Recent Changes

Education is no longer limited to the four walls of a classroom and the eight hours in the school day. Students now have access to information from experts throughout the world, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Their communication with each other is seemingly non-stop.
My goal as a math teacher is to harness this energy and enthusiasm for social media and the internet, and direct it towards productive activities that will improve their math and problem solving skills. I can envision one day a global learning community, where students from around the world collaborate and learn from each other. I became friends with an exchange student fromSouth Africaduring my senior year in high school, and learned a lot about his country. Today’s students could potentially have this type of experience on a regular basis.
Module 4/Final Course Reflections:
"Ignorance is bliss". I now have a much fuller appreciation for this statement. Prior to taking this course, I had almost no experience with social media of any type, other than hearing it being talked about by others. After taking this course, I have a much better understanding of what social media is, and how much I still need to learn to catch up with regular users (a lot). I plan to attend a Twitter workshop tomorrow after school - I now know what Twitter is, I have an account, I know how to follow others, but the whole hash tag thing is still a mystery. Likewise with Facebook - I now have my own account and I'm part of a group. I need to sit down with a real-life friend to show me how the privacy settings work before I put too much out there for the world to see. The next time "Web 2.0 tools" comes up at a faculty meeting or in-service, I now know what that means and how I can possibly use it in the classroom. Social Media does not appear to be a fad that will go away in a couple of years. Since I plan to teach for many more years, its time for me to jump on the social media bandwagon.

Memo:
This is a memo to my school Athletic Director and Principal, asking that cyberbullying be added to our school's code-of-conduct.
{MEMORANDUM.docx}
Presentation:

Presentation:
{Netiquette.pptx}
Assessment:
Assessment - Module 3
Professional Examples:
Professional Examples

Memo:
{MEMORANDUM.docx}
Presentation:
{Netiquette.pptx}

Memo:
{MEMORANDUM.docx}

Micro-Blogging:
I am a follower of Top Education Tweets on Twitter
Example:
How one superintendent is using #**socialmedia** to communicate with students, parents, and the community http://ow.ly/4ExkV cc: @**canyonsdave**
Blogs or other writing sites which include commentary:
I found this blog by a high school math teacher with lots of interesting ideas I plan to try in class.
http://sweeneymath.blogspot.com/
Wikis and File Sharing
I joined a Wiki called Mathfest (http://mathfest.wikispaces.com/) which contains several links to other on-line resources.
Professional Networking
I joined the group Math, Math Education, Math Culture on LinkedIn, which has several discussions about current topics and trends in math education.
Social Networking
I have a Facebook account, and I belong to a group with other students from my ____Social Media and Instructional__ Strategies course__. I hope to maintain contact with them to share ideas for effective uses of social media in education.
Social Bookmarking
I am a member of Delicious.com. I searched for stacks related to Math Education and Swimming, and found some useful bookmarks.

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Pre-Calculus, Friday February 17, 2012
Mr. Wuerger - Verona Area High School
4.4 (Day 1) Graphs of Sine and Cosine Functions
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