After the Bacon-Wrapped Workshop I figured I should probably start up a blog. Partly so that I could connect to fellow educators more, but mostly so that I could get lessons checked over before doing them and (hopefully less often) digging through the wreckage of a failed lesson to find out what happened.
So here goes. "Hello World".
First one I'm going to test out is actually one that I found on a couple other blogs previously. I've had my Advanced Math class create Log War cards. I also had them glue them to manila folders and then cut them out so that they'd be a bit more stiff and not as see-through. Even had a student tweet about it, which was a really cool thing. Unfortunately, the power shut off halfway through, so we didn't get a chance to play the game, but we got them all created and set aside so that we can play through it a bit on Monday. I'm curious if it would be interesting (or motivational) to do a bit of a round-robin style tournament. Also wondering if I have them make their own logarithms (that evaluate to a certain set of values) that they then take and use against other students may force them to think about it a bit harder as well. Things to try next time around? The only concern I'd have is the ones that flat out don't get it (though I guess I could have them just use my pre-made ones at that point and just have them figure out what all of mine evaluate to).
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