So it has been a while since I updated my blog. Been kind of busy with grade reports and did not have much time. I will get better.
So I am chugging along and looking forward to meeting with parents to see what they think so far. I asked the students after the first quarter of the year was over what they thought. So far they have been positive especially since they have not been getting much homework other than watching a 5-10 minute video. Most of the students have been able to finish the homework in class which is great. I have spent about 5 minutes going over a couple of problems on the board and then I have just been rotating around and checking work for the rest of the class. I have been able to catch a lot of the mistakes right away and addressed them with the students. There are still a few students who need to finish it up at night and stilll students who make mistakes but I have had a a lot more time to work with students individually.
One of the coolest moments so far this year was when one of my students pointed out that one of the videos that is on my YouTube account has been viewed over 300 times. We have not even gotten to that video yet in my math class. I had no idea what they were talking so I pulled up the account. So far this year I have had over 1600 views on the different videos. Whoa. That I did not expect. I have a bunch of videos that we have not gotten to in class that already have 50 views. I don't know who is watching but I have enough views that YouTube e-mailed me to see if they could pay me to put ads on my videos. I said no, but still very cool. It reminded me that I need to get back into the habit of uploading more videos. It will feel great when I have made it through the book. The kids even had some suggestions of how to make the videos more interesting by adding problems with things like Storm Troopers.
