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Moderating external projects
Posted by David Wees on Mar 26, 2010
For the past three years, I've been an official IB Assistant Examiner. This means that each May (or November, but I usually don't sign up for the November sessions, too busy), I get sent a whole bunch of external exams or projects, and I have to grade the assignments. The money isn't great, it's a huge amount of work, but I see it as really valuable.
Using Google Docs when teaching mathematics
Posted by David Wees on Nov 14, 2008
Google has a lot of cool tools they have been working on recently, and I enjoy trying them out. Once in a while they come up with a tool you can use in your classroom right away.
Helping students produce effective high quality projects
Posted by David Wees on Nov 13, 2008
As secondary mathematics becomes more and more about how you find the solution to a problem and less about what the correct answer is to a problem, it becomes easier to justify assessing students using a project.
Disclaimer: The ideas discussed on this blog are my own, and in no way represent those of my employer.
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