Blog Post #7

What a great class. I've learned so many things in this class and have incorporated so many things in my class. Some of them have worked well, and others will need some improvement. But, the students enjoy every new thing that I try in class.

For my final class blog, I will describe a lesson that I have been working on this semester to use in my Algebra class. We are about to start a lesson on graphing quadratic equations. I'm taking my students to the computer lab to work on this 2-day project/lesson. Students will begin with the handout that has the instructions and websites needed to be successful. In creating the handout, I used google url shortenr to shorten the lengthy web pages that the students would need to access. Students will follow the directions and answer the questions. I will guide them through the lesson using the SmartBoard. When finished, I created additional websites using the google url shortener to allow students to discover relationships. For the second day of the project, I will create a wall on wiffiti.com in which students will will text the answer to the question "What factors change the shape of a quadratic equation" and discuss all students answers. Students will then be given time to create their own comic strip about how a graph changes from the parent graph. Also, as part of the handout, students will be introduced to the popular game "Angry Birds" and associate the game with graphing quadratic equations. On the handout, I gave the students a website to look at and also used a QR CODE translator to create a QR CODE for those students who have a Smartphone.

I hope this is helpful and that you and the students enjoy!