The Study

I am having difficulty finding a quality chunk of time during this busy time of year. School is extremely hectic as well as home with the passing of Thanksgiving and Christmas approaching. I also purchased the wrong cord for the camera. I think I have an introduction, but when I wanted to transfer it I found the cord didn't work. I had to exchange it today so I am hoping I can put the case study together. Next, I will need to explore the google site component of this assignment. I don't think I will understand that until I try it. We will see. I'm still praying for peace and quiet to finish this. Yikes!

Video Case Study - Continued

I did purchase a cord to download my video pieces to movie maker. I have a video of a class activity and a plan for my study, but I'm working on the introduction and the other little pieces of video. The introduction still isn't long enough. This is a large amount of work at an extremely busy time of year. I'm having difficulty finding quiet time at home or at school to pull this together. I'm not giving up until it is finished, but I'm praying a great deal!

Video Case Study

I am still trying to figure out how to pull all of this together to have something to turn in at the end of the semester. I have a better understanding of what is going on, but I'm still unsure of exactly how to accomplish the task. It was big to find that the camera I am using will download straight to Movie Maker, but I have been unable to locate a cord. I will work on that this week. I now have a better idea of what the components should contain, so I am planning on recording those this week. This semester has been educationally overwhelming teaching and learning.

Google Forms

I am interested in the students feedback about the learning environment, so I used Google Forms to create a survey. I'm having great difficulty figuring out how to link and embed the survey. Google Forms has slowed my computer to a near stop. I'm not sure what to do but I have worked on this for three hours and I think I will have to try again tomorrow.

Rubistar

I used Rubistar to create a rubric to grade word problems solved by Algebra I students. The templates do make the rubric easy to create, but I was disappointed that there were no templates for math projects. I guess you would have to create your own based on your project. Rubistar is very easy and convenient to use, but rubrics for math aren't easy to create. I will have to practice this skill.

Movie Maker

For this assignment I used the 65 slide powerpoint about math. I must say I am frustrated and confused with this assignment because I followed the directions and tried to use a free trial of wondershare but it would not work like the directions indicated. I also tried to upload to teacher tube to no avail and so I decided to take a hint from Debbie Dosier and use Mydeo. I'm hopeful it is going to work when I post this entry. I have spent too much time on this assignment. It is nearly midnight, I still have papers to grade and I must get up at 5:00AM and start again. I am not a happy camper.

Geometry Jeopardy

It was interesting to make a geometry jeopardy game. I have always wanted to do this. Again, with six classes and three different preparations I still find it difficult to spend so much time on one activity that reviews such a small portion of the CSOs. I find I must get the biggest return for my effort. While knowing these terms is critical, the students need to be able to solve problems involving these terms. I am anxious to try this out in class and assess the effectiveness. Because the assignment directions did not mention that we had to post the game to our blog, I did not realize the e-mail contained instructions for posting. So, here is my version of geopardy. Sorry for the misunderstanding.