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Generating Function Library Quizzes (#TeachersCoding)
I've required my IB classes in the past two years to be able to draw some standard functions from memory as part of our function families unit. Creating quizzes for this has been a hassle since I've...
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Getting Grade Data from PowerSchool Pro (#TeachersCoding)
Given that I use standards based grading with most of my classes, the grades I assign to students change quickly. I'm modifying those scores multiple times a day in some cases in my school's instance...
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Releasing Today: States-n-Plates
I'm excited to share States-n-Plates , a project I built with Dan Meyer. Dan proposed the idea for this activity a while ago with his typically high level of excitement about activities that provoke...
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Holiday Travel and Exporting PearDeck Data to Desmos
One of the unique phenomena of international schools is the reality that, during a vacation, the school population disperses to locations across the world. I had students do an end of semester...
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Notes to the Future with Google Scripts & PearDeck
I wrote previously about my use of PearDeck in an end of semester activity. One of the slides in this deck was one in which I asked students to write themselves a note containing the things they would...
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SBG and Leveling Up, Part 3: The Machine Thinks!
Read the first two posts in this series here: SBG and Leveling Up, Part 1 SBG and Leveling Up, Part 2: Machine Learning ...or you can read this quick review of where I've been going with this: When a...
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My Reassessment Queue
We're almost at the end of the third quarter over here. Here's the current plot of number of reassessments over time for this semester: I'm energized though that the students have bought into the...
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Generating the Mandelbrot Set with PearDeck
One of the benefits of being a digital packrat having a digital file cabinet is that every old file can be a starting point for something new. In PreCalculus, I decided to do a short conic sections...
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Making Groups - A Genetic Algorithm Experiment
I've wanted to experiment with genetic algorithms for a long time, but never quite found the time to make it happen. I guess part of it was that I never believed the algorithm would work and find what...
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I've grown tired of the standard probability questions involving numbers of red, blue, and green marbles. Decks of cards are culturally biased and require a lot of background information to get in the...
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