Week 6 Blog
Revising my Game Plan

It is unusual to revise any plan without first testing it, however, I have built upon my original effort.

I have been advocating a new alternative to traditional homework since last March. An alternative that engages students and parents at a pace that can be adjusted to each students learning ability. This has been my game plan and I have endeavored to use technology as the tool for accomplishing this goal. Each in class lesson will be supported by these tutorials as addendums to in-class work.

I teach 11th and 12th grade physics to students who have found science and math a challenge in past years.

Limited in-class time makes revisiting math difficult. Never the less, since math is the language of physics, it is often necessary to revisit certain math concepts to ensure that my students can tackle associated physics concepts. I have revised my lessons to touch upon theses math concepts briefly in class but more importantly, I have included them as a tool in my self-study WEB tutorials. In a preview last March, Juniors who had difficulty in algebra, had shown significant improvement after viewing the tutorials. Therfore, I have added a basic algebra tutorial to my plan. Soon I will be adding trig. It is important to note that because these lessons are WEB based lessons intended as home-study work, physics class time has not suffered.

See Algebra; Some Basic Math at http://voicethread.com/#u723481

What goals do I continue to strive for?

My goal is to continue to focus and improve upon my self-paced physics tutorials. I will continue to solicit input and collect data until my students show significant improvement.