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Contents contributed and discussions participated by Melinda Connon

Melinda Connon

Art of Problem Solving Foundation - 0 views

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    This website is a great math contest practice location. Our students are so over committed, they don't have time to practice as a group for a math team...I'm not sure they'll do this. I did have an extra advanced 8th grader working on it when he was finished with his homework. It lets you try a problem twice, shows a solution, and builds in difficulty. I have lots to learn from these problems -- many of which are beyond Core Curriculum.
Melinda Connon

Purple Comet! Math Meet - 0 views

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    We have participated in this contest for 3 years.  It doesn't cost anything except for the printing of the questions for each team and/or team member.  It is a group contest -- up to 6 per team.  Each team needs a computer that can only access the Purple Comet site during the 60-90 minutes of the exam.  Any preloaded software may be used to find a solution.  It isn't multiple choice, so guessing doesn't do much good.  I had 2 teams try that last year and didn't get any of the guessed problems correct.  Tough contest -- there are only a couple of Iowa high schools participating so far.
Melinda Connon

Art of Problem Solving - 0 views

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    This is a site for math or TAG teachers.  The Alcumus section gives one problem at a time starting easy and building in difficulty.  You get 2 tries to get it right and then it shows you one or two correct methods of finding the solution.  The problems come from older national mathematics exams.
Melinda Connon

ollie1sweetman: Iowa Online Teaching Standards - 0 views

  • • Knows the content of the subject to be taught and understands how to teach the content to students (SREB A.3, Varvel II.A, ITS 2.a)
    • Melinda Connon
       
      I was helping a colleague with an online statistics course this semester. The instructor did not know how to explain or help students other than telling them to reread the text or what she had already written. I did not see if they were using moodle or blackboard,
  • using appropriate visual web design techniques
    • Melinda Connon
       
      I noticed in Moodle yesterday that it does not lock proportions when you insert pictures. Coming from a family printing business and math teaching career, it's something I notice in amateur publications - people get skinnier without dieting or shorter without osteoporosis. It's a 21st century application of proportions -- cross curricular with graphics/math -- I had to apply it with my Earlham cardinal head.
  • Utilizes a course evaluation and student feedback data to improve the course
Melinda Connon

CPMP-Tools Software - 0 views

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    This is a free Computer Algebra System designed to go with the Core-Plus Mathematics Curriculum. We are using a different curriculum, but this was referenced as a free tool as an alternative to the leading calculator product. Since we will be 1:1, my students don't need to invest in those calculators. CAS is not allowed on any college testing as of yet.
Melinda Connon

GeoGebra - 2 views

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    I have been using this tool to develop/convert investigative activities for Geometry through Calculus. The files files can be exported to HTML in a nicer format that Geometer's Sketchpad 4.0. I haven't tried GSP 5.0.
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