My Own Educational History

BS in Applied Mathematics - UCLA Master of Education - UCLA I am currently pursuing my Preliminary Administrative Credential.

Additional Biographical Information

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. ENJOY! AND PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS! --------------------------------------------------------------- ****3 Bonus Hints for successful presentations!**** 1. Yes, it can be very time consuming in the beginning to create presentations of your own, but feel free to use mine as a template for your own. And you can also find a goldmine of powerpoint presentations online FREE (good and not so good). One easy way to find them online is to go to google.com, choose "advanced search", type the keywords/topics you're looking for, go to "file format" and choose "Microsoft Powerpoint (.ppt)" from the options. Then get ready to explore! 2. Steps can be emphasized if the presentation is projected onto a whiteboard. The teacher can use the dry-erase markers to work out the problems, emphasize points, and even have students come up to the board to work out the problems themselves. Then the solutions can be revealed using the powerpoint. 3. Check out a website that myself and a colleague created for teachers. It's a listing of some of OUR FAVORITE MATH LINKS. Visit it and explore. Let me know what you think! =) http://mysite.verizon.net/resq8l0s/ --------------------------------------------------------

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