The+Second+Year+of+Implementation

=Homework was still handled similarly to my first year of implementation. Students would have their PDF files on their computer, the problems worked on their paper, and we would review any problems that confused them.=

=New information was still given by PowerPoint lecture like the first year of implementation.=

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=In my second year, I started trying to use the technology our students had to make more interesting activities. The easiest program to use was Geometer's Sketchpad, which is a Dynamic Geometry Program. I have attached the file I initially used below. I have also created a JavaSketch in case you do not have Geometer's Sketchpad. While my first files, like the Exterior Angle file below, was very step-by-step and primarily reiterated the notes, it started to catch students' attention because they could play with the sketches and see how concepts were formed and whether they held true through their dragging. They became more engaged, and they started to grasp concepts better than prior years. I still would use additional online PDF worksheets and even some online applet activities when possible.=

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=As my time was used finding and creating new types of activities, the homework was still from the textbook or a PDF file. While I wanted to find ways to make homework interesting, these files at least helped support my observations that students were understanding the concepts better.=

// Geometry//. New York, New York: Glencoe, 2005. 189-190. Print.