Lesson #2

Hi 3 LSS! This is our second lesson. For this lesson, you will each need your own piece of paper, a pencil, and a calculator. We have enjoyed working with all of you and hope you like this lesson!
Denise and Teri

Normal Distribution Lesson

Hello Class!
Here is our first lesson for you. If you have questions about what we have talked about, feel free to either leave your question on the actual lesson or as a comment on this blog post. Be sure to fill out the Google Form at the end of the lesson! Have fun!

Pre-Lesson Defintions

Before viewing the lesson we have prepared, you are going to need to know what a few words mean. We have provided definitions for these words below. Make sure you read and understand them before viewing the lesson. If you do not understand them, you may have trouble understanding key ideas.

1.Average-calculated middle value in a set of numbers

2.Symmetric-identical to something else

3.Forever-never stops

4.Property-a feature that helps identify a certain object

If these definitions do not make sense, feel free to look them up yourself, to gain a better understanding.

Google Form for Lesson #2

Bloom's Taxonomy Homework

Dear All,

Thanks again for a good lesson yesterday. It was a bit un-planned, but because we couldn't get into the computer lab we had to make a quick change.

So, I'd like us all to continue thinking about Bloom's taxonomy, it is a subject we're going to come back to later in the year too.

Remember that Bloom talked about lower order and higher order thinking skills. Here is a list of the thinking skills in Bloom's revised taxonomy. I hope that today's task will give us an opportunity to use almost all of the skills.

Image From: http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/Bloom%27s+Digital+Taxonomy

Here is your homework task for this week:

1. So, first of all, what I would like us to do is a little bit of remembering and understanding. Please look again at the rubric for blogging tasks we look at in class. You can also download a copy here.
2. Read through the rubric. Look at all the different categories. Which one talks about relevance? Which one talks about links and images? Which one talks about grammar?
   
3. Now I'd like us to do some applying, analysing and evaluating. Please look at one or two posts from your blog (I think the Blogfest post would be a good idea.) Look at the rubric and think about what mark (voto) you would give your own posts. Look at a Blogfest post form one of your classmate's blogs. Again, evaluate your colleague's blog post and decide how well they would score using our rubric.
4. Now, the most interesting part for me as a teacher, the creating section of the homework. Please write a reflective blog post talking about your own blog, your colleagues blog and what you think about them so far. Talk about the parts you like of the blogs, then discuss the marks you would give them from the rubric. You should also offer some advice if there are any areas that need to improve.

I don't want to set a minimum length for you post. I would expect something about 100 words, but that is not mandatory. Remember, your posts will be given marks (voti) from the rubric, so check what you have written against the rubric.



Finally, please make sure you have replied to any comments where neccessary. I know that Denise and Teri have left comments on some of our blogs, and it's important that you reply (where relevant.) Also please check all your homework is up to date.

As always, contact me if you need help. I know that many of you have been working hard on your blogs. Keep up the good work - and - I will remember all your hard work at the Scrutinio ;-) !

Homework 9 November 2009

Dear All,

As you may well remember, we are working with 2 student-teachers from Canada this year, Denise and Teri. Well, we haven't really done much with them yet this year as we were busy getting our blogs set up.Now it's time for that to change!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/grantmac/

For homework this week we're going to get to know a little more about our Canadian colleagues Teri and Denise.

1) Denise has made a great short video on her blog where she talks about what she studies, what her hobbies are and what she likes to do in the summer.

Please visit Denise's blog and leave a comment on her video post that engages with her, and helps you to connect to her. Maybe you could talk about what your hobbies are, maybe you could talk about any hobbies that Denise has that you share, maybe you could ask Denise some questions about her hobbies, maybe you could talk about what you are studying, maybe you could talk about what job you'd like to do, maybe you can tell Denise about your blog, too..... you choose.

2) Teri has written a introductory blog post for3LSS where she asks us some questions about Blogfest, and tells us a little about herself. You can also find out more about Teri on her It's Me page.

Please read Teri's information about herself and the introduction for us, then leave her a comment on her 3 LSS page. Againg, your comment should engage with Teri, and helps you to connect to her. You can use the same idea we talked about above. e.g. maybe you could talk about what your hobbies are.... etc

Please do this before Sunday 8th November so that Teri and Denise have time to reply to us.

Thanks! Seth