Does GP stand for Guinea Pigs or Great People?

Alrighty then!  You've signed up for a wonderful adventure to learn a new approach to collaboratively create and edit weekly lesson plans.  Just to clarify the title of this post, I believe GP stands for great people who are willing to be guinea pigs in order to learn something new.  So either way you view it, it's a positive!

This post is to share how this little adventure will work and how you'll be asked to play a part in trying something new here at MES.  Just follow the steps listed below to begin:

1.  I'll need everyone to become a blog follower upon receiving the link to this blog.  The previous posts were a result of meeting class requirements in a course that I have taken, so don't bother with reading anything older than this post.  Just save the link to the blog by clicking "Bookmarks" on the above toolbar and then clicking "Bookmark This Page." 
2.  This page will be used as a step by step tutorial that will lead you all through the process of creating a collaborative Google Doc that will make lessons plans easier to access and maintain on the Google server.  
3. As you know, this project is the completion on a course I've taken that will require that we have this process completed within a few weeks.  Please use this blog to communicate with one another and me while you are becoming familiar with the Google Docs app.  Post your frustrations, amazing discoveries and anything else that you feel like sharing.  So, let's begin by simply becoming a follower of this blog and completing this simple questionnaire:  Click Here

Cards Are Amazing

The various ways that cards can be used to teach math are endless!  There's also something about cards that kids love.  Actually, I love to play with cards myself.  As we know, highly engaged students retain a great deal more information than someone who is less attentive.  So, for these simple reasons, I'm sharing a great blog with many uses for cards:

http://letsplaymath.net/2006/12/29/the-game-that-is-worth-1000-worksheets/