Unfortunately I cannot quite seem to get to class ontime. It is difficult to pick up the baby from daycare and get him home in time for the start of class. Last week he overslept from his nap and wasn't ready when I went to pick him up. Overall it stresses me out. I was able to catch up with what we were doing in class probably just because I am well versed in Wimba and I did look through the syllabus throughly. I was excited to meet my group, I was pleasantly surprised to find that they were both middle school math teachers. I have not had the honor of working with additional math teachers yet in the MAIT program and I am excited to see what ideas they bring to the table. Math is a very different subject to teach, it requires so much previous knowledge that it is difficult to move on when students struggle at any particular step. I think that our choice of cognitive learning really does go well with math and the steps that are usually used to teach and learn math.
I have found that there are some really great online resources for math and others that are just rote practice with pretty pictures. One site that I like to use frequently is NCTM check it out
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