A few weeks ago I mentioned Sage and Beamer, well beamer has been going pretty well, I am using it several times a week in various classes. I thought I was going to try Sage, but haven’t gotten to it yet, although I have come across a free software (not open source) package called GeoGebra.… Continue reading GeoGebra
Category: School
Why I don’t care for Saxon math
I used to use Saxon math at the HS level but stopped, and keep getting more support of that descision. “He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards a ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast” – Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) While math is useful,… Continue reading Why I don’t care for Saxon math
Teaching
Google keeps track of lots of information about a person. I was looking at Google history, if your logged in Google can keep track of your searches and click thrus and noticed they creates suggestions based on you history. There was a video suggestion and I watched it and here it is. Quite interesting I… Continue reading Teaching
Quizzes
I know school is out, so this is most likely a good time to make this thought public. There will be no one reading it and wondering if it is them. I see this all the time, a student will approach the desk to put his/her quiz, test whatever the case, in my in basket,… Continue reading Quizzes