Today, being a new year and having to have mutliple resolutions, I began thinking of a few for myself. One being that I wanted to begin using MORE technology in the classroom as seamless ways to engage learning and facilitating. This afternoon, it sort of happened, as a result of a student asking for help on her math.
In math, Mrs. Olson and I have been attempting our own version of "Daily 5 Math" (a term I use really loosely), except we have three daily's and not much choice. Someday, maybe our math class can function just like a normal Daily 5 literacy block...not yet. We are making it up as we go.
Anyway, I decided to use "Splashtop" during Math today, because in my review, I wanted to stand behind my students, while modeling how to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions and the opposite. I have not found a totally useful way, other that show and tell, for students to use Splashtop. Right now, it is more for me to be up moving and facilitating. Moving on, one of my students asked for a copy of what I was putting onto the SMARTBoard to study for our upcoming test.
"OF COURSE YOU MAY!" Then it clicked to me. I could screencast myself while manipulating the SMARTBoard, now that Splashtop was working. So, I told my student that I could provide her with notes and one better...a recording of me re-teaching the concept. After school today, I plugged in my headphone/microphone combo (I feel like an airplane pilot when I wear those things), set up my SMARTBoard, and kept my fingers crossed that Screencast-O-Matic (my screencasting website of choice) would work. In the past, my computer would not download the most up to date java applet....IT DID TODAY (Happy New Year x 2)!
So, to my student, I am excited (and feel sort of nerdy) to present to you "How to Convert Mixed Numbers into Improper Fractions AND Concert Improper Fractions into Mixed Numbers". Enjoy:
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