I was browsing around looking at other blogs on the web and came across The Math Less Traveled at http://www.mathlesstraveled.com/?cat=17. I clicked on the link for books on the right hand side and read through some of his postings. He has found some books that seem not only interesting but also humorous that could be used in class, or if nothing else at least added to our list of books in Dr. Wright’s class. Not only does he have posts on new books but if you scroll down far enough you can see on the right his virtual bookshelf. Just realize, though, that not all of them are meant for a middle or high school classroom.
I think another thing I’d really like to shed light on is a great teacher here in River Falls at Meyer Middle School. She actually doesn’t teach math. She teaches language arts; however, you MUST check out her website and the awesome products her students are creating. I guess in my opinion, we math teachers could make math just as cool as she is making language arts if we let our students have fun and blaze their own trail with it. The website is: http://www2.rfsd.k12.wi.us/meyer/teachers/MrsReid6/Home.html. Check out the Podcasts, Student Videos, and Blogs. If these don’t spark any ideas on ways to incorporate these types of technology into your classroom hopefully you will at least be able to remind yourself of what our students (especially middle school student but high school students too) are like: immature and silly but still extremely smart and excited about learning as long as we can bring it to their level and spark their interest.
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