Final Project

My final project is a PowerPoint presentation that teaches students connections between linear equations and their graphs. Check it out.

UDL Image

Using MS Word, PrimoPDF, Adobe Reader, Paint, and Audacity, I have created a UDL image that helps show the relationship between a line's equation and its graph. I'm sure there's an easier way to do what I did, but I basically used auto-shapes in Word to make the graphs, and then instead of saving directly as a PDF (doing that moved the graphs slightly), I had to print to PrimoPDF. I zoomed in and copied the area using Adobe Reader, then I pasted the image using Paint. In Paint I also changed the location of a negative sign, a minor point. Finally I used Audacity to edit my audio description.

View my UDL image here!

Cladogram Presentation (Again)

I just figured out how to save my presentation as a web page. Try it out here.

Notes March 31

Here are my notes from class on Monday, March 31.

http://www.grymonpre.com/KG_T-560_3-31-08.doc

UDL Book Builder

More cladograms! I made a book on the CAST website. You can download it or read it online.

Cladogram Tutorial

Here's a powerpoint I made that teaches you how to make a cladogram in four minutes. Click here to download the file. You'll have to then unzip it into a folder. It's important that you keep the powerpoint file in the same folder as all the sound clips; otherwise, you won't hear my narration.

If anyone knows a better way of posting this, please let me know. I tried just embedding all the sound files, but it only worked with *.wav files, and the entire file ended up being about 40 MB large. This way it keeps it to about 7 MB.

Circles in Math Class

This is a video from my math class on March 14 (Pi Day) last year, when we calculated pi by measuring the circumference and diameter of a giant circle in units of shoe length.

About me

Okay, so after looking at some other blogs from class, I feel a little obligated to write a little about myself. I'm a Master's student in the School Leadership Program, specifically the Teacher Leadership strand. Before Harvard, I taught middle school math and science for four years at a charter school in Massachusetts.

My charter school did a great job serving students with disabilities in an inclusive model that really did a great job addressing not only the academic needs, but also the social and emotional needs as well. I was never fully content with how well we reached the kids though, and I created most of my curriculum, experimenting with what I thought would work best.

I'm suddenly loving the idea of using blogs as a teacher, but I've had some experience with online resources before. Last year, I had my students complete a huge project on evolution. I posted their contributions online (next time, I'd ask a student to do this). Click a picture to see their work.

It made their work available for them to show off to others and explore each others' contributions. Much of the assignments and research for this project were online, but I hope to learn more tools this year to build on this.

Grymonpre.com

And here's a link to my own webpage:

http://www.grymonpre.com

HGSE T-560

Link to the class' homepage:

http://harvardt560.blogspot.com