Power Point Who?

I have never really been a fan of power point. I used it at times, but always felt like it should be able to do more than it did and that it should be easier make dynamic than it was. At the beginning of this school year, our head of middle school gave the staff a presentation. I was blown away. For the past four months I have been under the false impression that what she did took a lot of skill and hard work. Actually, though she utilized it well, all it really took was a web address. Prezi

Saturday, I finally took the time to look at the website, thinking it would take a big block of time like Christmas break for me to become competent using Prezi. Nope, I spent an hour playing around and learning the software. Maybe two hours later, I was able to produce the following video. IMO this is the best video I have created:



You can also view the Prezi itself:

Quadrilaterals

What do you think?

UPDATE: Looks like I can embed it as well.

To Knol or Not to Knol

I have recently forayed into a new avenue for putting my material on the web. I have decided to give Google's version of Squidoo a try. If you have not heard about it before they are referred to as "Knol". I believe in Google language Knol = Unit of Knowledge. In general, the Knol platform seems more inclined towards academics and might be a better platform for what I have been doing. Here are my first two on Geometry Proofs. I am still adding to both of them.

Knol on Angle Theorems

Knol on Example Proofs

Happy Teaching/Learning!

Two Examples of Proofs

I uploaded two more videos to YouTube today. They are both examples of how to use angle theorems to prove things. Here they are:

Four More Geometry Proofs

I completed 4 more Geometry proofs. My plan is to prove most of the theorems I go through with my Geometry class for YouTube and then I will also be adding some harder proofs as well. Tell me what you think and if there are any proofs you would like to me to add.

Alternate Interior Angle Theorem



Same-Side Interior Angle Theorem



Triangle Angle Theorem



Remote Interior Angle Theorem

New Squidoo Lenses Published

I have just finished two new Squidoo lenses. Squidoo is a pretty cool site that allows anyone to create a webpage about any topic. Check out my lenses and feel free to give it a thumbs up if you like what you see.

Writing Linear Equations

Graphing Linear Equations

Geometry Videos

Hello! Been awhile since I have posted, but I plan on sharing some of what I have been doing with my online videos and websites. Essentially, my new job has been wonderful, but also time consuming. Finally, I am to the point that I can start uploading new videos in an organized way and finish some of the work I started with the Algebra videos and website. My current goal is to focus my new video creation on Geometry videos, filling in Algebra videos when I have time and a need for my websites. Here are two Geometry videos I created today!

Interesting Facts on Factors

Asking a student to find all the factor's of an integer is a relatively simple and common task. Similarly, finding the prime factorization is often asked of our students. It is essential for methods of finding the GCF and LCM that are often taught. However, there are some other very interesting questions surrounding those topics.

• How many factors does an integer have?
• What is the sum of the factors of an integer?
• What is the product of the factors?
• How many odd factors does it have?
• How many even factors?

These questions are all answerable by looking at the prime factorization the integer in question. The following two videos show this process:

This is a great topic to share with your advanced students. It is a way to make prime factorizations more interesting.

My new job is going great. I am learning something new every day. It has been a great experience so far.