Response to Monitoring my GAME plan comments

I am having issues commenting to my own blog, so I am responding to your comments in a new post.

Keri,

I have only used Geometer's sketchpad in my classroom. It is useful for my students. It does take some time for students to get used to the interface. I would think in an elementary setting that it may be possible to use in some capacities with the older grades.

Thanks,
Bryan


Susan,

I am currently a member of both NCTM and subscribe to Mathematics Teacher. They are both excellent resources that I use often to improve my teaching ability.

Thanks,
Bryan


Erinn,
Thank you for the suggestion with brainpop. I try to use review games and activities whenever I can to generate interest in my classroom. This will help me add to my collection of resources.

Thanks,
Bryan


Tammy,

Thanks for your thoughts. My problem with teaching high school mathematics, is that many of my standards are hard to relate to students' interests or my own. For example, factoring quadratic equations, using properties of circles, and using the characteristics of inverse functions are all standards in my curriculum that are extremely hard to relate to students' lives. I hope that through my research I can better learn how to connect them to my students.

Thanks,
Bryan