Comments on: Half Full Activity – Results and Debrief /blog_archive/2013/07/10/half-full-activity-results-and-debrief/ iteration, making, building, and coding in education Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:22:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.6 By: Evan /blog_archive/2013/07/10/half-full-activity-results-and-debrief/#comment-214 Thu, 25 Jul 2013 15:22:12 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1557#comment-214 In reply to xiousgeonz.

Really neat idea. It’s possible, but will require some more learning these tools to actually make it happen.

]]> By: xiousgeonz /blog_archive/2013/07/10/half-full-activity-results-and-debrief/#comment-213 Tue, 23 Jul 2013 15:37:41 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1557#comment-213 Another question: how hard would it be to make an app so students drag numbers to a number line, and it figures out ( or shows ’em, as you did with the dragginess) how close they were to the right spot?

]]> By: xiousgeonz /blog_archive/2013/07/10/half-full-activity-results-and-debrief/#comment-212 Mon, 22 Jul 2013 15:13:52 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1557#comment-212 But… when will we use this in real life?

]]> By: xiousgeonz /blog_archive/2013/07/10/half-full-activity-results-and-debrief/#comment-211 Thu, 18 Jul 2013 14:12:58 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1557#comment-211 Excellent point, Dad. I remember talking fractions to sixth graders, and Pat O’Brien knew what a third was. Nobody else did.

]]> By: Dad /blog_archive/2013/07/10/half-full-activity-results-and-debrief/#comment-210 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:42:36 +0000 http://evanweinberg.com/?p=1557#comment-210 Estimating graphically where the factor is other than a multiple of 2 is non-trivial. I don;t think the mind works that way, that is where math would be needed. I can do thirds on regular shapes, but mostly rectangles.
-Dad

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