Multi-faceted Refractions

Thoughts and Reflections from Vinnie Vrotny

Multi-faceted Refractions

Entries from May 13, 2008

Twitter Updates for 2008-05-13

May 13, 2008 · No Comments · baseball

Getting ready to present to parents in the Palos Park District 118. They are having their Tech-Stravaganza http://tinyurl.com/6m6uv9 # presenting at http://tinyurl.com/6qq2cx join in the conversation #

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How to Embed Mathematical Notation Into a Wiki

May 9, 2008 · 3 Comments · teaching and learning

When catching up on my twitter feeds this morning, I saw a “tweet” from Susan Carter Morgan asked for me to post how I was able to add mathematical notation into a wiki. While I have done so and will share here, a bulk of the credit has to go to Darren Kuropatwa’s willingness to [...]

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An Invigorating Day – Four Successes and Planning for More

May 7, 2008 · 1 Comment · teaching and learning

Lately, I have been coming home exhausted. I guess the accumulation of this year’s events, both professionally and personally are finally catching up with me. It has kept me from reflecting here in a meaningful way. I miss it and have a series of ideas for conversations that I am not going to let go [...]

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Preparing for the Future

May 5, 2008 · No Comments · teaching and learning, Uncategorized

This morning, I found out that one ideas that  I planted last spring emerged and took root. At that point in time, I was brainstorming about unit ideas for one of our senior history electives, US Government. The teacher and I thought it would be interesting to have the students to begin to brainstorm and [...]

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