Comments on: iPod Pilot Lesson- Station 2 http://tzstchr.edublogs.org/2009/05/23/ipod-pilot-lesson-station-2/ Paula White's Reflections Please come THINK WITH ME! Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:05:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Chris O'Neal http://tzstchr.edublogs.org/2009/05/23/ipod-pilot-lesson-station-2/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Chris O'Neal Sat, 23 May 2009 23:20:25 +0000 http://tzstchr.edublogs.org/?p=30#comment-25 I think that whole process of them deciding what kinds of fact "boundaries" to use was fantastic. How often do students get the chance to think about that and, even if they don't say it outloud, in their heads they're pondering about WHY they want to use 2 or 3 digit boundaries, etc. YOU didn't set the limit. A worksheet didn't. They consciously thought and talked about what would make the most sense, and I really think they made it more challenging for themselves. That whole discussion was very brief, but so meaningful. It was the perfect "argument" against the things I sometimes hear like "well, I don't have time to do all that." What did it take - 3 minutes? By the way, thanks to you and them - I went home and spent HOURS digging through more ipod touch apps. There goes my weekend! ;) I think that whole process of them deciding what kinds of fact “boundaries” to use was fantastic. How often do students get the chance to think about that and, even if they don’t say it outloud, in their heads they’re pondering about WHY they want to use 2 or 3 digit boundaries, etc. YOU didn’t set the limit. A worksheet didn’t. They consciously thought and talked about what would make the most sense, and I really think they made it more challenging for themselves. That whole discussion was very brief, but so meaningful. It was the perfect “argument” against the things I sometimes hear like “well, I don’t have time to do all that.” What did it take – 3 minutes?

By the way, thanks to you and them – I went home and spent HOURS digging through more ipod touch apps. There goes my weekend! ;)

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