CTAP 295 Presentation

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CTAP 295 Presentation
Calculus Slope of the Curve
By Tammy Boehme
Las Plumas High School
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Expectations

• Experiences
• Meet new people
• Enjoy my field trip to Willows

• Accomplishments
• Survive
• Design a web page
• Find better web resources

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Learning

• Experiences
• I met really nice teachers from Willows
• Im getting oldersuffered from tired tush and
  eye strain

• Accomplishments
• I survived, but not without wear and tear
• Learned web design
• Found great web resources

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Lesson Shortcomings

• Web page design needed improvement
• Lesson may need to be reduced to 3 days

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Lesson Successes

• Students worked through lesson with little
  teacher assistance
• All students were successful

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Lesson Results
Variations in data were insignificant. Males did
slightly better on the quiz (out of 10 points).
Females did slightly better at the end of the
lesson (out of 6 points)
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Revisions?

• Great results!
• Students were positive about the animations and
  instant feedback on problems
• No need to revise the content of the lesson

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Web Page Design?Needed Some Work

• Gave each day its own page instead of one
  activities page
• Removed objectives that were repetitive
• Fixed bad links

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Has CTAP 295 Changed My Views?NO!

• I was already a supporter of Standards Based
  Curriculum
• I was already a believer in the power of
  technology to enhance student learning and
  performance

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What Have I Gained?

• I can design a web pagewho knew?
• I can find great new resources on the Internet
• I can share all the above with my students