1512-Week 5

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        Students are flying by teachers with their ease of use of technology. As teachers we need to keep up with our students, not by playing video games all day of course, but by learning how to use tools such as SmartBoards to better educate our students. There are many new technologies out there now that would greatly benefit our students.

Math Humor:

        Humor is a good way to hook anyones interest in something. Young students love to laugh and love jokes. Starting math class with a math joke can lighten the mood, make math more interesting, and make the subject less intimidating. 

   Example 1:

Question: What is the area of a circle? 

Answer: pi R^2? 

Response: Pie are not square. Pie are round. Cornbread are square. 

   Example 2:  

Question: What does the little mermaid wear? 

Answer: An Algebra.

        I recently read an article called Why Laughter Makes Classroom Management More Effective. This is a very insightful article. It talks about how adding humor to a lesson can make you a more likable teacher, which can give you more power to influence their behavior. Laughter can break down those social-emitional walls to bring together diverse groups of students in one happy classroom. The article also points out that it takes little planning to bring laughter into the classroom.

What you know about Math?