devices.  But not all students, so you then have to ensure students without devices have access to another there at school, which if they aren't quite familiar with them, could cause them to be at a disadvantage.  At the end of the day, it all depends on the teacher in the front of the classroom that makes the decisions that they know themselves and their students will be comfortable with, and ensure the best possible education they can deliver.

Common Core, Just Another Brick in the Wall?

Well, it seems all three blogs I have chosen to follow, have all stopped blogging in September, so in order to get something fresh, I decided to look into Diane Ravitch and what she has to say about the Common Core.  My eye was instantly drawn to her first post, a video which was created by a student in Ohio who doesn't like the idea of the Common Core.  The video give explicit reason to the distaste of the program, including data to support his feelings.  The video is a spin off of Pink Floyd's "Another Brick in the Wall" which is a great analogy for the Common Core.  Though it is today's curriculum, education is always changing and adapting, just adding the bricks that make the walls of our schools.  When I was in third grade... yes many many moons ago, there was one standardized test.  Now, as the video states, the average third grade student takes over 20 hours of standardized tests which is the equivalent of the Ohio Bar exam for law students to become lawyers.  The video also informed me that the creators of Common Core have their students enrolled in private school, where they won't have to take these tests.  In that case I'm quite confused because if the Common Core is supposed to move education along in a more proficient and efficient manor, than why would your own children not be going through the same program in which you came up with?  Wouldn't you want you child to get the "best education?"  Even the photo of the baby at the computer being timed on their test, reflects back to one of my other blogs about students feeling rushed and not giving them the time to correct mistakes they may have made.

What made me furious was seeing that the Common Core tests taken this spring, will not be graded until 2016.  If these tests are supposed to improve our education system, how are we going to reflect back an entire year?  Which at that point, it's almost like going back 2 years of education.  How do you evaluate students that way?  You can't send students back two full years of learning if thats what these tests are supposed to evaluate?  I just don't understand.  Plus, with education constantly changing along with society, so will the Common Core whether the program makes some changes, or the program is replaced by something more efficient.

Hate Math? Think Again!

The twitter account I've been following is @RenLearnUS tweets about "Teaching Math to People who Think they Hate it" which I of course clicked on instantly.  There is nothing I hate more than when people say they "hate math" or "aren't good at math."  At some point in your life, you did like math and you were good at it.  When you were a toddler, you played with toys with shapes and counted and games to that degree.  The tweet linked to the article Teaching Math to People Who Think they Hate it where a professor from Cornell University studies how to "make math" rather than learn math.  From the picture alone, I realized this was probably going to be a great strategy for students who are hands on learners.  Basically, this mathematician, Steve Strogatz, now offers a class to students who are non math majors because he enjoys a challenge, and he wants these students who don't particularly like math, to learn it in a new way.  A way in which they may discover a love for it.  The course allows students to engage in math through games and puzzles, much like a course offered at Stockton taught by Dr. Brad Forrest.  His students are engaged, and feeling a sense of joy when they have figured out the puzzle, much like I do when I finish a game of Sudoku.  The way Strogatz is teaching these students is by using intellectual discipline and creative endeavor which is extremely important.  Through all of the things I have learned in Instructional Technology, I have certainly learned that students engage more with hands on work which allows them to grasp the concept.  Its not something that can be done in every class lesson, but it something that will engage students more and allow them to enjoy what they are experimenting with.

Twitter

So I am now following a Twitter page @RenLearnUS which has K - 12 assessments, as well as effective ways to teach classes, and for students to learn from.  The latest post I found was actually about Technology! What a great link to stumble upon in a technology course.  For those of you who seem to think your students are better with technology than you yourself are, think again!  The link provided takes you right to The Journal and provides you with an educational article about how educated teachers actually are when it comes to technology.  "Teachers also tended to depend 'much more on using technology to solve daily problems, to improve productivity, and as learning aids.'"  There are a number of articles and educational tools supplied by just this twitter account alone - imagine how many others there are that utilize fantastic lessons and just the click of a link.  Think about how many tools are floating around waiting to be clicked on.  @RenLearnUS even has live webinars that their followers can join, the one that was done on October 24th was actually a math webinar, all you had to do was follow @AcceleratedMath and if you wanted to tweet any information on the webinar they were using #mathchat.  Through this twitter account alone, as well as the math chat hash tag, I realized how useful twitter can really be for planning your lessons in the classroom.  It's just another way for teachers to help teachers.

Connected Learning & Social Media

I really liked the article "Connected Learning" written by Steven Mintz as he starts off by quoting many articles that seem to think social media is terrible for our society.  However, Steven Mintz makes many good points as to why social media is a positive move in a world so filled with technology.  For example,  Mintz states that interaction does not always need to be face to face,  engagement in subject matter can take place in many different environments, what you have to say becomes more important that how you look, and peoples opinions can often become more valued by the public.  I absolutely loved these thoughts on social media, though I will always think there is a time and a place and it should't be utilized everywhere.  Social media allows people to get themselves out there, introduce themselves to a new world.  As an advocate for Tri Delta's concept of "Fat Talk Free Week" I will always value the idea of a positive body image.  And here on social media, yes, a positive image is still present.  Almost any site requires you to have a photograph of yourself, and if you leave it at the standard setting, well what does that say about you?  Are you lazy?  Have you not taken the time to figure out how to add it, and if you do add it, are you smoking or drinking, or are you in a nice dress or a suit and tie?  I find that face to face communication is a much better advantage for things like interviews, however, with social media you can expand yourself and promote your professionalism.  Not only is social media great for professional forums, but it allows knowledge to be spread worldwide in just seconds.  It allows reading and news to take new forms and allow people to educate themselves on the world around them, politics, illnesses and much more.  Social media can be used in classrooms to further educate students, and with a very high tech student body, what better way than to engage students through something they love and enjoy.  It may not be ideal in every subject area, or to be used everyday, but it is a great tool for teachers and students to utilize.

My take on "The Story of Movies"

While watching Reading Film: The Story of Movies, I thought the class being taught was very interesting, as it is not often that you associate science connecting with filmography.  At one part in the video the teacher points out that students often believe anything they hear or see on television or in movies, though not everything is true.  I think it is extremely important for students to understand that not everything it true, media over exaggerates news, movies change the events of movies based on a true story, etc.  the list could go on.  However, it is also important for students to learn the emotion behind a movie, the science and art behind lighting, even math can tie into filmography.  Anyone reading this is probably questioning "how?"  But as many don't know, animation is created by mathematicians, and they too need to understand the science of lighting and the music that sets the mood.   Do I think the program could be used in a lot of classes, no of course not, but do I think it is  a great class on its own, of course!  Especially when you hear that it is a free program.  It will help enhance critical thinking among students and allow them to assess what they think to be true or not.

My Take on "Life on the Screen"

While reading James Daly's article, Life on the Screen: Visual Literacy in Education, I noticed myself either nodding my head up and down or saying "ehh" out loud as well.  The article turns into a questionnaire with George Lucas, a famous filmmaker and his take on education.  What really grabbed my attention was when Lucas was asked " What do students need to be learning that they're not?"  The first thing was " They need to understand a new language of expression."  He is referring to visuals and I think it was a very interesting and enriching way to put it.  I agree that technology is something wonderful and should most certainly be used in the classroom.  However, my "ehh" reaction comes in where Lucas seems to think these things are not being utilized in the classrooms.  He makes a comment about how the teaching is still done in a style representing the 19th century, and though that holds true to most every day to day class,  technology is certainly advancing our classrooms in every subject of every grade level.  It's just not applicable in every lesson.  Lucas even brings math into perspective; after doing 3 technological lesson plans tailored to high school math assignments, it is a great tool - but I could never incorporate visual technology into ever lesson I teach.  It's just not logical.

Coming from a visual learner, it is extremely important to show the students in creative and technological way.  Just like Lucas explained, students need to learn and understand what is appropriate, what sets the mood of something.  Students need to understand emotion and explore the arts.  But it seems as though because we still do math with a pencil and paper, and because students still take notes during lecture that he thinks technology is not being implemented in the class, but it is.  And I know it is, because I've been a student for 17 years now and I have experienced a number of devices and technology in the classroom.  I have been given the chance to explore the arts and find my passion.  So I think we are listening to Lucas, because it's already happening.

Response to "Why Some Schools are Selling Their iPads"

While reading this article and after being introduced to Google drive, I can understand why schools are finding Chromebooks easier to use within their classrooms, though I have never used one.  I think that utilizing technology closer to a  lap top rather than the iPad which involves more of a fun, gaming environment is more beneficial for students.  Even though all of Google's apps are available on an iPad, it is not always the greatest workspace.  Chromebooks will allow students to work collaboratively or independently, where iPads, Google drive is the only way you can be collaborative other than playing games together on the iPad.   I think if I were a school investing in products, I would certainly purchase the Chromebook for students, however I wouldn't eliminate ipads completely.  I would buy enough for a few "iPad labs" similar to how colleges have "computer labs."  This way teachers can reserve labs for certain lessons and still have access to all types of technologies while still being cost effective to the school.

Response to "What Will it Take for IPads to Upend Teaching and Learning"

While reading the article, I caught my head shaking my head yes through most of the first section.  After my most recent Instructional Technology class, my love for iPads has dwindled.  Though I think they have tons of great features and can certainly be implemented within the classroom, I surely don't think they should be replacing computers or standard education.  I think that a number of them to purchase for the school as a whole is a great idea or even having a few classrooms where they can be utilized for the entire class.  Then when I moved down to teacher who used the iPad in his everyday classroom, I just couldn't fathom how it was possible.  I can't grasp how that is his everyday lesson, I feel as though his students are being cheated.  In mathematics, notes are extremely important, if his notes are just posted everyday and the students don't have to physically take them down, you are eliminating one of their reinforcers.  What I did like though was that it is less time consuming, allowing students to work on more on examples,  In my opinion, applying the notes into a problem is what shows students fully understand the concept and is certainly the most important.  As for English or other Languages, I feel as though the iPad could be implemented much more often than in a math classroom.  There are many more apps for reading, learning the alphabet, and to help with pronunciation and annunciation.  It seems through a majority of the article, every teacher at Hillview would love to use them, but they are still working through figuring out the best way to use them.  At the end of the day, I think they are a great tool to use in the classroom, but they should not be a replacement everyday.

Speed and Accuracy v.s Learning

So again, my bloggers did not blog, however Rational Math has many posts that I can back track to and still find the things I am looking for.  After and increasingly stressful two weeks as a senior math major, I noticed one of his posts referred to students feeling anxious about math causing them to choke.  The post is titles "Fear & Loathing in Calcville: Who Makes Kids Anxious About Math?"  and I'll give you a hint - it's not just for students who don't like math (that would be me).  Teachers in schools often teach students that calculation, arithmetic, and speed with accuracy is what matters in "school math."  The highlight of this sentence in my opinion... speed with accuracy ... every bell, whistle and ding is going off right there.  For me personally, I love math, obviously I would not have chosen to be a math major, however the second you put a timer on my exam, everything goes out the window because I want to be sure I get through every problem.  However, this isn't something that mathematicians face, they aren't being timed to work through calculations.  This is something I have been saying for years and finally I have some support through it, and not just the blogger - but there is a book about it too!  Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal about getting it Right when You Have to written by Sian Beilock.  Of course tests and quizzes need to be utilized in the classroom, but I fully believe students should be given the amount of time they feel they need to complete it.  That may mean more time out of your day as a teacher, but isn't that what teaching is about?  Giving more of yourself for the success of your students and to better their future.

No Math?!

Well it seems I have the unfortunate luck of finding all math blogs, that well don't keep up with their blogging.  So this week I decided to go back to the Math Education Blog and scroll back a few pages where I came across a video called A World with No Math.  Looking back at one of my previous posts, it is evident that many students ask "When will I use this in life."  Now, we all know many people aren't using algebra or calculus every single day, but it is certainly built into your everyday life without even realizing it.  The house you live in, math built that.  The entire New York Skyline, math built that.  Every time you check the time, use a tape measure, or dance to a beat, you are using math.  Even in Disney movies like Toy Story and Finding Nemo, those animation creators are mathematicians.  Now the video A World with No Math is certainly a light hearted and funny way to approach things if numeracy was not something we had access too, and even stars Simon Helberg, or better known as Howard from The Big Bang Theory.  After all the goofing off about how life could be without math,  they put a spin on things - there actually is a world without math.  Around the world children are not being exposed to education we have here in America and Save the Children is hosting Numeracy Boost.  This program is designed to help under privileged students learn math in fun and exciting ways.  Though I don't know that it is something I would do because I prefer being close to home, it made me consider the alternative of taking a few months to go abroad and help these children develop a love for math, just as I have.

When Will I Ever Use This?

So, I decided to go back to the Rational Math blog and look through some of his older posts since I didn't have a chance to look through everything when I started to follow him.  So I came across a post of his about Khan Academy, a student posted about how great it is because he now has the time to learn math - our blogger however disagrees.

While reading our bloggers post about Khan, I was quite unhappy with his thoughts - that Khan just teaches you what you need to know - aka how to do the problem but never explains why he is doing what he is.  Now, I've used Khan Academy myself, because lets face it, not everything makes sense all the time in math.  And sometimes, you just need to learn the section in order to pass the test.

DING! DING! DING! I just pointed out exactly what our blogger was trying to express.  Students today don't always take the time to understand the reason why they are doing the procedures they are, they just want to obtain enough information so that they pass their test and move along to the next chapter.  Our blogger of Rational Math explains that yeah, he may be getting paid to tutor students in mathematics while Khan is free, easy and at your fingertips, but he explains what they are doing and why.  Without understanding the reasoning behind math - you're simply just plugging in pointless numbers - and thats where the famous question will arise...
"When will I ever need this in life?"

Math in your Environment

Well, last week I found two blogs that spiked my interest, one did not post this week, and the other has just started posting again now that she has a handle on her classroom.  So, though I will continue to check on those blogs - I found a new Math Education blog on tumblr.  This blog instantly caught my eye, one because it's extremely witty and there are tons of math jokes on the page.  Then I scrolled down to the first textual post, "Murals & Math: One School's Solution to Graffiti."  The writer of the blog and a school math teacher teamed up to work with one another to incorporate art and math into one.  Now I'm thinking - well math people are brained while artists are usually right brained - so how is this one going to work?  Then I think a little more about it, and well I love math and I'm a pretty good artist, so it could work.

The goal of these two was to incorporate school into the everyday life their students are living.  For instance, the first project was to survey the students and ask them how they felt on a scale of 10 throughout different times of the day.  From there, a histogram was produced and painted along the back wall of the school.  It looks a lot like art work when you walk into the building, but when you read the graph, thats when you can understand what it actually is.  I thought it was actually very clever, and I'm sure it reminds students to be happier.

My inner algebraic nerd got extremely excited when I saw that they chose to represent pi in an artistic form.  Each number 1-9 was represented by it's own color in the key, and the graph was drawn out in the shape of a snail's shell - which I of course loved since you don't ever really know when that spiral stops just because you can't see it anymore doesn't mean its not there - just like the number pi itself! I really liked that they were able to bring "graffiti" to the streets and the schools in a positive and educational way.

About "Teaching High School Math"

This week I found two blogs that spiked my interest,  one titled "Rational Mathematics Education" and the other "Teaching High School Math."  I first found Rational Mathematics Education which caught my attention by blogging much about ETS, students feeling anxious about math, and technology in math (Khan Academy).  These are just a few of his most recent posts.  The blogger of Rational Math has quite a personality joking about how often things are overlooked with standardized testing and that these questions may not seem to be as they appear.  Throughout the blog, a number of examples of "easy" math problems that have been seen on ETS testing are posted and completed with "what most people would do" and "what you're supposed to do."  I find it quite interesting to see the other side of standardized testing, I've only been given the chance to take them - and never to know which questions I got right or wrong.  Now our blogger, he's been in the Education system for 42 years, so as someone going into Education, I can't wait to read more posts from someone with as much experience as him.

Now, Teaching High School Math is a blog that is more so directed toward her students and lessons she presents in her classroom, bulletin boards, and fun things that will keep her students interested.  She willingly posts her documents for others to utilize, and she also incorporates technology into some of them.  In her back to school post about stimulating her students minds on the first day of class she puts mathematical equations for the students to solve on a card and then she uses a QR reader to determine if her students got the correct answer.  One of my favorite posts by Jennifer was "Writing about Math."  This post could not be any more accurate - she states a definition she was taught in college, she remembered it, but never understood it until she was getting ready to teach calculus herself.  She makes it a point to have her students write about math, this way they can talk about what they learned (reinforcement), and she can also read over them and see what she may need to explain to her class in order for them to understand.  I love this post because it is 100% true - a majority of my classes consist of me not understanding a dang concept being put on the board because teachers are just whipping through their notes trying to get through all the needed material.  I also have a firm belief that students need to improve reading and writing skills in order to continue on with their skills in any subject.

Horizon Report Blog

The Horizon Report 2014 for kindergarten - twelfth grade talks about bringing your own device into the classrooms, cloud technology, gaming, connecting internet objets to real world objects, wearable technology, how technology effects the roles of teachers, being open to new technologies that could change learning as we know it, and the challenges it may also create.  After reading the Horizon report, it was brought to my attention how much technology can influence the students, yet it still shows that it should not completely replace the traditional way of learning.  The report explains all of the great options that are given to teachers through electronic devices that they could be implementing within the classroom.  Utilizing technology to it's greatest potential is by using it for reinforcement and allowing students to bring their lessons home with them after it has already been taught within the classroom.  As a math major, while reading the Horizon Report, Flipped classroom sounds like it could be extremely useful in my future.  Allowing your students to take the time they need in order to grasp a concept, rather than pushing them through to the next topic will give them the chance to actually understand the material they are being taught rather than learning the material just to pass the test and forget the information previously learned.  It definitely has me wondering more about it and what other great technology can be utilized in a high school math classroom.

About Me

Welcome Bloggers!

My name is Taylor Warne and I am a Math & Education major at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.  I currently work at Stockton as a Mathematics Tutor for an introductory level math class and I work for Marriott Vacation Club. I am now an alumni member of Delta Delta Delta, where I held three leadership positions as Continuing Education Chair, Panhellenic Treasurer, and Panhellenic Recruitment Counselor.  As I finish up my last few years in school, my future begins to look brighter and brighter as I can't wait to become a high school math teacher.