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Macro-Differentiation | mrmillermath — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 16:55:52 +0000

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[…] And that is part of what is so great about teaching. Â Sometimes you get to teach students about something that they are already fascinated with and would love to learn about and even research on their own. Â I have witnessed this phenomenon many more times this year while teaching Earth Science than I ever have in teaching Algebra. Â Sometimes, just going over a basic procedure again, like moving a variable from one side of an equation to another, I feel like I have lost interest so I can’t imagine how dull or even painfully dull it must be for a student who has to listen to me explain it. Â But the challenge of everyday, the part that really motivates me to keep getting better at this job is to find ways to make these things interesting. Â Or as Dan Meyer‘s teacher put it, “perplex them“. […]

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:30:21 +0000

Jackie: The first thing that struck me was the fact that you were home-schooled for 8 years. I don’t think I knew this. How do you think this impacted the way you approach teaching and learning?

Not sure about that. Among a lot of good and bad outcomes, homeschooling made an independent worker out of me. When I got to high school, the pace hit a crawl and I freaked. I did a month of Algebra II homework in a night. I created a study guide for the open note freshman English final and sold it at $5 a pop. I taught myself the second semester of trig and the first semester of calculus over winter break and skipped a year. I suppose that to whatever extent I value constructivism, it comes from my time homeschooling. Maybe that's the biggest thing.

By: Jackie Ballarini

Jackie Ballarini — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 16:49:15 +0000

The first thing that struck me was the fact that you were home-schooled for 8 years. I don’t think I knew this. How do you think this impacted the way you approach teaching and learning?

Secondly, I love the “respect the learner” line. I hope to enter the classroom with this powerful mindset each day.

Lastly, I appreciate the way you introduced each tool. You didn’t simply show them the technology you use, you instead showed the need met by each piece of technology.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 00:04:55 +0000

Mike B: How are you using Handbrake to show movie clips from encrypted commercial DVD’s? Are you using a 3rd party software

Nope. Just my Mac. That's strange that Windows throws static at you. If I were in your shoes, I might to turn to this kind of Google search.

David L: So, how can I get only a little of a video instead of a whole segment? Thanks.

I crop the clip using QuickTime's trim tool, which is as simple as it sounds. I'm not sure if I had to pay for the pro version, though.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:19:57 +0000

Thanks so much for all of the tech info. I didn’t know about Handbrake and the rest.

By: Monty

Monty — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:17:58 +0000

Regarding Jott, Google Voice is a free alternative (you need to have an active cell phone and Google account to sign up), just call yourself and leave a voicemail, it will be transcribed and can be forwarded to your email as well.

By: b chase

b chase — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:52:13 +0000

Thanks for your excellent and humorous talk. As a third year teacher, coming from other industries and recently assigned from bio to integrated physics and chemistry (math is not so much my greatest subject and these are both math based topics) I find your presentations to be really helpful.

I don’t know how I am going to work it all in, but I do know that if I figure it out, I will have a much more peaceful year.

I LOVE “keep them perplexed”. Now all I have to do is figure out how!.

By: David L

David L — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:36:00 +0000

I’m asking a similar question to Mike B – I’ve got a rock climbing video of guys free soloing over the ocean and taking some monster falls into the water. I see that video with a timer like the elevator video counting seconds to the decimal point to determine the length of the fall…I used Handbrake to rip the ‘chapter’ that I need, but instead of only the 45 seconds that I need, Handbrake appears to make me rip the whole segment.

So, how can I get only a little of a video instead of a whole segment? Thanks.