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dhester commented on the post, DEPPLIF, on the site Hangarau 5 months ago
Thanks Andrew,
Actually I have been hired to teach tech full time next year and I would like to propose a 6th grade robotics course for our school next year. Could you send me the course descriptions for your […]
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dhester commented on the post, DEPPLIF, on the site Hangarau 5 months ago
Hi Andrew,
I run my robotics classes in the same way although students are given an MYP Design Technology grade and have 80 minutes per lesson for a semester to learn how to build and program. I am currently […]
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dhester commented on the post, A Word from the Management, on the site Number Guy 5 months, 1 week ago
In my own experience teaching IB math I have also been dismayed at the choice some students have made to use technology to copy the internal assessment work of other students. I have always been perplexed on why […]
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dhester commented on the post, Course 4 Final Project: Undecided, on the site Learning in Progress 5 months, 1 week ago
Hi Jennifer,
I would still keep the green screen component for your personal narrative idea. It seems you could have students explore how to create artwork digitally that reflects what they are narrating. The […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Transformational Mathematics: Proposals for a COETAIL Course 5 Project, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 5 months, 1 week ago
I have been teaching transformational geometry using Geometer’s Sketchpad (GSP) since 1994. I have used graphing calculators, Fathom and GSP to enhance how I teach in my classroom by using technology to […]
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dhester wrote a new post, You got to move it, move it…., on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 5 months, 2 weeks ago
I manage my classes using 1 to 1 laptops through a mixture of movement and motivation. I have had more luck using low or no tech techniques to make sure students are on task whether they are using paper and […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Is Bigger Better?, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 5 months, 3 weeks ago
This year I noticed that my alma mater, U. C. Berkeley, had joined the MOOC movement by joining edX to offer online courses in computer science. The news reminded me of my first physics course at “Bezerkeley” […]
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dhester wrote a new post, The Directionless Teacher, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Last year I first heard about the flipped classroom from our school’s chemistry teacher who was using Moodle to post lecture videos based on powerpoint slides for his students to watch outside of class. […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Finding the correct tech tool…, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 6 months ago
Since the start of course 5 three weeks ago, I have had a lot to think about in terms of using technology in math classes. During the first days of the course I was attending the Computer Based Mathematics […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Closing the Gap Using GapMinder, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 7 months, 1 week ago
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dhester wrote a new post, A Mathematical Mess: Course 3 Video, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 7 months, 1 week ago
3 minutes of video only took 7 hours to create! I knew I wanted to create a movie in the style of Dan Meyer’s 3 acts videos on Vimeo. I also knew I had to teach 3D geometry in an upcoming Math Studies class so […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Serendipity Part 2, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 7 months, 2 weeks ago
Sometimes lucky coincidences happen one after the other. In this case I needed to create a presentation for the Eastern Europe FIRST® Tech Challenge robotics competition. The teams had been invited, the press had […] -
dhester wrote a new post, Fall Tree Trig!, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Serendipity is wonderful …. The first lesson I need to teach next week is the Law of Sines in my Math Studies class and I also need a second blog post about using creative commons […] -
dhester wrote a new post, New class, new season, new website…., on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 8 months ago
As the confused math student once said the only constant is change. It is the start of a new school year and the start of a new COETAIL course. FIRST has released a new game entitled RING IT UP! for this […]
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dhester commented on the post, Technology Leadership Course Day 5, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 10 months, 3 weeks ago
The course is being run by Chad Fairey the associate head of the Washington International School and John Mikton the IT Director at International School of Prague. We have covered topics in digital citizenship, […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Technology Leadership Course Day 5, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 10 months, 3 weeks ago
Well I have finally got around to posting a blog on the new technology course I am currently attending at the Principal’s Training Center in London. We are going through many topics including Web 2.0, flipped […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Course 2 Final Project BYODAUP (Bring Your Own Device Acceptable Use Policy), on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 11 months ago
As was discussed in the May 1st COETAIL Big Marker session , the American International School of Bucharest (AISB) will be implementing a Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) program as the school board did not […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Paranoia, The Destroyer, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 1 year ago
Janet Graham and Ted Hodgson discovered back in 2004 that encouraging students to chat online about mathematics in the classroom increased their understanding of mathematics vocabulary which they described in […]
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dhester wrote a new post, Digital Citizenship of a Country Called The Internet?, on the site Making it Real with Robotics! 1 year ago
The FIRST World Championships in robotics is now over and I am now back in Bucharest. For 4 days in St Louis, over 12,000 students from 32 different countries built, programmed and competed with robots that […]
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dhester commented on the post, A rolling stone, on the site Hangarau 1 year ago
Hi Andrew,
I tried to bring back internet links from my past (1993-1998) using a Google search but they are long gone. Any negative consequences to your digital profile due to your laissez faire approach should […] - Load More
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