Class 2/12

Today we discussed the power of print screen. Print screen copies what ever is viewable on your moniter. It can be pasted into a paint document. IF you save your image as a JPG, it will use considerably less memory than a BMP.

We then went to the Kid's Zone - a free graphing tool online.

We then went to the National Center for Education Statistics and viewed West Virginia's profile.

I then created a graph at the Kid's Zone comparing WV's NAEP scores in math for 8th grade to the national average:

The graph is also viewable in a google document:
http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=d4qnbb8_13bphjsdx

INTASC Standards:
Principle 4:
Instructional strategies/problem solvingThe teacher understands and uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.