In the normal search and rescue you put equations on a paper with the answer to a different problem. So when you calculate the answer, you go looking for the paper with the answer and then do the equation for that one and go find the next answer. Usually my students end up trying to take shortcuts but if I put the equation in a QR code with the answer written next to it and a letter to identify which problem it was so they can write it on the paper, the kids cannot take the usual short cuts. They can then take a picture of the finished work and send it all in to me or deposit it in a dropbox. Next year I am going to figure out a way to have students send in work to me and for me to send them work to cut down on the paper.
I think I'm going to do the QR the final week of April. I can report back on how it goes.
I can put the QR codes around the room so that students can get up and move. It is also a way of helping them learn the process so as to become competent in Math. This can also provide them with a safe way to learn the material.
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Friday, April 18, 2014
Thursday, April 17, 2014
Mathtoons equations
I just figured out today that I can have my Algebra 1 class take a quiz every couple of days using Mathtoons equations. As they take the quiz, there is a correcting mechanism that notifies students when they miss a problem and why. Unfortunately, most of my students just ignore the information and keep selecting answers until they get the correct one. The only other bad thing, is that the quiz has the same questions so students who redo the quiz will eventually get 100 percent. Right now I am grading them for taking the quiz, not for their grade. This is nice because I am getting them used to using the program.
I am thinking of having student write down one problem they miss on the quiz in a QR maker app and then let me scan the problem. I expect them to copy down the correct answer and explain why they missed it.
Over the weekend I am going to read up on QR scavenger hunts to see how I can adapt the activity as a Search and rescue activity. I would give them a problem they have to solve and then they have to go find the QR code with the answer written on the bottom. Then they use that QR code for the next problem.
Over the summer I will be posting actual lesson plans using the ipads so as to keep a log of my ideas so I have a record of them and perhaps get some feedback on my ideas.
I am thinking of having student write down one problem they miss on the quiz in a QR maker app and then let me scan the problem. I expect them to copy down the correct answer and explain why they missed it.
Over the weekend I am going to read up on QR scavenger hunts to see how I can adapt the activity as a Search and rescue activity. I would give them a problem they have to solve and then they have to go find the QR code with the answer written on the bottom. Then they use that QR code for the next problem.
Over the summer I will be posting actual lesson plans using the ipads so as to keep a log of my ideas so I have a record of them and perhaps get some feedback on my ideas.
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