Monday, January 23, 2012

Week 1

This week I made and presented my IBL activity. I wanted to make it challenging and fun. I thought making the activity into competition would make it challenging and giving prizes away for winning would make it fun. So I started with a list of algerbraic equations to show that letters can equal numbers. Then I made one final equation that included all of the varibles to make one final answer. Then I made a second sheet of equations that involved multiplication and one last equation that involved all of the previous variables.

When I presented my activity some of the tricks I used with the order of operations worked with the first sheet. I waited a little while and helped a couple people out with various confusions and then I moved on to the second sheet introducing the race for candy. I decided to hand out only one sheet per table to force people to work together and in the end it all worked out great!

If I had a suggestion for anyone doing an IBL activity in the near future is just to keep it simple. Don't try to do too much. Think of a way that would help you learn the thing you're supposed to teach and roll with it. Start with something small and add things as you move forward.

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