Mr. Higgins’ Blog

Link to Project: Video Student Focus #1 Please feel free to leave comments/ratings via this blog or YouTube that are directed at me or my students.  Also, I have given you the opportunity to rate the videos through the use of Google Forms below the videos.  – Thanks from Mr. Higgins and the Honors Algebra [...]

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Note: Don’t forget I am a Tablet PC teacher and use SMART Notebook just like anyone else; however, I get to walk around the room. As a teacher, I have the responsibility to show my students the the Applications and Models of Trigonometry to my Pre-Calculus students; however, I could simply use the whiteboard and [...]

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While the national trend seems to be leaning toward “shoveling” four year of  mathematics into high school everywhere, Ohio is just beginning the process through the new Ohio CORE curriculum which starts with the class of 2014. Why use the word “shoveling”?  Because I have a feeling that it will be used to create new [...]

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Video Student Focus #1 for Honors Algebra II and Pre-Calculus "If you build it, he will come" – Field of Dreams Darren Kuropatwa may have beat me to the punch; however, he ended up providing me with a great template for a great assignment in which the students create video content in the mathematics classroom.  [...]

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2008 Sports Moment not easily forgotten Like any other year, the trend is to look back on the year with a view on biggest positive and biggest negative moments.  In the world of sports, being a Cleveland fan can be lonely; however, there is one moment I have not been able to forget about which [...]

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Beginning of Day 1 Exploration From the 2008 Mensa Page-A-Day Calendar Brad set out in a motorboat at 2PM on Saturday with enough fuel for two days.  He arrived at 2PM on Sunday with an empty tank.  With no supernatural or weather phenomena, what happened? The scenarios coming from my Algebra I students were comical [...]

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My students in Pre-Calculus and Honors Algebra II have been doing great work on the class blogs.  Their scribe posts and Student Focus assignments have made me smile, laugh, and feel a sense of pride that I hope all teachers feel someday.  It is amazing the sense of pride and accomplishment that I feel AND [...]

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Going into my third year of teaching, I would like to thank all of the avid blog readers for taking the time to discuss issues relating to Math, AP Computer, Education, and Web 2.0.  It is quite a motivating feeling when I know that others are reading the material and expanding on the ideas of [...]

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