I was researching more about Aristotle and I realized he didn't make a big discovery about geometry. So I wanted to know if I could change to EUCLID?? Is anyone doing him. If yes please post a response.
Sicerely,
Phil.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Question about the project
Dear Ms. Saatkamp,
I'm just writing to ask about the mathmatician I picked. I'm not really sure if you'll even check the blog anymore, but if you do it would help to know for sure.
The mathmatician i picked wasnt really a mathmatician, who worked in the navy, but he invented the sextant, which is a navigational tool. This tool uses angles from the stars to the horizon to fid your exact place on the map. Is this a geomety discovery? I think it is, because its using geaometry in real life. But I'm not sure if you want more like theorems or things you find in math books. His name in John Campbell, the inventor of the sextant. If you get this can you reply to me and tell me if this discoverer is good? Thank you,
Jenni
I'm just writing to ask about the mathmatician I picked. I'm not really sure if you'll even check the blog anymore, but if you do it would help to know for sure.
The mathmatician i picked wasnt really a mathmatician, who worked in the navy, but he invented the sextant, which is a navigational tool. This tool uses angles from the stars to the horizon to fid your exact place on the map. Is this a geomety discovery? I think it is, because its using geaometry in real life. But I'm not sure if you want more like theorems or things you find in math books. His name in John Campbell, the inventor of the sextant. If you get this can you reply to me and tell me if this discoverer is good? Thank you,
Jenni
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Reflection of the Blog
Ms.Saatkamp, first of all, I'm sorry I didn't post earlier, my internet wasn't working. I am aware that I may lose grade for not posting on time, but I just thought it'd be better to post a day late than to not post at all.
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1) How would you describe the usage of a blog during this year? Explain
I thought that the blog was really useful to help us learn and sometimes if I didn't understand the subject very well, I'd go to the blog and reread the lesson and better comprehend the subject. Altough I didn't check the blog every day, it was a great tool to use to learn.
2) Give some advantages and some disadvantages of its use.
One major advantage was that if I ever missed school, I could check the blog and see what I had missed and although that was different from actually being in class, it was good to see if there was a lot of new things to learn or not. I also liked that people would post test and quiz days and project deadlines, which were a reminder of when things had to be due. Something that I didn't like was that sometimes people didn't post on time and then it kind of lost the point of the blog and it also confused the order of posting.
3) If you were to use it again, would you keep the format of it or you would change something?
I think that it would be better if the teacher posted because, as Ms.Saatkamp has pointed out before, some people have posted incorrect information which may have confused some students. However, I do understand that this would've been even more work for the teacher. Also, it would be better if people labeled their post like "Lesson 11-3" and if there were a search button, so then if a person were looking for a specific post on some lesson, they wouldn't have to scroll down until they found it.
Thanks Miss, and sorry once again for not posting on time.
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1) How would you describe the usage of a blog during this year? Explain
I thought that the blog was really useful to help us learn and sometimes if I didn't understand the subject very well, I'd go to the blog and reread the lesson and better comprehend the subject. Altough I didn't check the blog every day, it was a great tool to use to learn.
2) Give some advantages and some disadvantages of its use.
One major advantage was that if I ever missed school, I could check the blog and see what I had missed and although that was different from actually being in class, it was good to see if there was a lot of new things to learn or not. I also liked that people would post test and quiz days and project deadlines, which were a reminder of when things had to be due. Something that I didn't like was that sometimes people didn't post on time and then it kind of lost the point of the blog and it also confused the order of posting.
3) If you were to use it again, would you keep the format of it or you would change something?
I think that it would be better if the teacher posted because, as Ms.Saatkamp has pointed out before, some people have posted incorrect information which may have confused some students. However, I do understand that this would've been even more work for the teacher. Also, it would be better if people labeled their post like "Lesson 11-3" and if there were a search button, so then if a person were looking for a specific post on some lesson, they wouldn't have to scroll down until they found it.
Thanks Miss, and sorry once again for not posting on time.
Friday, June 5, 2009
What I thought...
1) How would you describe the usage of a blog during this year? Explain
I thought that it was very useful to have when I missed a couple of classes, because it explained some things that the book didn’t explain. I thought that sometimes the posts were very confusing and long, and depending on the day, they weren’t very useful.
2) Give some advantages and some disadvantages of its use.
Even though it has certain advantages, I thought that there were plenty of disadvantages, because each post takes a really long time to write. To make each graph and to write each equation took forever to write. But apart from that it helped learning the subject, especially to the person who wrote the blog. I remember one time I didn’t really understand the topic very well until I had to explain it on the blog, and then I understood it much better.
3) If you were to use it again, would you keep the format of it or you would change something?
I would have liked to be able to write the post in Microsoft word and then paste it on the post, because it was very annoying to have to write everything in the very small screen, and to put pictures would mess up the format of the whole post. If the screen for posting was bigger, then I think I would have appreciated the blog a little more.
I thought that it was very useful to have when I missed a couple of classes, because it explained some things that the book didn’t explain. I thought that sometimes the posts were very confusing and long, and depending on the day, they weren’t very useful.
2) Give some advantages and some disadvantages of its use.
Even though it has certain advantages, I thought that there were plenty of disadvantages, because each post takes a really long time to write. To make each graph and to write each equation took forever to write. But apart from that it helped learning the subject, especially to the person who wrote the blog. I remember one time I didn’t really understand the topic very well until I had to explain it on the blog, and then I understood it much better.
3) If you were to use it again, would you keep the format of it or you would change something?
I would have liked to be able to write the post in Microsoft word and then paste it on the post, because it was very annoying to have to write everything in the very small screen, and to put pictures would mess up the format of the whole post. If the screen for posting was bigger, then I think I would have appreciated the blog a little more.
Survey - Bia
I think the blog was a very great idea for studying and all… Usually, when we miss classes, we would get to school next day and have no idea of what our teachers are explaining. Of course, reading whatever is posted on the blog can’t substitute an actual class, but it was great for us to keep up… Also, having the dates posted is something that is very good because through this we can always be sure of the date of tests and stuff like that. And, of course, reading the explanation of other students to the same class can help us approaching the subject by different ways or see something we missed during class. The only problem was that some people didn’t realize that others started relying on the posts when they missed class: I missed class only one day and no one posted… So I continued lost -.-…
I believe the format could be improved by dividing the posts into months categories or chapters. Also, to have a pre-set way of writing the title of the post (as Ch 3 – Lesson 1 or Polygons) is a good idea, so that we actually know what the post is about (and, also, the blog would look neater :D)
I believe the format could be improved by dividing the posts into months categories or chapters. Also, to have a pre-set way of writing the title of the post (as Ch 3 – Lesson 1 or Polygons) is a good idea, so that we actually know what the post is about (and, also, the blog would look neater :D)
Post de final de ano!
1 –I’m going to be sincere, I didn’t look at the blog every night and there were weeks which I didn’t had the chance to review our classes using the blog. I think the blog is useful to many people because it helps who didn’t go to class and it also gives a second chance to people who didn’t understand the topic very well. I saw many of my friends who would talk about the posts during lunch and it seems that it helped them. I found it interesting that people would pay much more attention in class when it was their time to post. So in a nutshell, I really think the blog was useful.
2 – The blog helped people who missed classes, who slept in class and also the students who were too busy talking about soccer games or girls. It also was a simple and useful tool to make students pay attention in class when they had to post.
3 – I would keep the same format and it would be interesting to post some things on the blog so people would be forced to check it out every day, because there were many days where I would find myself on msn rather than loggin on the blog.
2 – The blog helped people who missed classes, who slept in class and also the students who were too busy talking about soccer games or girls. It also was a simple and useful tool to make students pay attention in class when they had to post.
3 – I would keep the same format and it would be interesting to post some things on the blog so people would be forced to check it out every day, because there were many days where I would find myself on msn rather than loggin on the blog.
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