Revision of my classroom activity

For my first classroom activity I wanted to give a placement test to my students. The targeted student level and subject are high school students in mathematics. After reading the comments that were posted to me, I figured that I would change the way that I could give the test. Just this past week in our intro to computers in education class we have learned how to hyperlink and create test on a power point program. What I would do is set up the test in such a way that the first answer the student produces will be the final product for that one question. That is how each student will move throughout the test. Afterward I would encourage each student to discuss their thoughts and feelings of the test. Each student would have a week to post comments, thoughts, or any other kind of response that they have in a posting room that I create for the class to utilize. The posting room would be a kind of blog such as this one. I would have the students create a user name. Each student will need to post at least one type of response every week about the class. These postings will have to be made on their own time. I know that there are some students that may not have access to a computer with internet capabilities. In the case that a student cannot use internet at their home I will tell those students to go to the school library and make their comment there. These are a few ways that I intend to incorporate technology with my classroom activity.

Classroom Assignment

For my first assignment I would assign a mathematical placement test. Because I am wanting to teach high school mathematics I know that it is a necessity to have all of your students on the same page. The beginning of the assessment would include basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division problems. Then it would progressively get harder going into fractions, then touch on factoring with algebra and trigonometry. The grades that I am looking forward to teaching are tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades. After collecting and reviewing the assessment as a teacher I would find common ground within the students. After establishing the areas that need more focus and attention, I will set up assignments that will aid in the understanding and improvement of mathematical skills.

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