Week 11: More lesson plans -- From paper airplanes to juggling...brought to you by the number 9...am I lying?

PREVIEW: Digital storytelling blog coming soon...

More presentations today...

1. Brian:
Order of Operation – He taught all about PEMDAS. Parenthesis Exponents Multiplication Division Addition Subtraction...then he gave us a mnemonic device to remember the order: Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally. He then gave us to a couple of examples to do on scratch paper. We ran into a little disagreement on answers, but he kept his cool and laughed about it...I applaud you.

2.Vaidis:
The Sun – With the aid of Flash, Vaidis taught us about The Sun. He started about talking about stars...then moved onto the sun. He talked about facts about the sun. First, it is a star. The Sun is 91 million miles away. It takes 8 minutes for the sun’s light to reach us. Sun’s diameter is 870,000 miles. The Sun’s surface is 11,000 degrees (F), the center is 27,000,000 degrees. The sun is made up of gases. The Earth receives 3 billionths of 1% of the Sun’s heat.

3. Matt
Juggling – With a member of the crowd, Matt showed us how to juggle. You start with 1 ball and throw it from your dominant hand to non-dominant in a nice arc to eye level...then switch. After that add a second ball...it takes practice.

4. Dorothy
Removing a page from a catalog – She showed us a poorly removed page...then she taught us how to remove a page with thread. She handed out magazines to try out...we need to cut a piece of thread twice a long as the page length. Place the thread between the pages you want to save...fold over. Put pressure on the page...pull the thread together.

5. Quetzal
Loading a film camera – In case digital cameras go out of style and you have to teach someone how to load a camera, he taught us how to do so. We all know what film is and what a camera is...then he gave us a mnemonic device Feed (the film into the reel) Insert (the film into the other side of the camera) Lock (the cover down) Move (the film forward until the film frame says 1).

6. Rob
Multiple Homepages in Firefox – Since Firefox has tab browsing available, you can have firefox load with multiple homepages. Normally, you just go to preferences and go to homepage. To do multiple, create a new bookmark folder, give it a name (i.e. Startup pages), and add bookmarks for the pages you are looking to use for your homepages. Go to preferences and under homepage choose from bookmark ... Choose the startup page folder instead a simple bookmark...when you come back to the homepage it will open several tabs. He even had a webpage: http://userwww.sfsu.edu/~wonderob/itec800/

7. Azure
Knitting – It turns out most of the men in the class had never knitted before...hold me up in shock. She taught us parts of the knitting: the yarn is called Skane, sticks are needles...the first thing you have to do is Cast Off: you need a tail (slack) then tie on a needle two times...make sure to have some slack (18- 24 inches). The needle with the cast should be in your dominant end...the non tail end should be wrapped around your forefinger and the tail is wrapped around your thumb (your thumb and forefinger are in an L-shape)...after that you put the needle under the thumb...my testosterone took over after that and I got lost. Vaidis has told me he is now an expert, so if you have questions, ask him.

8. Britt
5 Spanish Classroom Commands – After a very nice greeting in Spanish, Britt gave us an overview of what we would be covering and told us the English was going to stop soon. She gave us 5 commands in Spanish that we could use. Included in this she gave us non-verbal cues to use while using these commands...for example, when you save Levántense ustedes you should stand up to demonstrate. Then we played Simon Dicé (Simon Says)...I won!!! So did like 20 other people tho. Then we filled out the handout by translating the Spanish phrases into English.

9. Patrick
Health insurance – There were a couple of people who didn’t have health insurance. The goals of the lesson was to describe the 3 types of health insurance policies: PPO, HMO, Major Medical. PPO: Perferred Partner Organization. HMO: Health Maintenance Organization. PPO...you can go to any doctor you want, but it costs the most (plus it is complex). Keep an eye on the monthly cost, the deductible, and the co-insurance (the percentage the insurance company is going to pay). HMO...your network of health, but you can’t leave the network for attention. Keep an eye on the monthly costs and the co-pay (the $ amount you have to pay for a visit). Major Medical...basically a PPO, but with a HUGE deductible and low monthly payments. Only use the MM if you have major issues. He then gave us scenarios/cases and had us choose which plan would be best.

10. Nathan
Lying – Most Americans lie at least 5 times a day. We came up with body triggers that show when people are lying. Clue 1: Body language — looking away, fidgeting...Clue 2: Inconsistencies – look for mistakes in the details...Clue 3: Resistance – look for defensiveness...Clue 4: Accusation – shift of blame...Clue 5: Use your intuition – your gut can be right, listen to it...Clue 6: Ask if they are lying – they might own up...Listen carefully to the person Instincts, use ‘em Ask questions for consistency Repeat details, make them do this. We then broke up into groups and played 2 Truths and a Lie to see if we could figure out which one was the lie. I have never lied...so this was difficult...:) Actually, no one got my lie.

11. Maura
Paper airplanes – What a grab!!! She talked about an airplane that is perfectly engineered and won’t fly a mile...then showed us the planes. She gave examples of folded paper (including an amazing dollar bill t-shirt). Using paper examples taped to wall to keep us up to date. After we finished we tested our products by sending them across the room...it was quite fun. Mine had a broken wing or a poorly trained pilot because it veered to the left.

12. Diana
Adding 9s - Magic 9s...this only works with 9s...we are going to talk about adding 9s to single digit number, for example, 9+1, 9+4, etc. With Magic 9s...from the smallest digit, make it one less and put a one in front of it. 9+7...6...16. Then we worked a partner to recount what we had learned, then put it into practice.

13. Adam
Maps – He made feel like 5 year olds...on purpose. Then we talked about places we would like to go. Once in that frame of mind, he asked how we would know how to get around...maps of course. Then he explained how a map is a representative model of a real place. Each map has scale...in order to determine the correct information, you have to pick a map with an appropriate scale. He then talked about relative position and finding places on a map. North is up, South is down, West is left, East is right. Relative location is showing where places are located relative to others. Absolute location talks about the exact location by giving a coordinate. Now, assuming there is a Martian in the room, draw a map to the bathroom and give directions.

14. Judy
Magic Knots – After passing out small strings, she showed us some interesting knots that went away. The magic appear knot...there is too much to explain. It was a neat trick where in one fell swoop a knot appeared from the rope she was holding in one hand. The she showed us the magic disappearing knot...I have termed that if there is string or yarn involved I should take a time out...Very interesting demo.

Leslie Rule came back and passed out evaluations for the students that worked on the Digital Storytelling. Bring them back next week.

Next week we will meet in BH 168...but we are going to the library. So if you are late go there...but keep your voice down.


Highlight of the night: What makes a good lesson? Being engaged or good information? Because I have been engaged and not learned a thing...same thing for good information...

Thoughts?


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Matt Harris
Director of Technology
Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School