<font color=navy ><center>Carrie Seather's Teacher Education Portfolio</center></font>

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  2. <font color=#000066><b>Professional Information</B>
  3. <font color=#000066><b>Course Work</b></font>
  4. <font color=#000066><b>Field Experience</b>
  5. <font color=#000066><b>Links</b>
  1. <font color=navy>Introduction to Education</font>
    1. <font color=navy>Philosophy of Teaching
    2. <font color=navy>Research Paper
      1. <font color=navy>Home School PowerPoint</font>
      2. <font color=navy>References</font>
    3. <font color=navy>Critical Analysis</font>
    4. <font color=navy>Pro/Con Issue</font>
      1. <font color=navy>References</font>
      2. <font color=navy>Junk Food PowerPoint</font>
    5. <font color=navy>Final Reflection</font>
      1. <font color=navy>Final Reflection PowerPoint</font>
  2. <font color=navy>Cultural Diversity in Education</font>
    1. <font color=navy>Critical Analysis</font>
    2. <font color=navy>Research Paper</font>
      1. <font color=navy>References</font>
      2. <font color=navy>PowerPoint presentation</font>
      3. <font color=navy>Invention Activity</font>
      4. <font color=navy>Achievement Gap Handout</font>
    3. <font color=navy>Philosophy of Cultural Education</font>
    4. <font color=navy>Teaching Strategy</font>
    5. <font color=navy>Calendar</font>
    6. <font color=navy>Final Reflection</font>
  3. <font color=navy>Technology Courses</font>
    1. <font color=navy>Microsoft PowerPoint</font>
    2. <font color=navy>Internet/Web</font>
    3. <font color=navy>Computer Science for Teacher Education Majors</font>
      1. <font color=navy>Technology WebQuest</font color>
        1. <font color=navy>Teacher Page
        2. <font color=navy>Worksheet
        3. <font color=navy>Graphics
      2. <font color=navy>Final Reflection
      3. <font color=navy>Reader Response
    4. <font color=navy>Windows XP
      1. <font color=navy>Geology WebQuest
        1. <font color=navy>Igneous Rocks
        2. <font color=navy>Sedimentary Rocks
        3. <font color=navy>Metamorphic Rocks
        4. <font color=navy>Rosco's Rock Samples
        5. <font color=navy>Teacher Page
      2. <font color=#000066>Article Review</font>
    5. <font color=navy>Microsoft Publisher
    6. <font color=navy>Philosophy of Technology in Education
  4. <font color=navy>History</font>
    1. <font color=navy>Lesson Plan</font>
    2. <font color=navy>PowerPoint presentation</font>
    3. <font color=navy>Math</font>
    4. <font color=navy>Reading</font>
    5. <font color=navy>Writing</font>
    6. <font color=navy>Spelling/Vocabulary</font>
    7. <font color=navy>Voting Activity</font>
    8. <font color=navy>Voting Links</font>
  5. <font color=navy>Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I & II</font>
    1. <font color=navy>Mathography
    2. <font color=navy>Philosophy of Math Education</font>
    3. <font color=navy>Service Learning Reflection - Fall</font>
    4. <font color=#000066>Service Learning Reflection - Spring</font>
    5. <font color=navy>Internet Lessons
    6. <font color=#000066>A Teachers Resource
    7. <font color=#000066>Fractions
    8. <font color=#000066>Various Concepts</font>
    9. <font color=#000066>Delicious Statistics</font>
    10. <font color=#000066>Incorporating Literature</font>
      1. <font color=#000066>Inch Worm</font>
        1. <font color=#000066>Worksheet
      2. <font color=#000066>Math Curse</font>
  6. <font color=#000066>Child Development</font>
    1. <font color=#000066>Philosophy of Child Development
    2. <font color=#000066>Final Reflection
    3. <font color=#000066>Gifted Research
      1. <font color=#000066>References
    4. <Font color=#000066>Budget for Baby
    5. <font color=#000066> Special Interest Group
      1. <font color=#000066>Proposal
      2. <font color=#000066>Agenda
      3. <font color=#000066>Getting to know you worksheet
      4. <font color=#000066>Flier
  7. <font color=#000066>Relationships in a Classroom Setting</font>
    1. <font color=#000066>Philosophy</font>
    2. <font color=#000066>Classroom Rules</font>
    3. <font color=#000066>Final Reflection</font>
    4. <font color=#000066>Theorist Presentation</font>
      1. <font color=#000066>PowerPoint
      2. <font color=#000066>Interactive Activity
      3. <font color=#000066>References
    5. <font color=#000066>Room Arrrangement
    6. <font color=#000066>Coping with Stress
    7. <font color=#000066>Class Slogan
    8. <font color=#000066>Chill Out Form
    9. <font color=#000066>Reader Response
  8. <font color=#000066>Children's Literature
    1. <font color=#000066>Philosophy of Children's Literature
    2. <font color=#000066>Read Aloud Workshop
    3. <font color=navy>Literature Rich Classroom
    4. <font color=navy>Lesson Plans</FONT>
      1. <font color=navy><i>Duke Ellington
      2. <font color=#000066><i>Math Curse</i></font>
    5. <font color=#000066>Service Learning Collage</font>
  9. <font color=navy>Introduction to Exceptional Learners
    1. <font color=navy>Philosophy of Exceptional Learners
    2. <font color=#000066>Resource Manual</font>

<font color=#000066>Various Concepts</font>

Throughout Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I & II, I have developed different techniques for teaching various concepts.  I have included a few concepts of my favorite activities.

<font color=#000066>Measurement</font>

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I will ask my students to use real world examples as often as possible when doing mathematics.  I like this example of figuring out how tall an object is in relation to the student.  The student will measure his or her shadow and the shadow of the cactus.  Then they will use the proportion method to determine the height of the cactus.  I will have explained how to do this before I send them outside to measure something. 

The triangles are proportional.  Therefore:

      height of cactus        =         height of student
 length of cactus shadow         length of student shadow

     X = 4
     4    2

    2X = 16

      X = 8ft.

<font color=#000066>Geometry</font>

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This is a very exciting game for students to help them develop any skill from vocabulary knowledge to recognizing shapes and angles.  Each student will have 4 game pieces of the same color.  They will draw a card that I have made.  On one side of the card it will have a picture of a shape, a right triangle, for example.  The back of the card will have the answer in words and the number of spaces the student may advance.  If the student is correct, they will advance one game piece the number of spaces indicated on the card.  If they are not correct, play will advance to the next student.  If a student lands on a blue circle corner, they have to put that piece in the geometry junkyard.  If a student lands on a space occupied by an opponent, the opponent places his or her game piece in the geometry junkyard.  Play ends when there is only one color left on the board.  That person is the winner.

<font color=#000066>Probability</font>

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I have created an activity for students to practice their probability skills.  They will first evaluate the coin toss board to see what the probability is of landing on a blue space, a white space or a numbered space.  Then the students will record the answers to their own coin toss.  I feel that this activity gives the students a concrete understanding of a topic that can be very challenging. 

File Attachments:
  1. <font color=#000066>Probability Toss Teacher Page</font> <font color=#000066>Probability Toss Teacher Page</font>
    Teachers, This is where you will find the answers to the worksheet.
  2. <font color=#000066>Probability Toss Worksheet</font> <font color=#000066>Probability Toss Worksheet</font>

<font color=#000066>Geometric Construction</font>

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Geometers Sketchpad is a computer program created to aid students in completeing geometric lessons.  I used Geometers Sketchpad to illustrate the construction of a congruent angle.
Author: Carrie Seather
Last modified: 4/29/2006 5:20 AM (EST)