When I read Shireen D's post Related Rates and Crowd Sourcing from her Blog titled "Math Teacher Mambo", I learned a lot for when I become a teacher.
Shireen has issues when it comes to teaching related rates and crowd sourcing. She lists these in her blog:
Issues:
* Finding problems that aren't the Wisconsin of all Cheese Balls.
* Reading and interpreting the problem.
* Being able to translate known information and subtly given information into Math Speak.
* Finding the right equation that links all the variables together.
* Navigating the Dangerous Path of Implicit Differentiation.
* Plugging back in at JUST the right time.
* Finishing things up with a tidy bow.
Shireen was thinking one class period and researching and she came across Bowman's set up with the table for variables in which Shireen thought were very nice, tidy, and useful.
I commented telling Shireen that I love the idea she has that the students have to do extra by thinking of a real life situation that could be modeled by the simplified version on one of the homework problems. This will get the students thinking outside the box of just solving the problem, and they will understand it more. I am taking note of this for when I become a teacher.
Post #2
The second blog post I read of Shireen's was Jumping in the pool dogpaddling!
Shireen coached a FTC Robotics team for the first time. She said she and her students on the team were very nervous and did not know what to expect. They ended up having a fabulous time and met a lot of people.
I posted telling Shireen that I loved her post. I told her she might have some future engineers on your hands!
She posted this picture:
I told her I love the captions on her picture. I know she and her students had a great time doing something they never thought they would enjoy.
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