Comments for Mister McIntosh Says http://mistermcintoshsays.org "It's kind of fun to do the impossible." ~ Walt Disney Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:18:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on A School Personal Electronic Device (PED) Policy by S. Engstrand http://mistermcintoshsays.org/2011/10/26/a-school-personal-electronic-device-ped-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-237 S. Engstrand Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:18:40 +0000 http://mistermcintoshsays.org/?p=919#comment-237 Thank you for sharing this! You've helped a frustrated teacher struggling with electronics management issues... With your wonderful policy as a guide, I am going to write an "electronics usage rules" for my classroom!! Thank you for sharing this! You’ve helped a frustrated teacher struggling with electronics management issues… With your wonderful policy as a guide, I am going to write an “electronics usage rules” for my classroom!!

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]]> Comment on A School Personal Electronic Device (PED) Policy by Sarah Norman http://mistermcintoshsays.org/2011/10/26/a-school-personal-electronic-device-ped-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-228 Sarah Norman Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:27:05 +0000 http://mistermcintoshsays.org/?p=919#comment-228 THANK YOU!!! I am researching electronic device policies since hearing that Khan Academy has released the iPad app which allows access w/o internet connectivity. This is a game-changing event, IMO, because it is an end-run around server limitations that has justified keeping the electronic devices that students own out of the classroom. I want our district to come up with a policy ASAP and your guidelines are superb! Going to sent to the Bd members. THANK YOU!!! I am researching electronic device policies since hearing that Khan Academy has released the iPad app which allows access w/o internet connectivity. This is a game-changing event, IMO, because it is an end-run around server limitations that has justified keeping the electronic devices that students own out of the classroom. I want our district to come up with a policy ASAP and your guidelines are superb! Going to sent to the Bd members.

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]]> Comment on GEMDAS not PEMDAS! by Mister McIntosh http://mistermcintoshsays.org/2010/08/14/gemdas-not-pemdas/comment-page-1/#comment-225 Mister McIntosh Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:52:37 +0000 http://mistermcintoshsays.org/?p=558#comment-225 Thank you for sharing your ideas Leslie. Well, that poster about the ants is inappropriate, but I can see how it would definitely work! I am not convinced there is any advantage to your method. There is no way to shorten the number of steps in evaluating an expression using the order of operations. The number of steps is the number of steps, no matter what method we use to teach, learn and remember it. Thank you for sharing your ideas Leslie.

Well, that poster about the ants is inappropriate, but I can see how it would definitely work!

I am not convinced there is any advantage to your method. There is no way to shorten the number of steps in evaluating an expression using the order of operations. The number of steps is the number of steps, no matter what method we use to teach, learn and remember it.

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