My Thoughts in LLED 3530

The art piece I chose is an artwork called Diagonal Cubes . It was constructed in 2005 by Robyn Horn and he used the materials of redwood and graphite. As shown in the image above, the wood is positioned and cut out geometrically and can be easily implemented in a math classroom when talking about shapes. I would personally use this when I have a lesson between 2-D and 3-D shapes, and tie it into the difference between area and volume. I think when introducing those topics and getting them to calculate either area or volume, this would be excellent piece for them to see a physical object and really grasp the idea than just teaching them with books or worksheets. As shown in the image above, I would outline a piece of wood or section and explain how just with the outlined part, this is 2 dimensional. There is only 2 measurements which are length and height. If the physical object is in the classroom and I have the ability to touch the object, I would probably get students to come u...

I actually enjoyed doing the book cubs in either this LLED class or in our EDMG class. I think book clubs really help make reading easier and motivates students to actually read because you'll need to discuss in a smaller group. If it were a book read as a whole class, remembering myself as a student, many probably wouldn't have read. The student would most likely, or at least students who were like me in high school, just winged the class discussion by hearing others comments and prayed to be either a really good guesser or hoping their are chapter summaries online if there's a test. But for book clubs, you get to choose your own book and somewhat pressures you to read because there is only about 3-5 people in the group. The good thing though is that the discussion isn't pressured. It really feels like you're just having a discussion so I definitely believe it makes the students have a much more enjoyable experience than class book discussion. I would say though,...