INEQUALITIES

I would start out by asking the students the students some of the applications of math in the real world. I would then use this video to show one of the practical applications of the math we are using in class. I would then have them figure out a scenario where the student and a friend both have to get to a certain destination. They have the same amount of money to get their but one has a hybrid car and one has a regular one. They will have to figure out a route that would get them both to the place. In the city they get so many mpgs and on the freeway the get so many.

Thoughts On UEN

The UEN site was quite interesting. I can't really say if I liked it or not. There are a lot of great resources. UEN tools is something I will use. I will really like referring to the Rubric Tool for my own assignments. I think it will be very helpful. The other tools are pretty cool too and I will refer to those as well.

I like a lot of the sources you can find on the UEN site. I think the UEN K-12 section will be a great resource to use. I like that there are Lesson Plans and other resources I find on there. I will surely refer to this part of the UEN site often.

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I really enjoyed the Pioneer Online Library. I enjoyed the CultureGram section. It is very helpful and I can see students of all ages enjoying using it for their assignments and projects. There is a lot of great information on there.


Also as I was looking through all of the different resources, I thought the SIRSKnowledge section was pretty cool. There is a lot of really great information on there. I especially think that students would like this not only for school assignments but for their own use. They can find a lot of information on politics, different views on controversial subjects and much more.

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MyUEN web page was my least favorite part of UEN. It is very cumbersome and not user friendly at all. I found it very frustrating that you could be working on something and have it close out on you in the middle of typing. It also very slow. I don't think I will have a site for myself as a teacher but I will use the whole UEN site as a reference in my teaching.

Recent Life Events

The things that I have been doing with my life lately cover a wide range of things. I have been married for over a year now and my wife and I are both studying at UVU to become teachers. She is planning on teaching elementary school. I am studying to teach math and psychology in high school. This is my first semester in the education program and so far it has been pretty good even though it has been a lot more work than I had planned on.

As well as going to school I work in Finance. I really enjoy this job a lot. My wife and I also both work part time here at the school. We have a lot of fun being able to work in the same place and with our busy schedules it is nice to be able to see each other every once in a while.

Something that is pretty recent is that my wife gave me a haircut. She does a really good job and is a lot more confident in herself now than she was when we were first married. Some other things we have both learned how to do are gardening. We really had a fun summer making our yard look good and planting a garden. It is a lot of work but very worth it. We grew Watermelon, Cantaloupe, red and green Peppers, Corn, and a few other vegetables. We also planted flowers in our flower beds. Our house is really old and has a lot of character and we love where we live. I also got to celebrate my one year anniversary with my wife. It was great. I surprised my wife with a great date at the Chef's Table and we then went to a play at the Hale Center Theater. We had a lot of fun.



We have really enjoyed the fall and are pretty excited to dress up has hill billies for Halloween. My wife and I found some pretty hilarious wigs and we are pretty thrilled with how our costumes are going to turn out. Life is good for me. I have a great wife who makes my life so much fun and so many other things that I really didn't imagine I'd have at this point in my life. I am really looking forward to all that life holds for me and my family.

This weekend

I am going to do homework this weekend.