After I wrote the post for the blog, I ended up showing two more videos from Learn Zillion for Algebra 2 and College Prep math classes.
I found a nice video on Functions which has a nice example of relations vs functions and being able to tell which is which. They used two candy stores and rules which helped my students since they often purchase candy at one of the two local stores. I will find out tomorrow how well it helped.
In college prep, their video on sinusoidal graphs was excellent. At one point, the video is showing an arm going around the unit circle while the flat graph is being produced. This is actually the first time I've seen an animation in a video like this. It really helped students begin to see the connection.
I plan to use this web site more in the future as videos are an important part of my instruction.
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Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Learn Zillion
In the past few days I've run across LearnZillion while looking for videos to use in class. At my school, youtube is blocked and if you want a video from there, you have to put in a request at least a week early to have the block removed so you can download the video for class. I used two different videos from this place today.
The first video was on percent of increase. It was short but very much to a point and provided a way for students to figure out the rate of increase or decrease while using the same formula. I had my students watch the video and then we started working problems. By the 5th problem, most of the students were able to work independently.
The second video was on complementary and supplementary angles. Again, the video was short but full of information and quite clear. Even my students who struggled, learned from the video.
When I went to the site I discovered they have both lesson plans and video for various grades, including high school math. Although the material is free for registered users, they do have a premium subscription for districts.
I plan to explore the lesson plans to see how well cover the material I want covered.
The first video was on percent of increase. It was short but very much to a point and provided a way for students to figure out the rate of increase or decrease while using the same formula. I had my students watch the video and then we started working problems. By the 5th problem, most of the students were able to work independently.
The second video was on complementary and supplementary angles. Again, the video was short but full of information and quite clear. Even my students who struggled, learned from the video.
When I went to the site I discovered they have both lesson plans and video for various grades, including high school math. Although the material is free for registered users, they do have a premium subscription for districts.
I plan to explore the lesson plans to see how well cover the material I want covered.
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