JI Lesson number two

I am currently working on a lesson plan over the Golden Ratio/Golden Rectangle/Fibonacci's Numbers.

Check out Donald in Mathmagic Land, it can be found in three parts on youtube or the DVD is very affordable on amazon. It's a 27 minute video and it's great to help show kids how math is everywhere in the universe.

I am very excited about this lesson, and looking through the websites I keep find enormous amounts of information. But I only have 48 minutes to teach the lesson!

My first JI lesson went very well. Although I tried to 'cram' too much into such a short amount of time I felt as if the students were understanding what I was trying to teach them.

Well, I need to get off of here!

About three weeks left for this semester. I am enrolled for my second to last undergrad semester. 12 hours, one of the "smallest" semester I have had at Southern. I think it will be a nice change of pace.

Some surprising videos

Hi, again! My first Junior Internship lesson went well today. I definitely learned A LOT though. But overall I thought I did decently well.

Below are two links about digital learners, about how our society has changed. If anyone reads this, this is something to see. If not, I know one day it will be nice for me to have and to remember how to set up my classroom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_A-ZVCjfWf8

both have shocking facts about our futures. Your way of thinking will be changed in 10 minutes.

working on first JI Lesson

Word problems!? Oh noooo!! =] This is a great link discussing students and their relationship with word problems and as teachers how we should help students over come that "fear" http://www.homeschoolmath.net/teaching/problem_solving.php

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-about-Applications-of-Two-Step-Equations-286300535 another great site that offers videos over two-step equations.