Solving Quadratic Equations Padlet

Solving Quadratic Equations

• Use in the classroom or educational setting:

• The first chapter we discuss in Algebra II involves quadratic equations and various aspects related to them. I created the padlet shown below with this chapter in mind, and I chose to include resources that could be referenced throughout the chapter. Some of the resources are more educational (serious) while others are to be used as a means to gather my students' attention at some point during the lesson/unit. (I would post this padlet to my class website, so that the students have access to these resources outside of class.)

• Learning objective: Students will be able to solve quadratic equations using one of the five methods explored during the unit. (graphing, factoring, completing the square, quadratic formula, or square roots)

• While presenting the resources included in my padlet, I will also talk about copyright laws with my students. I will ask what they already know about copyright laws, and we will further explore copyright laws together as a class. (I will also keep copyright laws in mind while conducting my lessons and choosing supplemental materials for instruction.) 

• Application:

• The readings from week 1 align with my lesson and padlet in general very nicely.
• I feel as though the padlet technology itself is an excellent multimedia tool for instruction because it allows for the teacher to provide various types of resources that relate to the content material, and it allows students to explore the resources in a creative way (at their leisure). 
• The padlet technology is extremely easy to use and fun to explore, so hopefully it will appeal to a variety of learners and their learning styles/needs.
• While creating my padlet and gathering my resources related to solving quadratic equations, I tried to keep the 12 Research-Based Principles for Designing Multimedia Instruction in mind. 
• Although I intentionally tried to pick resources that were as coherent as possible (and did not include extraneouse material), some of the resources on my padlet are a bit redundant. I think this is sometimes difficult to avoid when working with online resouces because they tend to be as detailed as possible in order to reach as many viewers/learners as possible.
• The resources presented on my padlet can be used as pre-training tools because I could ask my students to explore some of the resources prior to starting the unit in class.
• I feel as though the majority of the resources included on my padlet follow the segment and modality principles because many of them break-down the information into smaller pieces, or they provide videos with spoken words (and printed words) that can be paused/rewatched at the viewers discretion.   

• Reflection

• I really enjoyed creating a padlet this week because I will actually be able to use it in my Algebra II class this year. I've never used padlet before, and I loved how it was an electronic "bulletin board" to gather resources for a particular topic. I can see me using these resources (and padlet) more in my future lessons, and I hope my students will enjoy using it as much as I have. 

• Even after exploring copyright laws, they still make me extremely nervous! I don't feel as though copyright laws have ever been properly explained to me in the past, so the laws tend to get messy and confusing. Since most of what I use is for educational purposes, I feel as though they are fair game, but I understand that this may not always be the case. This padlet activity has helped me to learn more about copyright laws, but I still feel as though I have more to learn about how they work and how to properly cite copyright rights.

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