Mrs.+Fulmer

May 6, 2013
I can't believe how the school year has flown! We have had several more projects during the course of the year:

1. Finding the equation of the line of trajectory for the bullet that killed JFK. Here is the link to that project that I found on the internet: [|http://www.ms.uky.edu/algebracubed/lessons/JFKActivity.pdf] and a link to what they had to do once they completed the JFK worksheet:

2. Played Shuttle Mission Math to solve systems of linear equations.

3. Used Google Earth to find examples of parallel, perpendicular and intersecting streets and then proved them as such by comparing the slopes of the streets:

4. Our latest project was to have the students create 12 exponent rule problems, draw them out, speed up the video and then do a voice-over explaining each problem. Here are the instructions for this project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vorrUCJ1JWM

November 16, 2012:
Wow, I can't believe it is the end of the first marking period! The kids have really settled in and gotten comfortable with the Pads. I had them do a few projects using iMovie and Keynote. Students have learned how to use Screen Chomp, an app that lets you create a lesson and then share it with others in the class. I will post some of them below. On another note, some of the students have expressed their frustration with doing math problems on the iPad. Some would prefer to do it with pencil and paper instead; I wonder if that is because for the last 9 years they have done math with pencil and paper and are just more comfortable with it? My goal at the beginning of this class was to have them do everything on the iPad, but as we move through the course, I realize that some things are best done traditionally and some things are best done using the technology.


 * ​** The Garden Project:



Here is one of the presentations created by a student for Project #3. It was made using Keynote, but I converted it to Power Point for those who are not in the MAC environment.
 * SCREEN CHOMP: **

September 27, 2012:
The students received their iPads 16 days ago. The first two days were interesting in that we didn't do much algebra but instead tried to trouble-shoot issues that they were having with the iPads: email wasn't working properly; downloading our Algebra I textbook; Face Time and Messages weren't set up to use yet. Thankfully, once we ironed out the kinks, we were able to revisit our study of algebra! We have been able to solve two-step equations as well as equations with variables on both sides - we use an app called Algebra Touch that is wonderful for helping the students understand how to move terms from one side of the equation to the other. I have also had the kids play Alge-Bingo as a warm-up when they enter the classroom. Alge-Bingo is exactly what is sounds like: You must solve equations and place the markers on the correct answer on the board in order to achieve a Bingo. I then have the students screen shot their results and email me the picture so I can see how long it took them, how many they got correct, and how many they got wrong. We have also dabbled in creating an iMovie already, and there is a project on the horizon for them to make another iMovie - this one with a little bit more in math. I'm very excited about it!! To view a sample of one of our iMovies, click this link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0vigjrlt6wvxr3a/AllieR.mov ! I would be remiss if I did not say that the kids have been AMAZING on these devices! As we are trouble-shooting, one student may not know how to do something - whether algebra-related or iPad-related - and another student will offer a suggestion for a better way to do it! This is a very exciting time indeed!!



August 6, 2012:
It has been 5 days since I completed two days of iPad Boot Camp! Boot Camp was amazing, and I learned a lot of new ideas to use this coming year in my Algebra I iPad class. I am very excited to start the year and get my students as excited as I am about this new opportunity presented to us!! Some of the apps that I will be using in class this year are below, and the best part is that all of them are FREE!!




 * Algebr ****a C ****hamp **




 * Shuttle Mission Math **




 * Diamond **** Factor **




 * Algebra ****Quiz **




 * Sketchpad Explorer **