Welcome to the MS Computer Lab Blog!
The objective of our blog is to share information about how we integrate our technology curriculum into the subject area curriculum. The foundation of this effort is the methodology of team teaching the lessons with the Middle School subject area teachers. Each post describes a particular lesson, the software used, some of the skills that were targeted, and the number of days that were spent in the lab.
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
Exploring Isosceles Trapezoids in Geogebra
8th Grade Geometry students used an open source program called Geogebra to explore tech integration possibilities with their geometry lessons. The students constructed points, lines and angles. After studying the relationships between the length of the lines and the measures of the angles (as Point D varied along line b), they attempted to formulate rules about the diagonals of the isosceles trapezoids. The students needed one class to complete the assignment.
