Math Journal 2.0

 451 students in East Harlem, NYC  85% free or reduced lunch  65% Hispanic, 27% Black, 8% other  67% female, 33% male  Began AP Calculus (04m555)

CPEHS Regents Pass Rate

 Note taking skills  Literacy: Mathematical literacy  Performance solving problems  Notebook check  Students become “experts” on one topic each week  Content Assessment

Picture of a composition notebook

 What we expect students to think about writing math journals – photo of excited students

 Math journal reality – students asleep

Good blog here

 Digital literacy  Final Product  Student Engagement  Self-differentiation

SmartBored “Chalk-and-Talk” Web 2.0 of:

 What we expect students to think about writing math journals – photo of excited students

 Blog reality photo – students so-so

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 1. Visit blogger.com and sign up for a blog  2. Create the web address of your math blog  3. Write your first post  4. Post a comment at the classroom site with your name and link or address

Blog Post Rubric :

Rubric (cont.)

Common Core Practice Standards 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively 3. Construct viable arguments, critique the reasoning of others. 4. Model with mathematics. 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. 6. Attend to precision. 7. Look for and make use of structure. 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

Setting up your blog: 1. Go to blogger.com and sign up for a blog. You will need to use your address. If you are using a non- gmail address, you will be asked to create a password to access your blog. If you are using a gmail account, you can use your current password. Please write down the and password you use. 2. Click on “Create new blog”. You will be asked to create a blog title. This can be anything you want – something like “My Math Blog” or “John’s Algebra Blog” is fine (but use your first name…). 3. Next you will be asked to create the web address of your math blog. It is very important that you do not use your last name. Mine is “johnschnatterly.blogspot.com”, but I’m a teacher. You may have to try several addresses to find something available that makes sense.

 file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/math%20blog%20-%20clarrissa.htm file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/math%20blog%20-%20clarrissa.htm  file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/my%20algebra%20blog%20jesus%201.htm file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/my%20algebra%20blog%20jesus%201.htm  file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/Lesly%20Geometry%20Blog.htm file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/Lesly%20Geometry%20Blog.htm  file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/Geometry%20Blog%20gulshan%202.htm file:///C:/Users/John/Documents/CPEHS/Blo gs/Geometry%20Blog%20gulshan%202.htm