Answer the following questions about the Dream Car excel example
How did a spreadsheet project like this offer relative advantage in comparison with other ways of teaching students about money management? What might be some of the benefits of having students work in groups, rather than individually on this project?
By doing the Dream Car example showed how money works. It showed what loans are and how much they cost in the long run. You can also use a spreadsheet to manage money and keep a budget. In Excel the formulas are easy to do and the numbers are already part of the data. Also you can just click the cells and not retype the numbers so there is less room for error. Also the different examples are things that a student will have to do with when they grow up and have a job and they need to buy things. Some of the benefits of having students work in groups is they can communicate with each other about they knowledge. Also if a student does not know how to use excel they can help each other. Also with the different formulas some stuff is not in terms that we might understand so the students can help each other.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Thursday, February 15, 2007
Reflective Blog # 4
In repsonse to the critics, I would say that I agree with them. When you use a word processor software it fixes your spelling and grammar there fore it takes away from a student's knowledge. Also a student can no longer practice there handwriting. Word processor software are more convient if you make alot of mistakes since you can just delete the word and not go throw erasing or starting over if you are handwriting your paper. I think that students write more if they can type it since it is faster, while handwriting takes longer. Also you can edit your paper in seconds while if you handwrite it you need to write a whole new paper.
Friday, February 2, 2007
Small Group Web Project
Got to page 265 and choose one of the web projects. In your blog -- creat a post that briefly describes the project. Give examples of how you think the project could be used in a classroom. What grade levels and what subject area?
In the weather scope project, students are required to look and record local and world weather. Students learn how about different weather instruments and how to find weather on the internet. Students will be given a scenario to form there own forecasts and climate about there scenario. Students will also track weather. There are 5 activites that the students must complete. The first activity is to make a weather station. There weather station will consist of using weather instruments and recording the data they recieve from the instruments. The second part of the first activity is to makea class weather station. The second activity is to make a weather log. The information for the log will come from the student's weather stations, their local weather from the internet and from there a city in AK. The log will contain temperatures, sky conditions, wind and precipitation. The third activity is to track weather for a period of 2 weeks based on the classroom weather instruments and the interet. The fourth activity is to understand how weather changes by analzying data. The fifth activity is predict the weather for your area based on your weather data.
This project could be used in the classroom in many different ways. It can be used for both science and math, since you have to interpet data, make graphs and understand how to read weather instruments. The project can also be done as a class, small groups or an individual. This project can show how weather is recorded and how weather is forecasted. It will also give students a new outlook on the weather and how it is caused. The grade levels for this project would be 6th grade through 12th. At the 6th grade level students have developed the skills for this project and would be successful. This project could be done in either science or math since you need both of those skills to complete the project successfully.
In the weather scope project, students are required to look and record local and world weather. Students learn how about different weather instruments and how to find weather on the internet. Students will be given a scenario to form there own forecasts and climate about there scenario. Students will also track weather. There are 5 activites that the students must complete. The first activity is to make a weather station. There weather station will consist of using weather instruments and recording the data they recieve from the instruments. The second part of the first activity is to makea class weather station. The second activity is to make a weather log. The information for the log will come from the student's weather stations, their local weather from the internet and from there a city in AK. The log will contain temperatures, sky conditions, wind and precipitation. The third activity is to track weather for a period of 2 weeks based on the classroom weather instruments and the interet. The fourth activity is to understand how weather changes by analzying data. The fifth activity is predict the weather for your area based on your weather data.
This project could be used in the classroom in many different ways. It can be used for both science and math, since you have to interpet data, make graphs and understand how to read weather instruments. The project can also be done as a class, small groups or an individual. This project can show how weather is recorded and how weather is forecasted. It will also give students a new outlook on the weather and how it is caused. The grade levels for this project would be 6th grade through 12th. At the 6th grade level students have developed the skills for this project and would be successful. This project could be done in either science or math since you need both of those skills to complete the project successfully.
Reflection 3
In many schools, Wikipedia is blocked from student use. Do you think students should use Wikipedia? At what age level do you think Wikipedia would be appropriate? For what situations would you encourage students to use Wikipedia? Do you think that an encyclopedia "written by the masses" can be quality source of information? Why or why not?
I think students should use Wikipedia. It has honest information about subjects. Also it is written in an opinion of an average person so it would be easier for students to understand. I think Wikipedia would be appropriate for high school students and middle schools students if someone is monitoring the information on the website. I think that Wikipedia should only be used as a second resource for certain situations. Wikipedia should be used when you want to find information quick and on stuff you already know some information about. I think that an encyclopedia written by the masses is a good source because people are allowed to edit the information. If you see something wrong with the information you can go in and correct the information. Also more people can put more information about the certain subject so people can understand the subject better and gain a better knowledge of the subject.
I think students should use Wikipedia. It has honest information about subjects. Also it is written in an opinion of an average person so it would be easier for students to understand. I think Wikipedia would be appropriate for high school students and middle schools students if someone is monitoring the information on the website. I think that Wikipedia should only be used as a second resource for certain situations. Wikipedia should be used when you want to find information quick and on stuff you already know some information about. I think that an encyclopedia written by the masses is a good source because people are allowed to edit the information. If you see something wrong with the information you can go in and correct the information. Also more people can put more information about the certain subject so people can understand the subject better and gain a better knowledge of the subject.
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