Charlie

Charlie and Jason's journey through the vast EMINTS program that we both have fallen in love with like the new girl down the street....

I feel as if I am ahead of my time on many days!!!!!!!!

Now is the time for me to type in this space.

I plan on allowing my students the ability to think and fail. This means that they will not always get the right answer, but not be afraid to try.

I will use the higher order thinking for my graphing linear equations lesson.

Students will be engaged in the Smartboard Lesson as they watch me graph the points on the coordinate plane.

The lesson will begin with modeling of how to graph, the basic levels and thinking. It will progress up the thinking tree to where the students are actively graphing on the Smartboard. For there homework, they will graph on graph paper. They will be asked to allow movements of points given certain parameters so that they can understand what changes are actually taking place.

Students will move from basic to higher thing skills as they progress through the homework and lesson. The skills will be built upon, layer by layer. Our questioning techniques will need to be expanded upon in order to incorporate higher order thinking skills. We need to allow them to discover the answers for varied questions.

We will wiki our thought processes as needed to fulfill our EMINTS obligations about our substantial questioning knowledge and techniques.

Gone are the days of asking simple questions. Welcome to the evolution of questioning. The feedback we received was quite interesting and thought provoking. What are some characteristics of authentic learning that might be used in your classroom? Authentic learning will take place when the students actually solve real-world problems. They must be able to apply what they learn to a given situation. We are teaching them to think, both in and out of the classroom. If they can do that, they can adapt to any situation and make the best of it. While success will be hoped for, failure will be a learning experience. Life is not always fair. We must teach them to not be afraid of failing at something. They must learn from it and move on.

[]

Good game about operating a lemonade stand to see actual real-world situations with input and output variables.