Hi Linda, This is a very exciting initiative and I have a housekeeping suggestion that may help with communication.
Much of the process of setting up JTECH seems like it fits the chat forum better than the programming forum, although there will undoubtedly be areas that are programming intensive. The trick is to keep the JTECH content available across forums. In my mail app on my Mac I can set a rule that all messages with specific content, say JTECH, are put in one folder. So all you need to ensure that a JTECH posting in any forum get put in the correct folder is to include JTECH in the text. Essentially we get to use JTECH as a tag. This would allow the posting to be sent into whichever forum is most appropriate (I think chat allows a much wider discussion of approach to education than programming would) and still allow the receiver to aggregate into one area. I suppose it would also allow you to ignore these emails based on the tag, but why would you want to miss the fun? Others may have suggestions, this impromptu tagging is something that occurred to me during prepping for my presentation at the J conference because it allows us to develop a little more leverage to the structure of the forums. It does require the sender to tag appropriately, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were a way to have JTECH send template that would make this easy as well. Thoughts? Cheers, bob On Aug 3, 2014, at 8:13 AM, Linda Alvord <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's the plan: > > It is a collalorative effort between eager grandparents (or parents or > friends) and a bored and anxious shild getting ready for 1st grade. > > OVERVIEW OF PLAN > > Responsibilities for the Adult: > > 1. Install J on an available device from www.jsoftwere.com > 2. Connect to a printer so that you can print pages from J > 3. Meet with the child in as many sessions as possible as long as both > are interested. > 4. A worksheet will follow with explanations to follow in the next > message. > 5. Wear a watch (or phone) to the session > > Responsibilities for Child: > > 1. At the beginning of each session the student will complete as much as > they can of the worksheet. > 2. Student will check their worksheet and assign a number correct. > 3. Student will experiment in a J terminal to explore addition problems > > Colaborative effort: > > 1. Adult and Child (mostly the child) will discover how the workshop-sheet > is designed. > 2. Enjoy the session and discuss whatever comes up. > 3. Follow wherever this session goes and hopefully there will more. > > > The worksheet follows in the next email. > > Linda > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Linda Alvord > Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 10:42 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Jprogramming] August preparation for J Teche > > A plan for education: > > > > Tama Traberman, Larry Taylor and I spoke about making changes in education. > Following that I am motivated to develop JTECH. It will envolve the > programming forum to and and mold the ideas that form the foundations of > mathematics education. > > > > So August is preparation for GRADE 1 at J TECH . In September we will get > ideas that would support the curriculum that is planned for students in that > grade. October will be plans for GRADE 2 and so forth. > > > > Since I am in the US, I am showing the newly developed :"Core Curriculum > (quite controversial) but at least a starting place. > > > > Grade 1 Overview > > Operations and Algebraic Thinking > > * Represent and solve problems involving addition and subtraction. > * Understand and apply properties of operations and the relationship > between addition and subtraction. > * Add and subtract within 20. > * Work with addition and subtraction equations. > > Number and Operations in Base Ten > > * Extend the counting sequence. > * Understand place value. > * Use place value understanding and properties of operations to add > and subtract. > > Measurement and Data > > * Measure lengths indirectly and by iterating length units. > * Tell and write time. > * Represent and interpret data. > > Geometry > > * Reason with shapes and their attributes. > > Mathematical Practices > > 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. > > 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. > > 3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. > > 4. Model with mathematics. > > 5. Use appropriate tools strategically. > > 6. Attend to precision. > > 7. Look for and make use of structure. > > 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. > > > > I will send my plan for August in my next email which should be available > soon. > > > > Linda > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
