1 - INTRODUCTION - California State University, Northridge



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|(1) Navigating the Internet: A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is the unique address which identifies a resource on the Internet for|

|routing purposes. Know how to interpret URLs. |

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|Use a "traceroute" program such as "WhatRoute" (Mac) or Neotrace (PC) to trace the route between your computer and and a website |

|outside of the United States. Include a screen shot showing a map and the text of the specific route taken when contacting the |

|website. Compare your findings with those of others in the class. Are websites always located in the country in which they are |

|registered? What does this show about the nature of Internet-based business and commerce? |

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|Compare the connection in the CSUN laboratory with your connection at home or school. What are the IP addresses of the computers |

|you are working with? What kind of connections are your working with (dial-up, DSL, cable, 100-Base TX (twisted-pair LAN), 100-Base|

|FX (fiber LAN), etc.)? Compare are your connection speeds. |

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|Most schools have developed Acceptable Use Policies (AUP) and have installed filters to keep student focused on education. Include |

|text (scan or download is easiest) of your school's AUP and a description of the filters in place. If a school AUP is not |

|available, provide a sample AUP, cite its source, and provide a link. If your are not working in a school, summarize how filters |

|work. |

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I used the same computer to check this site. First time I was working at CSUN computer lab (in the library) and the second time I was working at home (using DSL connection). I found that DSL connection was really fast. I think maybe twice as fast as the connection at CSUN.

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|(2) Knowing your School: Teachers should have a good understanding of their school, students, and thc communities they represent. |

|Much statistical data can be gained using online resources. *TPE-tip You may wish to develop a case study of your school using this|

|and you personal observations to meet TPE 8. |

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|Develop a written profile of your school and students. Your profile should include the following: |

|School distinctives : Study your school website and discuss school history, distictives and goals. |

|Geography: Describe your campus and its community using satellite photos and maps. Using the photos, describe the nature of the |

|community (commercial, apartments, single family homes, industry, etc.) |

|Socioeconomic status: Include maps showing the socioeconomic status (SES) of the communities contributing students to your school. |

|Discuss two or more prominent SES characteristics of the school population. |

|School performance: Include test scores and the Academic Performance Index of your school. Discuss the academic climate of your |

|school, including test scores, API, change in scores, dropout rate, English learners, students requiring special education, etc. |

School Distinctive:

I tried finding as much information as I could about Reseda high school, but the home page didn’t offer that much. I didn’t find much on Reseda’s history, but I found that Reseda was one of the first high schools to offer agriculture classes.

[pic]Geography: Reseda’s community has a mixture of commercial, apartments, and single-family homes. Many of the students live in apartments with more family members per apartment than they would like.

Socioeconomic:

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The average income for a family in Reseda is about $25699 to $34432 and $34432 to $42049. By looking over this data I found that most of my students’ families have an income of $42000 or less. I see how income and education are related in Reseda.

School Performance:

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Reseda used to rank within the 700 API score, but for the past three year they hadn’t perform so well. Now Reseda is score are in the low six hundreds (618).

|(3) College Advisement: Secondary teachers often have the opportunity to advise students on decisions pertaining to college. In |

|many environments, teachers are the only individuals students know who have been to college. |

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|Describe a real or hypothetical student (interests, family SES, personality) who is interested in pursuing a career in a field |

|related to what you teach. Recommend a major and 4-year college and explain the rationale for your recommendation using information|

|found on college websites. Provide active links to the colleges, and quote relevant information. |

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|Provide a paragraph of advice to the parents of this student regarding financing college. Consider their financial and family |

|situation. |

I would advise this student to visit several sites, including US News and World Reports “Best Colleges of 2007.”

This site will help the student to determine which colleges have the best programs in the field they wish to study. I would advise the student to apply to six colleges; two that are extremely competitive, for example MIT or Princeton, two that are somewhat competitive, for example USC or UCLA, and two that would be sure to accept a 4.0 GPA student, for example Cal State Northridge or Cal State Pomona. MIT, for example, states on their website that : “The mission of MIT is to advance knowledge and educate students in science, technology, and other areas of scholarship that will best serve the nation and the world in the 21st century.” Another site that would help the student decide where they would like to go to college would be and which both offer advice on choosing colleges according to major preference.

A typical student from Reseda comes from a lower-middle class family. The median income averages $25,000-40,000 per year for a four-person family. It would be very difficult for this family to support a child in college. For this reason, I would advise parents to have students fill out a FAFSA as well as several scholarship applications. The link for FAFSA is: fafsa. The purpose of the FAFSA is to determine how much financial aid is to be awarded. The amount of aid is dependent on the family’s income. The problem with the FAFSA is that there are residency requirements that would prohibit some students from obtaining financial aid.

|(4) Professional Growth: Teachers should model "life-long learning" by attending workshops, reading journals, and participating in |

|professional organizations.*TPE-tip You may wish to research professional organizations and employment opportunities and include |

|plans for professional involvement and career development as part of your Individual Induction Plan required for TPE 13. |

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|Describe a professional conference (related to your field) you may benefit from attending. Describe the purpose and scope of the |

|professional organization sponsoring the conference and provide a synopsis of the conference and one or more selected workshops or |

|presentations you would like to attend. Include a link to the professional organization and to the specific conference. |

I would like to attend the LACMA conference (again). The purpose of the Los Angeles City Teachers’ Mathematics Association is to “promote excellence within the mathematics community” (). The conference provides opportunities for math teachers to learn about methodologies and practices related to math. At the last LACTMA conference I attended I received a lot of information about how to teach math. For example, I was introduced to several projects, games and interesting and effective ways to teach math.

I was not able to attend the last LACTMA conference, but I would have liked to have attended several workshops including Celilia Nevarez’ “How to teach math through differentiated instruction” (). This workshop would benefit me because I have students who are at many different levels in my classes and I would like to know more about how to teach to all levels at the same time.

|(5) Employment: Most schools and districts advertise job openings on the Internet. Teachers should use such resources not only to |

|find employment for themselves, but also to attract others to their schools and thus build strong departments. |

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|Find a job announcement for a teaching position for which you are qualified. Include a screen capture of the advertisement. |

|Describe the school and community using information found on the Internet. Cite your resources. |

In my opinion, the best place to access information about job announcements is on a site called Edjoin ().

The job I found was to teach summer school in Santa Clara, which is in Northern California. The community and school are located in the Silicon Valley. Here are some of the statistics related to the students and parents of Cabrillo Middle School (), as well as the job announcement.

Job Announcement:

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|(6) Multi-media resources: Numerous educational videos, sound clips, and animations are available on the Internet. Teachers should |

|be able to find appropriate multimedia resources, and link to or download such files. |

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|Identify an audio resource appropriate to teaching your subject (music, speech, animal sound, poem, newscast, etc.). Download the |

|file and embed it in your portfolio, or provide an active link to it. Cite the source and describe how and why you will use it in |

|instruction. |

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|Identify a video or animation appropriate to teaching your subject. Download the file and embed it in your portfolio, or provide an|

|active link to it. If you provide a link, also include screen captures of key sections of the video or animation. Cite the source |

|and describe how and why you will use it in instruction. |

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Since 100% of my students, use you tube I decided to find a video that they can search



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I would use this video as a review in class. Maybe I would set one of the computers with the link and have students who were absent watch the video during lunch or nutrition.

|(7) Interactive/Linked Unit Plan : Many application programs (including word processors, presentation managers and spreadsheets) |

|allow users to hyperlink to local (e.g. movies, animations, presentations, text) and remote files. This can greatly facilitate the |

|development and use of a unit plan. *TPE-tip You may wish to incorporate this material into a unit plan for TPE1. |

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|Develop a unit plan (or augment an existing plan) for the subject you teach, incorporating as many resources as possible developed |

|in this class. |

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|Incorporate two or more good third-party lesson plans for teaching your subject. Cite the author and URL of the resources, and |

|include screen captures of the relevant parts of the lessons. |

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|Include links in you unit plan to at least five relevant external internet resources. Use a search engine with Boolean search |

|features to locate web sites relevant to your subject. Embed the URLs for at least 5 excellent sites (or local files) that are |

|related to a lesson you will provide. |

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|Provide links to other relevant documents or resources you have developed. |

Here is my Unit 4 lesson plan (I don’t know if you were looking for detail lesson plan)

I think next semester I would teach using as many resources learned in this class. I really like using iphoto to teach parabolas. I found power point to be a lot easier to use that I had ever image.

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| | | |Sect 13.1 |Sect 13.1 |

| | | |Introduction to |Introduction to |

| |Unit 3 |Unit 3 |Quadratic equations |Quadratic equations |

| |Assessment |Assessment | | |

| |Constructed Response |Multiple |Family of Functions |Graphing calculator |

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| |Sect 13.2 |Sect 13.2 |Sect 13.2 |Sect 13.4 |

| |More Solving Quadratic |More Solving Quadratic |More Solving Quadratic |The Quadratic |

| |Equations |Equations |Equations |Formula |

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| |Graphing calculator |Graphing calculator |Graphing calculator | |

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|The Quadratic |The Quadratic |Review |Review |Test |

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|CST |CST |CST |CST |CST |

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|Memorial |Simplifying |Simplifying |Multiplying | |

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|Dividing |Addition and |Addition and |Addition and |Solving Rational |

|Rational Expressions |Subtraction with Like |Subtraction with unlike |Subtraction with unlike |Equations |

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|Solving Rational | | | |Finals |

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I think the most fun lesson is my power point using homer simpson. (look at Power point link)

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