Tuesday night at 9pm ET I’ll offer a “take 2” for my Twitter Math Camp session on Interactive Notebooks. It’s free and should take about 45 minutes away from Olympic-watching-addiction. Join us for Interactive Notebooks 101 Check out my not-live Interactive Notebook resources: an overview and a resource page.
tl;dr: Let’s put our minds together and brainstorm some math-specific uses for the left side of an Interactive Notebook. The Interactive Notebook is based on brain research. One key element of the IN is the left/right page dichotomy. The right page is for input and the left is for output. Often, that translates to notes […]
My students are 14-18 years old and enrolled in math or physics for the first or second time. As you can see, quite a range of academic types. What is an Interactive Notebook? Interactive Notebook (INB, sometimes ISN or IN): a student notebook governed by several rules: 1) teacher input goes on one side while student […]
In part 1, I talked about how I set up interactive notebooks with my students. Let’s look now at how I grade this stuff. It’s 4.5 weeks into second semester, my grading period is closing soon, and kiddos need grades in the computer. Time for a notebook check! The prep work I did for this day: […]
With a semester’s worth of practice, I’m ready to share my experiences with the Interactive Notebook in math and physics. An Interactive Notebook (IN) is a bound notebook, typically a composition book or spiral notebook that a student uses for notes, practice, and reflections during a course. The interactive-notebooks Wikispace is a great place to […]
Thanks to @druinok for the shoutout and motivation to get going on this. What questions do you have about using interactive notebooks (IN) in the math (or science) classroom? I’ll be presenting at Twitter Math Camp in July, so your questions will really help improve that presentation. And of course you know I’ll be publishing the results […]
Tired of taking up a left shoe in exchange for a pencil [1]? Or attaching various non-pencil accessories to your pencils [2] so they don’t walk out on you? If you have kids unprepared for class on a regular AND you don’t like methods you’ve already tried, I have a system that worked for me. First, […]
Today marks my 6th Blogiversary. I started this thing documenting my daughter’s elementary years. These days, she’s concerned with AP Calc more than book reports. And I’m concerned with #globalmath more than her book reports. Ah, how times change. One thing that hasn’t changed is that I’m still stealing your ideas. My classroom is a combination […]
So, we held our little costume contest. There were 31 entries(!) and all 2012 participants are pictured below. Based on discussion at the #globalmath costume party, I learned we’ve been doing this since 2009. History: 2011, 2010, 2009 First Place @jreulbach as @mgolding . Julie receives a hanging organizer from the Container Store. These babies were all the rage […]
It’s begun! The Global Math Department meets every Tuesday at 9pm ET. Modeled on the Global Physics Department, we are a passionate group of math teachers who engage in weekly professional development that’s live, online, and FREE. Who Should Join Right now, our primary membership includes math teachers for students aged 12 to 18. What […]
