Today in Algebra II I went off the beaten track. I wanted to make logarithms useful to them. Yeah, I could talk about the Richter Scale, or pH scale, or decibels, but when it comes down to it, logarithms really only become intuitive, natural, and beautiful once you reach calculus. Plus, these examples seem like [...]
February 12, 2008
Teaching Portfolio
My math department is losing it’s department head, and two long-term members to retirement. And since the hiring season has now gotten underway, I’ve been looking at the resumes and personal statements of potential candidates. One of them had an online portfolio, with student quotations, sample tests and quizzes, videos of him teaching, and lots [...]
