LHS Wiki How To

How to use the LHS Wiki:


You can make it full screen by clicking in the bottom right of the video to see the typing and what not.

Reading Mathematics

Lori got me "making" kids read. I am checking out ~20 books from the LHS Library per month that I put on my Personal List on the LHS Lib page: http://library.longmeadow.k12.ma.us/common/welcome.jsp?site=101 Then if on a given day I have 10 or 15min left at the end of the block each student gets their book from the 226 "Mini" Lib, and reads and takes notes. The students then blog about their reading on the LHS Wiki, and add vocab words with definitions at the end of their blog.

The assignment was created thanks to and in conjunction with Lori Robbins and Mary Ellen Barker.

here is the assignment page:
http://172.20.97.111/wiki/index.php/Read%2C_Explore%2C_Analyse

Geoff

Wolfram Alpha

Hello:

Want to compare China to the US? Just type china vs. usa into wolfram alpa ; http://www.wolframalpha.com/

You get a full report on area, population, population density and much more!


Want to know the nutritional specs on an apple? You guessed it wolfram alpha.
Want a quick graph or x² or a translation thereof; wolframalpha is your boy.

I see possibilities for all content areas. Nutritional facts, comparisons, mathematical graphs and solutions, GDP's this is a cool site!

jing and screencast.com

This screencast was made with the jing software.

A short tutorial on writing "Hello World" in C++ using vim and g++.

helloWorldCast

iTunesU

this link brought to you by Mrs. Godin. A short movie about the kinds of educational podcasts offered through the iTunes software.

http://www.apple.com/education/guidedtours/itunesu.html?cid=ITS-ITUMAIN080829-CN4X9

http://ocw.mit.edu content can also be accessed through iTunesU


No mention of whether or not you can access the same content through other software aggegators??

Windoze 7 on Mac

Windoze on Macintosh Intel:




above is a picture of installation, and running windows seven.




hehee
~SP

Video and the Classroom

This is an example of using video to enhance your classroom. This a brief lecture I recorded on limits and embedded into my wiki math text:

http://jasperstreet.homeip.net/wiki/index.php/Math



Students can use this to review their notes and or fill in gaps, and extend their learning. Just an idea.