Today the students used a math blog (Math Blog). I set the students up into small groups (4-5 in each group). I provided them with two questions about place value. I watched as each group discussed their answers then posted their responses to the blog. One issue that I has was that the blog required me to use my passcode because of the firewall to allow them to post. This was time consuming. While writing their answers, I could tell students were not use to writing out their thought process and their writing in general was very weak. After the post were made, I pulled their answers up so the whole group could discuss everyone's thoughts. One group in specific just stated that it was important in building. I didn't know what they meant about place value and building. I asked, and the students replied that if you didn't constantly read the numbers where they should go using place value the numbers would change. Their example was if you read a blue print and one side said 3 feet tall and the other side was read as 30 feet, the object would be slanted. At that point I understood what they were talking about, and realized they understood the concept.
I will have to follow up with follow up to see if there is a way to work around the passcode issue.
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