Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Using D2SC (PCG) for Exams & Promethean ActivExpressions "no registered devices"

I came across this problem twice this year and was able to work around it:

It arises as you begin to have your students take their final exam.  You had a feeling of relief that you were able to avoid printing preslugs and the waiting in line to scan them after school that follows.  But that feeling comes out of you with a "whoomph" sound when your speakers ding and an alert says "This class contains x# students and you have 0 registered devices".  You quickly fill with white terror as your blood mix changes, your eyes dilate and your clothes become uncomfortable (see Hulking Out)...like when the power went out at the 2013 Superbowl.

Relax!  Here's the fix:

1st:  The problem:


The solution (as I e-mailed it to my colleagues):  



Friday, September 20, 2013

Math Technology!

OK, so I gotta get this blog going. Wednesday I met with my team. Thursday I met virtually with the Texas Instrument people. I'll post the link for the next virtual meeting (Oct. 24th I believe). We talked about using Nspires to quiz. It's pretty neat, you can have Algebra students show their work within the .tns file. As for the meeting with my team, the results were that I have a lot of work to do. As soon as I figure out how to post files on this blog I will start with a scatter-plot template for the Nspire.