Math Rap Song

Found this video online.  It is for high school students learning exponents.  The rules are put into the music of the song Super Bass by Nicki Minaj.  I thought it was very cool and creative.

Glog

Smart Board Presentation

Using the Smart Board Application, I created a short quick interactive lesson that students will enjoy.  It gives students a way to learn a new topic while using something relatively new in classrooms.



Slide 1: Title Page. 2 questions to get students thinking.


 



 

Slide 2: All the different triangles.  I would have the names of the triangles mixed up and have students come up and drag them to the correct triangle.

Slide 3: Simple Question.  Have students come up and draw where they see triangles between the children in the picture.

Slide 4: This slide will show the triangles that can be made between the children in the picture. I will then ask students to come up and outline the triangles and then number them. 

Slide 5: Creative Closure Slide.  Two questions that will test the students knowledge on the lesson.  Will choose students to come up to the board and draw or write an object that has the same of a triangle.

Can you name the rainbow?

Comic Strip

Why Teaching?

Hi,
My name is Alex. I am a Junior at Hofstra University.  I am an Education Major Co-major English.  The reason why I want to become a teacher is because not only do I like kids, but I find them interesting.  Spending even a few hours with them you learn so much about how they think and how they perceive the world.  One day I hope to be teaching 2nd Grade.  Seven/Eight year old's are at the age where they aren't too young to form their own opinions about certain things and aren't too old to still be able to act as a child should.  

Children to me are the most interesting people because they have the capacity to absorb anything that is shown to them.  Their brains are like sponges taking in everything that they see, hear, observe.  Anything that they do not know and find interesting will most likely be embedded into their heads.  They have ways to remember things that many adults do not acquire.  Kids have the ability to learn in many different ways.  However, children love music, and having fun, and learning interesting things.  By incorporating things that they love into lesson plans not only will the classroom want to learn more but their attention would be fully on the lesson and not on what is going on outside the window.

Hopefully, one day in the future, my classroom will be an enjoyable place for these kids to come and learn.  Not by using only textbooks, workbooks, and other boring stuff that in the end would cause a child to not listen, act out, or just ignore.  I will use music and art to make things interesting.  I would like to be the kind of teacher that is fun and well-liked yet, respected and admired.

What I aspire to be

I hope one day to receive an apple from a student that enjoys entering my classroom.

Inspirational Video

I chose this video because as soon as I was asked to post an inspirational video relating to education I immediately thought of the movie Freedom Writers.  This clip stuck with me because I hope to one day inspire a student similar to this clip.

No Lips Barbie

Picasso Head: Self-Portrait

The reason I chose the title No Lips Barbie, is because I found my self-portrait quite amusing and I thought a funny title would express how I was feeling.