Author Archives: Devin Holmes

Web Tools Screencasts

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Devin Holmes

This first screencast is for Kahn Academy, a great online instruction tool. http://www.screencast.com/t/wwA5PqNuIKln The second screencast is for IXL Math, a website focused on providing online practice questions. http://www.screencast.com/t/Eip3fjIKr  

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Assessment Plan

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Devin Holmes

My summative assessment comes in the form of a generic chapter test:  LA Block 1 – Form A. Half of it is comprised of selected response, the other half being short answer. This test is prescribed as part of the curriculum … Continue reading →

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Tech Project 5 Smart Board Lesson

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Devin Holmes

This is the Notebook presentation for the first lesson in my work sample. It is a lesson on naming and measuring angles. I decided to use an art piece to provide sample angles rather than using the examples from the … Continue reading →

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Unit Plan

Posted on March 22, 2012 by Devin Holmes

Lines and Angles Angle Pairs Intro Measuring and Naming Angles Classifying Angles Complementary/ Supplementary Angles Complementary/ Supplementary Angles 8.3.1 8.3.1 8.3.1 8.3.1 8.3.1 Vertical Angles Alternate Exterior/ Interior Angles Corresponding and Same-Side Interior Angles Review Review 8.3.1 8.3.1 8.3.1 8.3.1 … Continue reading →

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Tech Project 3 Informational Graphics

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Devin Holmes

I feel that teaching students to read graphics such as this should be a major focus of the math curriculum. We touch on certain math-specific visual representations of data, but increasingly in our society it is important to be able … Continue reading →

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Relating to Other Content Areas

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Devin Holmes

Because my post last week delved into this topic in the beginning the first paragraph is mostly a restatement from last week. I am teaching the last section of math 3, which is the name for 8th grade pre-algebra at … Continue reading →

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Connecting to Students

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Devin Holmes

I am teaching the Math 3 classes at Thurston Middle School, which is mostly pre-algebra content. As prescribed by the Oregon standards for 8th grade math, though, the last third of the year is used as an introduction to geometry. … Continue reading →

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Tech Project 1

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Devin Holmes

I made a graphic organizer for the formulas used to calculate area and volume of rectangles, triangles and squares. My goal was to help display the relationship of these formulas in order to help students understand their meaning and hopefully … Continue reading →

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Influential Learning Environments

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Devin Holmes

In order to begin to understand some of the thinking behind my curriculum design it is important to know that I had terrible experiences with the subject in my elementary education that gave me a negative affect toward it that … Continue reading →

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Game Analysis

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Devin Holmes

Fallout: New Vegas The Fallout series takes place in a post-apocalyptic world in which there was a nuclear holocaust that took place in the fifties. Now society is weak and fragmented and there are a number of creatures that have … Continue reading →

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