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Mathe Professional Learning Menu: Nspire in MPM2D. CEC Room B02 Tuesday, December 1, 2009. A Teacher’s Prayer:. Lord, Enable me to teach with WISDOM , for I help to shape the mind. Equip me to teach with TRUTH , for I help to shape the conscience. Encourage me to teach with VISION ,
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Mathe Professional Learning Menu:Nspire in MPM2D CEC Room B02 Tuesday, December 1, 2009
A Teacher’s Prayer: Lord, Enable me to teach with WISDOM, for I help to shape the mind. Equip me to teach with TRUTH, for I help to shape the conscience. Encourage me to teach with VISION, for I help to shape the future. Empower me to teach with LOVE, for I help to shape the world.
Agenda Prayer/ Welcome Minds On: • Introductions • Curriculum Primer Action: • Searching for Nspire Activities • Lunch • Posting Nspire Activities to the Wiki Consolidation: • Next Steps • Dismissal
Introductions • Introduce yourself and include: • your name • your school • Your experience with Nspire • one thing about Nspire you expect to learn today.
Strands/Expectations of MPM2D • What are the strands of this course? • Quadratic Relations (QR) • Analytic Geometry (AG) • Trigonometry (TR) • How are expectations coded? • Overall: QRV.02 is the 2nd overall expectation in the Quadratic Relations Strand • Specific: TR2.01 is the first specific expectation associated with the second overall expectation in the Trigonometry Strand
Which Topics are suited to Nspire? • Think about it first on your own • Pair: Turn to someone beside you and share • Share: Make a list
Activity Search Starting Points • There are many pre-made activities we can collect • TI Activity Exchange has about 1000 activities • TI Math offers many activities • TI Algebra Nspired has activities you can access if you register • dpcdsb-nspire.wikispaces.com
Let the Search Begin … • Form teams to search for resources • Each team needs: • a computer to search • a copy of the curriculum expectations • If you find a great activity please share it • If the group agrees, we will post it on the wiki
LUNCH Bless us, O Lord, and these your gifts, which we are about to receive from your bounty. Through Christ our Lord. Amen.
A Token of my Appreciation • You can choose one of the following: • Cliff Notes: TI-Nspire Technology • Learn and Earn CD
For more information, please contact me: • Dwight Stead – Mathematical Literacy Consultant (7-12) x24533