I taught a lesson on Transformations of Functions today. I had a dream over the weekend of having the kids do an exploratory lesson using Desmos ... and the students learned, and I was the best math teacher ever. But alas, I woke up and realized I still don't have enough Chromebooks for everyone. <SIGH!!>
Instead I walked my students through exploring transformations using the TI-84s ... which is still knowledge needed, but it was so painful! Students were bored. Some tried sleeping through class, some still didn't know where the "x"-button is, some had to be told to open and turn on the calculator.
"This would go much smoother if you turned the calculator on."
For next semester I am definitely coming up with an independent activity for this lesson. It really is the perfect topic ... and I did entirely too much work today.
Hope you all had a good Monday!
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