Hi Everyone. I am glad to have found this community and hope to make some great contacts. I have taught at Lincoln Elementary since 2001. In my teaching career, I have had the blessing of teaching at every grade level from pre-K to 6th in places as varied as the Navajo Nation, Texas, Ecuador, Kenya and Indonesia. I am proud Texan who loves living and working in beautiful Washington. I hold a Masters Degree in Education with an English as a Second Language and a Social Studies Endorsement. I love trying out new techniques and technology in my classroom. I consider myself a bit of a technogeek. Travel is a passion for me. I have traveled extensively on 6 continents and have lived and worked on 4. I am currently a member of the Discovery Educators Network, contributing lessons and ideas on the Discovery Channel. I just returned from a week of training at the Discovery National Institute where we worked on movie making, podcasting and learned about lots of Web 2.0 programs including Ning. I also serve as a volunteer regional educator resource for Heifer International, an organization that works with sustainable development around the world. I am the recipient of two technology grants. One of which, I hope the Ning community can help with. I am looking for 5th and 6th grade teachers interested in collaborating on an interactive, technology rich math project.
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Hello Martha,
Welcome to the Ning Community. I am a Technology Integration Facilitator at a private elementary school (Pre-K through 6). We are heading back to school today for pre-planning. What kind of math project are you planning on? Do you have something in mind or are still in the brainstorming stages?
I can talk with my 5th & 6th Math teachers to see if they are interested in the project.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Silvia Tolisano
San Jose Episcopal Day School
Jacksonville, FL
Thanks for your reply. The following is a post on my blog that explains the project. We have a basic plan right now and hope that it will grow.
Thanks for passing this on.
Martha
Mathlincs collaborative math project.
Greetings all. I hope that this will be the perfect place for me to find teachers interested in participating in a collaborative math project. Please contact me at t56linc@gmail.com if you think that you might be interested. You could participate in each strand, or just choose one or two strands. If you are interested, I will give you access information to our moodle. Hope to hear from you.
Math Lincs is a collaborative project for 5th and 6th grade math students around the world. We will be sharing our math ideas in a variety of math projects which will be organized by strands. We will use a variety of technologies including blogging, videos, podcasting, GoogleEarth and video conferencing.
Probability and Statistics:
Activities:
You Be the Teacher:Each class will be given a list of Probability and Statistics vocabulary words. Classes then create a multimedia way to teach the words to others. Some examples would be creating "vocabucasts", (a podcast where each word is defined and used in a sentence.) a slide show, a video, post pictures, etc.
Graphing the World: Students compose a survey to share with the other classes. Survey results will be graphed and shared on our Wiki.
Geometry:
Activities:
Geometric Landmarks: Students will take photos or find photos of landmarks in their area. They then compose grade appropriate geometric challenges based on the object or photo. Students then mark their landmark on GoogleEarth using posting the photo and the challenge a KMZ file. Students then post how they would solve the problem. These files will be posted on the wiki to share with participating classes.
Measurement:
Activities:
The 100 Mile Diet: Students will use math and research to determine the impact our consumer food choices have on the environment and our local culture. Students will share local dishes, complete a database listing foods grown in their area and then take a trip to a grocery store to find out how for produce travels to reach the store. Students will pick 5 items to represent on a GoogleEarth map. Students will compare the value of foods grown locally vs. foods that travel great distances to get to their table.
Algebraic Thinking:
Activities:
Game Show Math: Each class will create a review game to be shared with the other classes. The games should be based on the 5 strands of math and should be grade level appropriate.
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Welcome to the Ning Community. I am a Technology Integration Facilitator at a private elementary school (Pre-K through 6). We are heading back to school today for pre-planning. What kind of math project are you planning on? Do you have something in mind or are still in the brainstorming stages?
I can talk with my 5th & 6th Math teachers to see if they are interested in the project.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Silvia Tolisano
San Jose Episcopal Day School
Jacksonville, FL
Thanks for your reply. The following is a post on my blog that explains the project. We have a basic plan right now and hope that it will grow.
Thanks for passing this on.
Martha
Mathlincs collaborative math project.
Greetings all. I hope that this will be the perfect place for me to find teachers interested in participating in a collaborative math project. Please contact me at t56linc@gmail.com if you think that you might be interested. You could participate in each strand, or just choose one or two strands. If you are interested, I will give you access information to our moodle. Hope to hear from you.
Math Lincs is a collaborative project for 5th and 6th grade math students around the world. We will be sharing our math ideas in a variety of math projects which will be organized by strands. We will use a variety of technologies including blogging, videos, podcasting, GoogleEarth and video conferencing.
Probability and Statistics:
Activities:
You Be the Teacher:Each class will be given a list of Probability and Statistics vocabulary words. Classes then create a multimedia way to teach the words to others. Some examples would be creating "vocabucasts", (a podcast where each word is defined and used in a sentence.) a slide show, a video, post pictures, etc.
Graphing the World: Students compose a survey to share with the other classes. Survey results will be graphed and shared on our Wiki.
Geometry:
Activities:
Geometric Landmarks: Students will take photos or find photos of landmarks in their area. They then compose grade appropriate geometric challenges based on the object or photo. Students then mark their landmark on GoogleEarth using posting the photo and the challenge a KMZ file. Students then post how they would solve the problem. These files will be posted on the wiki to share with participating classes.
Measurement:
Activities:
The 100 Mile Diet: Students will use math and research to determine the impact our consumer food choices have on the environment and our local culture. Students will share local dishes, complete a database listing foods grown in their area and then take a trip to a grocery store to find out how for produce travels to reach the store. Students will pick 5 items to represent on a GoogleEarth map. Students will compare the value of foods grown locally vs. foods that travel great distances to get to their table.
Algebraic Thinking:
Activities:
Game Show Math: Each class will create a review game to be shared with the other classes. The games should be based on the 5 strands of math and should be grade level appropriate.