Show and Tell

I started a new activity in my classroom this year. During the last five minutes of my day, I show some set of weird/interesting/funny pictures or video. I have called this the Show and Tell portion of the day. Basically I do it to have the students not feel the need to pack up/ line up at the door/ keep their attention, etc.

My goal also is to make the students leave on a positive note, so that maybe, psychologically, I can trick them into thinking coming to math class is a positive thing and remove the stigma that is math in this society 125 students at a time. :) But that is me dreaming big.

I have really liked the effects so far. Sometimes they have even been educational, but mostly not. And they never have anything to do with math.

Then I decided, I think everyone (and by everyone I mean the few that will come to read my blog) should benefit from the happiness this brings to me at the end of everyday.

So on this first post, I'm going to catch you up and then every couple of days I'll post the show and tell!

Day 1: I think students didn't quite understand what I was doing yet. I may have even scared a couple out from my class. Plus, I had no speaker hook ups so the video was kind of anti-climactic without any "jaws" music in the background. I had to wait a little bit for speakers before I could show a video again.


Great White Shark Video - For more of the funniest videos, click here


Day Two: was a little different. I decided pictures would be a little easier to show (because they require no sound)
Hence, My First Fail came to Show and tell.

http://myfirstfail.com

Here are some of my favorites...







Day 3: Still no speakers so more pictures... This time Pictures taken at the exact right moment.

http://www.sawse.com/2007/11/02/25-photographs-taken-at-the-exact-right-time







Day 4: 3d sidewalk chalk art.

This guy draws on the sidewalk and if you take the picture from the correct angle, it looks 3d! So cool!

http://www.impactlab.com/2006/03/09/amazing-3d-sidewalk-art-photos

Some favs... The 2nd one down is from the wrong angle and then the first picture is the same drawing from the correct angle!

Favs!








Day 5: The speakers are finally hooked up and I was able to play another video! I decided the best video to show when speakers are there had to be the food court musical!