Week 16 Screen-o-matic and prezis

Today we Michaela and made a video using screen-o-matic and an outline in prezis. The topic was factoring quadratic trinomial with the leading coefficient different than one. We decided to use this topic because many students have difficulty with this type of factoring. Michaela really helped me navigate this technology. I enjoyed using both tools to develop a video. I think I can use this to teach students other math topics.

Week 15 Using Video and Audio

I had a hard time using the software, I am not a teehi person. So when I read that I had to do a video and recording I panicked. So I asked Michaela to show me. We sat down and went over all the different possibilities while having coffee and desert at Satura cakes. The sweets gave me inspiration on how to apply Geometry 3D shapes using Cakes and showing students through a video recording real world application for 3D shapes. I had so much fun I am looking forward to implementing more videos in my educational therapy practice.

This is the Video:

Images and Screenshots

Images and  images. Everywhere we look we are bombarded by images 24 hours a day. From the time we are babies images are all around us and also while we sleep. Most humans are blessed in being able to learn through images. Indeed, images  can provide more information than words. A good example is when you are trying to explain complex 3D solids of revolution, using real life objects you can show the concept of spinning a curve on its axis to create a 3D shape. Nowadays with technology in our daily lives we can see all the different "cool"labs online, like the reaction of metal with water. I am a visual learner and the images allow me to learn faster. This also helps with  teaching, because I can see the information before I see my students.

                                                 "A picture is worth a thousand words!"

When I am homesick I can just see the Christ overseeing the Baia da Guanabara in Rio. as though I was there. 

Introduction

Hi,
 I am an educational therapist specialized in math and science (physics and chemistry) for high school students. I decided to enroll in this course to learn more about building an online course. Currently I only work face to face with students. Blogging and teaching online is a novelty for me and I am very interested in branching out into this new avenue. I am blogging from the San Francisco Bay area in CA.