Monday, July 23, 2012

Class at the Dude!

Creating my own website was a lot of fun! I did not realize it was so easy :D  I know I've been playing around with the idea of a class website (for what specifically, I don't know), and now I know it's not too hard.  Adding videos, and photos was really easy.  I have to admit, I did get a little off task when it came to choosing a template and default photo.  But, I found the perfect picture!

I really enjoyed having a past MACer share some of the ways he incorporated games into his lessons.  When he fist mentioned teaching parametric equations with a game, I could not think of a game that would work.  Then he mentioned "Angry Birds"......Of Course!! I thought it was really fun.  Some of the tools he used to come up with this lesson were really interesting.  He used Twitter.  I have decided not to succumb to Twitter.  Probably because I really don't have anything to tweet.  But, seeing it as a tool to pick the brains of teachers everywhere was very appealing.

4 comments:

  1. I really appreciated having a former MACer visit and present as well! I think it would be great if we could have more opportunities to meet with past students and get an idea for how they are now applying the teaching practices we're learning to their own budding careers.

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  2. I completely agree! Having someone who is new to the profession discuss how they implement what we are learning would be awesome. I also think it would be great to hear how their first year teaching went or is going. Since we are learning so much, I would like to know what things they have utilized the most from the MAC program.

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  3. A class website is something that's calling to me, too; my long-overdue blog post about last Friday will definitely deal with that. What do you think you'd do with yours?

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  4. I am also excited to work more on getting my weebly exactly how I want it. I think it is going to be a very useful tool when looking for teaching jobs, and really great for showing videos of us teaching, post C.V.s, writing samples, etc. I am hoping that it will serve as a supplemental tool that future employers (potential* employers) could take a look at so that they get a better idea of who I am before they call me in for any interviews.

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