My budding love of teaching, stemming from my larger love of math and learning
Saturday, March 19, 2011
I NEED A BREAK!
It has been 11 weeks since Winter Break. I am exhausted. Wait I am not sure that exhausted can truly describe what I am feeling. And we still have 2 weeks until Spring Break.
I need something to pick me up. I need something to pick up my kids.
I saw your comment on MISSCALCUL8's blog about running into non-participation issues with Jeopardy games. I've had similar challenges with Jeopardy: the hours it takes to put a game together, the smartboard doesn't like ppts with lots of bells and whistles, halfway through the game the bottom one or two teams have no way of winning so they stop participating or just "phone it in," etc. Anyway, thought you might find this resource of some help, if you haven't already seen it:
Hey ER,
ReplyDeleteI saw your comment on MISSCALCUL8's blog about running into non-participation issues with Jeopardy games. I've had similar challenges with Jeopardy: the hours it takes to put a game together, the smartboard doesn't like ppts with lots of bells and whistles, halfway through the game the bottom one or two teams have no way of winning so they stop participating or just "phone it in," etc. Anyway, thought you might find this resource of some help, if you haven't already seen it:
http://challenge-of-teaching-math.blogspot.com/2011/02/virtual-library-of-review-games.html
Hang in there until Spring Break!
Paul Hawking