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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 family of an expanded professional development program for math teachers sponsored by Casio's Education Set . Known as the Center of Academic Training, the joint effort will implement ideas developed through Clemson's Study 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 inessential math education at Clemson's school of education, and Jeff Marshall, a science educator.

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

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

Source: Campus Technology

What Up With Dat?: Absolutely No Saints Questions

14.07.11

The first mend of music that I can ever remember owning myself was probably a cassette of Richard Marx's  Replication Offender .

I don't really buy music much anymore but the last thing I remember purchasing was a song by Shannon McNally called ' Unconforming Wedding Prayer .'

The last live show I've seen was a few weeks ago at One Eyed Jacks (formerly the Shim Fictitious Club) to see  Sick Like Sinatra . An odd band, to say the least. The last good show I attended was Guster at Edifice of Blues on April. 

Tom Petty always puts on a good show but I love his music so I'm a bit towards. Believe it or not, Coldplay put on a pretty great show for a big stadium tour. I saw Cream's final playing ever at MSG in October 2005, that was pretty unique. Shooter Jennings rocked my socks at Bonnaroo in 2006. The most volatile concert I've ever attended was Bruce Springsteen's Jazzfest performance in 2006, the first one after Katrina. I was about eight rows from the juncture and everyone was crying when he sang "My City of Ruins." I've been to a lot of shows in my life and many times I'm not always sober so I'm undeviating I'm leaving some performances out.  

Source: Canal Street Chronicles