Thursday, March 21, 2013

Annual Meeting in Denver Technology Sessions Update

through March 22
I've updated the listing of technology sessions at the Denver Annual NCTM meeting including more details about the sessions from the speakers who have responded to my request which is if you are a speaker on a technolgy theme and your session is not listed please let me know (ihor@clime.org) and I will include your session. If it is listed and you wish to have more detail than what is currently there please send me a photo along with any additional information about your session. We know that you submitted your proposal to speak last May and you may want your potential attendees to know more about you and your presentation. I'll be continuing to update this listing (here is the link again) right through the conference. So its never to late to do so.

I will be attending the conference though this year CLIME will not be exhibiting so I'll be free to roam and report back to you about the sessions and exhibits that I found interesting.

I hope to see you there.
Ihor aka @CLIMEguy
Here is the list of my "go to" sessions from a previous blog. I hope to attend as many as I can.

1. Dynamic Math software
5 -     Chaos Games and Fractal Images
46 -   Collecting Live Data in Fathom
80 -   The Mathematics of Angry Birds
180 - Getting Serious about Games in Middle Grades Math (Lure of the Labyrinth)
207 - Do the Function Dance with Sketchpad 5
283 - The Gamification of Math: Research, Gaming Theory, and Math Instruction
502 - Help Students Dig into Data, Statistics, and Probability with TinkerPlots
279 - Math and Geography: Using Google Earth to Investigate Mathematics
609 - Mobile Math: Understanding the CORE Mathematics in Mobile Apps (CORE Math Tools)

2. Web 2.0 Tools
157 - Math Journal 2.0: Jump-Start Your Students' Reflections (blogging)
447 - Movie Making in Math
468 - Scan It, Solve It, Show It (QR Codes, BYOD-Bring your own device)
565 - Blogarithms: Converting Number Concepts into Talking Points
586 - Moving Beyond the Right Answer: Developing Students’ Math Communication Skills
707 - Sharing Student Lessons with iBooks Author, iBooks, and an iPad
717 - Effective Use of Virtual Manipulatives: Ready to Create Your Own?
724 - Viral Math Videos: A Hart-to-Hart Conversation

3. Dynamic Learning Communities
27 - Following Beginning Teachers’ Experiences through Online Communities: Proof of Reflection
143 - PLC: The Practices, the Lessons, the Collaborative
680 - An Invitation to Experience Online Lesson Study Firsthand

4. Math 2.0 Curriculum
141 - Learning Online and Outdoors: Integrating Geocaching into the Mathematics Classroom
184 - Keeping It Real: Teaching Math through Real-World Topics (mathalicious.org)
402 - Stories and Technology: Providing Mathematics Opportunities for All
560 - Powerful Online Tools Promote Powerful Mathematics (Illuminations)
684 - Tools and Technology for Modern Math Teaching (Dan Meyer)
685 - Computers in Early Childhood: Getting the Best of All Worlds


Monday, March 18, 2013

Noon Day project measurements begin this week- March 18, 2013

Carl Sagan tells the story (6.5min)
The Goal of the Noon Day Project is to have students measure the circumference of the earth using a method that was first used by Eratosthenes over 2000 years ago. Students at various sites around the world will measure shadows cast by a meter stick and compare their results. From this data students will be able to calculate the circumference of the earth.
Doing the measurements
You can sign up for this project here.
  • There is some good background material on the measurement at the Noon Day project site hosted by my friends at CIESE (Center for Innovation in Engineering & Science Education) - Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, NJ 
  • Follow me on Twitter (Hashtag #noondaymeasure) as I recreate the experiment that Eratosthenes did. I plan to do my measurements this week.
  • Also another great resource is provided by a European Astronomy group. Well worth a visit.

It will be done again in September, 2012. Let me know if you want a "heads up" early next year.

References
Noon Day Central - link
My article: In the Spirit of Eratosthenes - Measuring the Circumference of the Earth (Learning and Leading with Technology, ISTE. April, 1997) - pdf
Article by Al Rodgers: Eratosthenes in the Schools. - link