Day 2 Reflection

PLN Time

Throughout the day, I have found a few helpful and creditable resources including websites, youTube subscriptions, and following/created a new circle in Google+

      alternantiveTo.net  (a plethora of web apps that are similar. So if you know of an app, but either use it all the 

               time or maybe want something a little better or different, this is the place to go!)

      In youTube i have subscribed to a few different channels. For interactive math journals, I have subscribed to Jessica Smith Sloane. For brain breaks or Fun Friday options, I subscribed to list25.

      In Google+ i created a math circle and am following Maria Gonzalez for her amazing interactive math journals.

      

Flipped Classrooms Webinar

The webinar presented by Todd Nelsoney was amazing and inspiring! It is comforting to see teachers from similar teaching backgrounds be innovative and a leading force behind flipping the classroom. I am most impressed with the student responses and achievements. As teachers, we all want our students to have a deeper understanding for the material that we teach, a love for learning, and not be confined to teaching "The Test" AKA the STAAR Test. My eyes were opened to a new (and probably better) way of teaching! 

Your Lesson and Student Sample 

I will be using a lesson on lateral and total surface area and the students will be crating a PowToon to show how to solve for either surface area for one shape. Once they have created their PowToon, they will use peer review to edit and check for errors. The students will then share their presentation with another student that chose a different shape. Upon completion, I will have the students share their presentation with me through Google drive. I will choose one of each to post to my blog to share how amazing my students are!