geometry institute o' fun!
ok, so i’m currently on day 2 of the geometry conference i (voluntarily) signed up to attend during my summer (during which i don’t have to work). yes, i know, my co-workers already let me know how crazy i am for signing up for something that is not mandatory during my time off. and never mind the fact that i don’t actually teach geometry - my current assignment is to teach 3 classes of algebra and one double block class of algebra and algebra support. never mind the fact that during vacation i’m waking up at 6:30am to eat breakfast and get my butt to cal state san bernardino in time to do 8 hours worth of math.
i’m SO totally enjoying it! we just spent this morning doing perspective drawings and learning different aspects to drawing perspective correctly, followed by doing some (extremely long) proofs on properties of quadrilaterals. yesterday we did constructions using a compass and then learning to make the same constructions using geometer’s sketchpad on a computer. i believe by the end of this week we’ll have done all of constructions possible in euclid’s book 1, and that makes me excited.
yay! more constructions! all week long!
yes, i’m a nerd. that’s probably why i enjoyed taking the pre-test yesterday as well…
but i think the reason i’m enjoying this class so much is that finally, my creative and problem-solving side is being used and i’m enjoying the artistic aspect to the math as well. as a teacher, my job is challenging because i have to work with students and that is more of a psychology experiment, trying to get them to co-exist and learn. but this week, i just get to look at puzzles and try to figure them out and i haven’t stretched that part of my brain in a while.
i think i’m so gonna have to sign up for my masters here at csusb to get a masters in math education. yay! i’ll be a student again!!
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