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This is a Power Point Presentation on the Quadratic Formula.
I spent quite a bit of time getting the animation to reflect the steps of solving a quadratic using the quadratic formula. My students were impressed. I hope you are too. =)

The preview contains the 4th of the 5 slides in the presentation.

Here is an outline of the 5 slides:

1 - title page
2 - two warm up problems that involve just practice of computing the discriminant
3 - the quadratic formula written out and explained
4 - the free preview slide, a problem worked out using the quadratic formula
5 - a graph of the problem just solved, with the solutions visually pointed out



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When I first read about this website I wasn't sure what to think. Being a mentor and advisor, I have always shared the material I have written FREELY with colleagues. Why should another teacher spend hours creating something that is already out there!? I have always been generous with whatever I've had. So it seems kind of odd that I could get "paid" for what I've been doing FREE all along.

I still don't know how to feel about this, but I am excited to put some of my material out there and have other teachers use it. I am looking forward to your feedback regarding what you think and how it has helped you in your classroom.

If you are familiar with the amount of TIME it takes to put a powerpoint presentation together, then you will appreciate the material I will be posting. These are all MY ORIGINAL WORK and are student tested as the most successful presentations in my own classroom. They have all been revised immediately after the lesson was presented in order to be the most effective the next time I teach it.

I never thought I'd be such a convert to presenting with powerpoint. But thanks to a new laptop and a LCD Projector... and LOTS of hours... I am now a technologically savvy teacher who sees the power of a multimedia presentation. My students have been my biggest critics and they all responded positively when I introduced the projector into the classroom half-way through the year.

I believe that in order to be effective, powerpoint presentations should take advantage of the fact that you can use animation to emphasize steps in the problem solving process. It should free up the teacher to walk around the classroom as each step of the slide is revealed (using a remote is very helpful here). Powerpoint is NOT a replacement for good teaching, it is merely a tool to support good teaching.

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****3 Bonus Hints for successful presentations!****

ENJOY! AND PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! THANK YOU!

Lisa Garcia Ceja =)


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