This will be a very short post. Just wanted to let everyone know that T3 is happening in LCISD August 7th. Yep, Tomorrow. I, like a crazy person, will be presenting two sessions. I think I am a little nervous, but I am also excited about sharing what I have learned over the past year with technology in my classroom.
So here it is: 9:30 to 10:30 I will be presenting Twitter & The Math Class - Let's Get Techy. Then right after that session I will be presenting my iPads/iTouch for iMath.
The first session is about "some" of the neat techy stuff I have discovered from my PLN off of Twitter. Yes, I said Twitter. Everything in my presentation, I discovered from following great educators that have shared their wealth of knowledge. Of course I had to check out the link and learn about the tool or resource on my own.
The second session I tweaked a bit from my CAMT 2012 presentation and thought I would share what I have learned about using iPads and iTouches in the math classroom. My students love to get on these devices. If I could find a way to teach every lesson with one, I would. I just might, but I would need more than 3 in my classroom! But I am one of the lucky ones, in that I do have more than 1 in my class.
I have attached a link here to google docs and my project folder. I have put both presentations in the project folder and I have also made an Edmodo group -Techy Math (sijoe4) and both presentations are there if you would prefer to get the presentations that way. You will also find a lot of other gyms in that folder, so check it out. Hope to see you at T3 2012!
Monday, August 6, 2012
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
TeachHUB Summer Giveaway & other great finds!
Ok, I don't usually post about giveaways, but as the school year approaches, we all need a little surprise. TeachHUB has a great summer giveaway and you can access the page here at: http://www.teachhub.com/teacher-social-summer-giveaway . It's free and you might win some swag. Oh, but don't tell my children I called it swag, they think I am way to old to be calling it that.
Another great item you could win this summer is a Casio Prism. Ok, this requires a little more work then just checking out a site. You have to take their on-line 3 part course. Once you are done, the calculator is yours. You must finish the courses by September 15th. You can access that giveaway here: http://www.casioeducation.com/educators/online_training
Teaching Blog Addict has a page set aside just for teacher giveaways. Check in every week and see if she has something you want. These items could be teacher created or offered by a company. But still free. Check her site out here: http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2012/01/giveaway-galore.html
Who doesn't love Oriental Trading? They have a $500 a week giveaway until August 25th. You must enter weekly and only once: https://www.weloveteachersgiveaway.com/entry-form
Well that's all for now. I am not real lucky, but if I never enter, I am sure not to win. So I am going to try my luck, hope you do to.
Another great item you could win this summer is a Casio Prism. Ok, this requires a little more work then just checking out a site. You have to take their on-line 3 part course. Once you are done, the calculator is yours. You must finish the courses by September 15th. You can access that giveaway here: http://www.casioeducation.com/educators/online_training
Teaching Blog Addict has a page set aside just for teacher giveaways. Check in every week and see if she has something you want. These items could be teacher created or offered by a company. But still free. Check her site out here: http://www.teachingblogaddict.com/2012/01/giveaway-galore.html
Who doesn't love Oriental Trading? They have a $500 a week giveaway until August 25th. You must enter weekly and only once: https://www.weloveteachersgiveaway.com/entry-form
Well that's all for now. I am not real lucky, but if I never enter, I am sure not to win. So I am going to try my luck, hope you do to.
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
CAMT 2012
Today I attended the first day of a three day conference being held in Houston, Texas. This year makes the 10th year I have had the fortune of attending CAMT (Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teachers) in my home state of Texas.
Today (July 18th) I attended some great sessions like Todd Whitaker's "What Great Teachers Do Differently", talked with a great friend (Jean Frankie), walked the exhibit hall and met the producer (Jimmy Pascascio) of one of my favorite teacher tube videos Mr. QUE and PEMDAS, tweeted about laughing and building your PLN and volunteered monitoring rooms. All in all, I'd say I had an awesome day.
Tomorrow I have some great sessions lined up and I am presenting iPads & iTouches for iMath, with my colleague and friend Casey Chapman. Only downfall is I'm missing the great luncheon and speaker Debbie Silver. But it's ok, my session is going to rock. Friday I present again with Casey. This time she takes the lead in a Smart board session. She is so techy and helps answer all my "I'm stuck" questions.
If you are attending the iPads & iTouch for iMath session, here is the link to my presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LD-uzYqArbLlFCpvgKg0W-l3-Dv33-YeFTalt53e-lo/edit
Or you can access the presentation through Edmodo by joining my new group Techy Math @ sijoe4. I hope to add more tech info and other presentations here.
If for some reason you can not access the presentation, just shoot me an e-mail at dkretschmer@lcisd.org or contact me via tweeter @dakretschmer and I will be glad to get you the presentation.
As the conference closes on Friday, I will reflect on the past few days and begin planning next years adventure.
Today (July 18th) I attended some great sessions like Todd Whitaker's "What Great Teachers Do Differently", talked with a great friend (Jean Frankie), walked the exhibit hall and met the producer (Jimmy Pascascio) of one of my favorite teacher tube videos Mr. QUE and PEMDAS, tweeted about laughing and building your PLN and volunteered monitoring rooms. All in all, I'd say I had an awesome day.
Tomorrow I have some great sessions lined up and I am presenting iPads & iTouches for iMath, with my colleague and friend Casey Chapman. Only downfall is I'm missing the great luncheon and speaker Debbie Silver. But it's ok, my session is going to rock. Friday I present again with Casey. This time she takes the lead in a Smart board session. She is so techy and helps answer all my "I'm stuck" questions.
If you are attending the iPads & iTouch for iMath session, here is the link to my presentation: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1LD-uzYqArbLlFCpvgKg0W-l3-Dv33-YeFTalt53e-lo/edit
Or you can access the presentation through Edmodo by joining my new group Techy Math @ sijoe4. I hope to add more tech info and other presentations here.
If for some reason you can not access the presentation, just shoot me an e-mail at dkretschmer@lcisd.org or contact me via tweeter @dakretschmer and I will be glad to get you the presentation.
As the conference closes on Friday, I will reflect on the past few days and begin planning next years adventure.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Just Thinking! Why do I blog?
I find myself reading a lot of post, but not knowing what I really want to blog about.
I wanted to blog about great technology that I have used in my class, and I did for a bit. I wanted to share what I had learned with other teachers, especially math teachers.
Great thought, didn't work. I blogged, but not consistently, and nobody read them.....at least that's what I think. But does it matter if no one comments on your post? I've decided no.
The fact that I, a math teacher, with little writing skills, have set out to write about math is good enough. I wanted to share what I've learned and try to get techy in my classroom, and I have done that. I still need a lot of work on the blogging and I am going to do more of that starting today. Sometimes just thinking about what to write about can seem overwhelming. Sometimes we just need to dive in. I will say that I tend to live on Twitter more than I blog. I love Twitter. I have learned so much from following great people like @coolcatteacher, @teachingwthsoul, @web20classroom, @rmbyme, @MrZerber and the list could go on. I check out hash tags such as #mathchat, #icafelc, #edchat, #edtech and so many more.
All the technology, with the exception of Twitter, I learned from developing my PLN(Personal learning network). Where did I build my PLN? From Twitter. My district is awesome and offers great training for teachers in all things "techy". I attended Interact and got my feet wet, but truly didn't know what I was doing. I then joined a group of educators from my district as we put on the first ever iMath training three years ago. While developing our plan and goals and revisiting many techy ideas from Interact, I started Tweeting and mostly following lots of great people(Thanks to @ChrisNilsson & @chadtheteacher). My kids said a monster was born!!!! Ok, I like to learn, and I love sharing what I have discovered with others. But sometimes, time just slips away and how I share becomes a web with no real pattern.
As with all new bloggers my url is not the easiest.....something to share with new bloggers...don't use crazy long url's like mine: chanceinmath2010.blogspot.com. What was I thinking? Oh, I wasn't thinking, I just wanted to blog! Now, it is time to dive in and stay. So I hope to blog more and about all things, not just math and technology. Of course I will still be living on Twitter and my new passion Pinterest!
I wanted to blog about great technology that I have used in my class, and I did for a bit. I wanted to share what I had learned with other teachers, especially math teachers.
Great thought, didn't work. I blogged, but not consistently, and nobody read them.....at least that's what I think. But does it matter if no one comments on your post? I've decided no.
The fact that I, a math teacher, with little writing skills, have set out to write about math is good enough. I wanted to share what I've learned and try to get techy in my classroom, and I have done that. I still need a lot of work on the blogging and I am going to do more of that starting today. Sometimes just thinking about what to write about can seem overwhelming. Sometimes we just need to dive in. I will say that I tend to live on Twitter more than I blog. I love Twitter. I have learned so much from following great people like @coolcatteacher, @teachingwthsoul, @web20classroom, @rmbyme, @MrZerber and the list could go on. I check out hash tags such as #mathchat, #icafelc, #edchat, #edtech and so many more.
All the technology, with the exception of Twitter, I learned from developing my PLN(Personal learning network). Where did I build my PLN? From Twitter. My district is awesome and offers great training for teachers in all things "techy". I attended Interact and got my feet wet, but truly didn't know what I was doing. I then joined a group of educators from my district as we put on the first ever iMath training three years ago. While developing our plan and goals and revisiting many techy ideas from Interact, I started Tweeting and mostly following lots of great people(Thanks to @ChrisNilsson & @chadtheteacher). My kids said a monster was born!!!! Ok, I like to learn, and I love sharing what I have discovered with others. But sometimes, time just slips away and how I share becomes a web with no real pattern.
As with all new bloggers my url is not the easiest.....something to share with new bloggers...don't use crazy long url's like mine: chanceinmath2010.blogspot.com. What was I thinking? Oh, I wasn't thinking, I just wanted to blog! Now, it is time to dive in and stay. So I hope to blog more and about all things, not just math and technology. Of course I will still be living on Twitter and my new passion Pinterest!
Sunday, April 29, 2012
SYMBALOO
Ok, I know it has been a while since my last post, but I have been so busy that I forgot about me! I actually love to find new technology and share how I will use it in my classroom. But as usual, I let life get away with me and I forgot to blog. But, I am back, and I found a really neat site for students to create their own bookmarks of important sites and activities on one topic. Now I know there might be other sites, but Symbaloo looked fun. I thought about my students and what they would like and Symbaloo seemed to be the best choice.
What is Symbaloo? Organized links. Ok' if you have a lot, this might not be the way to go. But for my students, it is extremely user friendly and they can access their most common links all on one page.
Then my thought was, "How could I use Symbaloo in class and show students how great it was?" Review, that's it. I designed a project were they would have to create a " webmix" or one tab in Symbaloo that would review Rational numbers. I designed the project sheet with step by step instructions and graphics that explained the process. Then students would always have a tab to go to if they needed to review a fraction, decimal or integer concept. This project would allow them to explore Symbaloo and find great links to review math. Students must have an email account accessable at school. Our district just set up email accounts for each student this year, but my students are still having trouble accessing them. So my students set up a gmail account because our school allows access to this email.
There are two sites for Symbaloo. There is SymbalooEDU at http://edu.symbaloo.com/ and then just Symbaloo at http://www.symbaloo.com/ . The difference between the two is that the EDU site has webmix's set up that are educational already and you can actually pay for an educator package. I of course am a poor teacher and set up my free account at SymbalooEDU, but had my students set up theirs at Symbaloo because it was also free for them. Downfall, they have to publicly share or send out address to all of their classmates if they want to share and to me in order to access their Symbaloo. It is also a little harder for me to grade, because each student had to give me their URL or sign in so I could grade their project. Not that big of a deal, but if your a teacher that hates to spend excess time checking each, via my process, then free might not be for you.
If you would like to use my project page just click on Symbaloo Project and sites sheet to access my google doc. Feel free to change it up and use it how you like. If you have suggestions on making it better, let me know. Here is my page I made really fast for an example to show my students:
What is Symbaloo? Organized links. Ok' if you have a lot, this might not be the way to go. But for my students, it is extremely user friendly and they can access their most common links all on one page.
Then my thought was, "How could I use Symbaloo in class and show students how great it was?" Review, that's it. I designed a project were they would have to create a " webmix" or one tab in Symbaloo that would review Rational numbers. I designed the project sheet with step by step instructions and graphics that explained the process. Then students would always have a tab to go to if they needed to review a fraction, decimal or integer concept. This project would allow them to explore Symbaloo and find great links to review math. Students must have an email account accessable at school. Our district just set up email accounts for each student this year, but my students are still having trouble accessing them. So my students set up a gmail account because our school allows access to this email.
There are two sites for Symbaloo. There is SymbalooEDU at http://edu.symbaloo.com/ and then just Symbaloo at http://www.symbaloo.com/ . The difference between the two is that the EDU site has webmix's set up that are educational already and you can actually pay for an educator package. I of course am a poor teacher and set up my free account at SymbalooEDU, but had my students set up theirs at Symbaloo because it was also free for them. Downfall, they have to publicly share or send out address to all of their classmates if they want to share and to me in order to access their Symbaloo. It is also a little harder for me to grade, because each student had to give me their URL or sign in so I could grade their project. Not that big of a deal, but if your a teacher that hates to spend excess time checking each, via my process, then free might not be for you.
If you would like to use my project page just click on Symbaloo Project and sites sheet to access my google doc. Feel free to change it up and use it how you like. If you have suggestions on making it better, let me know. Here is my page I made really fast for an example to show my students:
If you click on it, a link will take you to my Symbaloo.
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