I chose launch number 514. This was a web lesson on Congruency in Transformations. This was a pretty cool lesson. It launches in its own window and gives students a chance to practice translating various line segments and figures. Then there is also a quiz portion. I really like this feature because the students can use this to assess how well they have learned the content.
My favorite part however is the answer page. The student can open it and check their progress and fix their answers, but the original is still saved as well as the updated version. Additionally I like the fact that the student can save or EMAIL (!!) the answer page. This is really convenient that the program marks what is correct/incorrect and then can be emailed to the teacher - great time saver!
I would use this to help the students learn/review Transformations one day and then give them a quiz on what they have learned the next day. I saw some really great other tools on this site and I am very excited with how I can integrate this into my classroom! (http://www.sascurriculumpathways.com)
I think there are some great features of this web resource especially for math. There are some great interactives.
ReplyDeleteThat does seem like a very cool lesson to use in a math classroom. Students have a chance to learn math using the computer then having to listen to a teacher lecture all the time. I think this activity will get them motivated for the lesson.
ReplyDeleteI like that students are able to track their own progress and that they are allowed to fix their answers afterward but still have their original answer saved. This allows students to see where they made a mistake and how they corrected it. You mention that it's a "great time saver!" and I think it is important that you are considering the limitation that time will put on us as teachers.
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