Standard MAFS.2.G.1: Reason with shapes and their
attributes.
This site has public access, and would be a perfect tool to
use in the classroom to learn this particular standard. This is a virtual
manipulative that lets the students create their own patterns by recognizing
the differences between shapes. As mentioned in chapter 8, this tool falls into
the category of content-specific software. This is a math software, and more
specifically a geometry virtual manipulative. I would allow the class to
individually go on the site to participate, and I would need to make sure that
the computers used have the latest version of Java software to be able to
access the site.
Throughout middle and high school, I have been assigned tons
of research based papers. When researching I have always utilized google, and
it is by far my favorite search engine. If I was looking for something very
particular I would use google scholar and the advanced search tools. When I wasn’t
using google scholar, I would still only use the web pages ending in .edu, or
.org to make sure that my source was reliable. This was actually mentioned in
the podcast, that it’s important to evaluate to URL, and domain. The podcast also
mentioned the acronym ABCDT (author, bias, content, design, and technical
elements) to help evaluate the sites when researching. I found this very
interesting because most of the time I don’t consider all of those things.
While some of my methods were mentioned in the podcast, I learned about new
ones to evaluate websites even more thoroughly.
I was surprised how almost every search, what I was looking
for was within the first few results. I was expecting it to take a lot more
work, and that I was going to have to really search for the things listed. I
have searched the web many times, so I don’t feel that I learned any particular
skills through this assignment in that regard, however I did learn more about
the standards by figuring out which one applied to each web search.
I have created a couple of my own web hunt challenges for
you to try out:
- - Find a different math manipulative involving
shapes
- - Find a website that explores Richard Nixon’s career
as President
I really agree with all of the pints that you made throughout your blog!
ReplyDeleteI had way too many research projects in high school too! Love your blog!
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