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Clemson U Puts Graphing Calculator at Front of Teacher Training Class

18.07.11

Clemson University in South Carolina will be the harshly of an expanded professional development program for math teachers sponsored by Casio's Education Partitioning . Known as the Center of Academic Training, the joint effort will implement ideas developed through Clemson's Inspection in Motion Institute and its offshoot, the Center of Excellence for Inquiry in Mathematics and Science . Both programs are co-directed by Bob Horton, a professor of subordinate math education at Clemson's school of education, and Jeff Marshall, a science educator.

At the consideration of teacher education will be Clemson's "4E x 2 Instructional Model," a model for teaching that uses search-based instruction. Inquiry engages students in solving problems that have meaning for them and doing experiments and explorations to learn more about the area of study. "4E x 2" stands for the combined "engage, explore, explain, and extend," and two other components: formative assessment and schoolgirl reflection.

Casio became involved through Horton, who has consulted with the company's education division for a decade in his efforts to find the overwhelm approaches for teachers to use calculators in the classroom.

Source: Campus Technology

How Much Do You Plan To Drop On Back to School Clothes and Supplies?

01.08.11

What a silent question…

How much?

AS MUCH AS IT TAKES!!!!

If the school says the kids need hovercrafts, I’m on it. Packed gold crayons and silk Kleenexes- NO PROBLEM.

And EVERYTHING must be new. Not just new, but new-new. So new it comes in boxes from Amazon with that unrealizable to cut-though shrink-wrapped plastic. NEW!!

Clothes? C’mon. I have a son, so he MUST be outfitted in the most fashionable low-slung jeans (yes, in 3rd hill) and graphic Tee.

Shoes? Sneakers. They must be “funky-fresh,” I’m talking F-R-E-S-H!!! Throwback Air Jordans, All-Stars, Pro-Keds, and the newest Nike’s.

As far as electronic devices. Now’s the spell to upgrade EVERYTHING 3D-DS, iTouch, X-Box, Playstation, Macbook Air, HOVERCRAFT, casio calculator, etc.

From this, you can see that my budget is about $2,500.

Hopefully, that will be enough to ensure he gets a yard goods education because we all know- Money/Clothes/Electronic=Education.

Source: Baristanet