Digital Innovation Project
Working with some fellow teachers, we wanted to integrate technology in our classroom. One problem we listed was that not all students can afford a graphing calculator. We decided to explore the capabilities of the Desmos which is a website with a free graphing calculator. Part one of the project was to research our topic.
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Part I: Identifying the problem and researching
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Part II: Action
I made up a lesson plan using Desmos and our Olympics ITU, the activity does not revolve around desmos but uses the online graphing tool as a component of the lesson. Students are supposed to find the exponential function representing the number of rounds that would be played in a competitive bracket like hockey in the Olympics, graph it in Desmos to find what the number of rounds would be (or when y=1). I like the idea of introducing the Desmos tool in this way because the reality is that it can take a lot of time to get students acquainted with a new tool. This creates a lot of opportunity to work more with the website in the future. I am attaching the lesson plan below complete with a reflection and worksheet suggestion. This lesson will take place on the second day of exploring exponential functions which model a constant percent increase or constant percent decrease. Students will use this knowledge to model the competitive brackets of hockey in the Olympics using technology. |
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