Jesse+M


 * Name Jesse Mackey**
 * • Email jmacke4@students.towson.edu**

I grew up in Howard County, living in Ellicott City and West Friendship. I attended Waverly Elementary, Mt. View Middle, and graduated from Glenelg High School in 2005. I have two siblings; an older brother and a younger sister. I am also married with a baby on the way! In my free time, I enjoy swimming, cooking, and home improvement projects!
 * Bio:**

For the past six years, I have worked at Murray Hill Middle School as a special educator and a Mathematics Teacher. While in special education, I taught all three grade levels and 3 different content areas, reading, social studies, and math. In my fourth year, I was moved into a general education role teaching 6th grade MSM2 and 7th grade PreAlgebra. I held that position for 2 years, and am now a 7th grade Math teacher with four CC7 classes and one CC7 Seminar class. Prior to being at Murray Hill, I worked in the Howard County Public School System in several different capacities. Since 2004, I have been a summer school para-educator, a substitute teacher, and a summer school special educator.

In the fall of 2005, I began studying at Towson University. There, I majored in Integrated Elementary Education and Special Education. I completed my student teaching in Howard County at Waterloo Elementary in 5th grade and at Ilchester Elementary in 1st grade. In 2009, I graduated from Towson and was hired to teach at Murray Hill. I began a Master's program in Mathematics Education in 2012, also through Towson University.


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WEB 2.0 Web 2.0 is a "new" version of the internet. The internet was never overhauled or remodeled, but under web 2.0 we started to see different types of websites. Websites in the Web 2.0 era include interactive sites that allow users to directly edit, comment, and interact with the other users. Web 2.0 websites include things like Facebook, YouTube, wikis, blogs, and other interactive websites.

Today's Meet I created a Todays Meet where students in seminar can describe the logo they chose to enlarge in our scale drawing activity. [|Seminar Logo]

KidBlog I established a KidBlog site for CC7. [|CC7 KidBlog]

Prezi: Proportional Relationships Biteslide:
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 * Top Ten:**
 * Voltmeter 7.NS.1 Finding Zero Pairs, Adding/Subtracting Integers**
 * Algebra Tiles 7.EE.A and 7.EE.B Solving one and two-step equations**
 * [|Factor Tree] 6.NS.B.4 Finding Greatest Common Factor**
 * [|Algebra Balance] 8.EE.C.7 Solving Equations with Variables on Both Sides**
 * [|Color Counters] 7.NS.1 Integer Operations**
 * [|Thinking Blocks] 7.RP.1 Determining Proportional Relationships**
 * [|Circle Zero] 7.NS.1 Finding Zero Pairs**
 * [|Percentages] 7.RP.1 Finding Percent of a Number, Solving Percent Proportions**
 * Number Line Bounce 7.NS.1 Adding/Subtracting Integers**
 * [|Scale Factor] 7.G.A.1 Scale Drawings**


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 * Goal Setting Google Form**
 * Parent Conference Info Google Form**


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 * [|Mind Map]**
 * [|Padlet]**
 * [|Popplet]**


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[|Dividing Fractions with Ratio Tables]
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 * [|Educreations-Solving Proportions]**

[|Order of Operations TestMoz] (Passcode: CC7Mackey)
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 * [|PollEverywhere Properties of Operations]**


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 * Part 1: Article Reflection (on KidBlog)**


 * Part 2: Mobile Apps Project**

This image shows the overall progress report for my seminar class on their TenMarks pre-test. (First implementation) This image shows the individual progress tracking for a student to make sure he is working on his assignments prior to the due date. (completed during second through fourth implementation) Prezi:Implementing TenMarks in the classroom
 * Part 3: Web 2.0 Project-****TenMarks**

Throughout this course, we've deeply investigated many different web tools as well as implemented them into daily instruction and lesson planning. In my study of these tools, my thoughts on webtools and technology in instruction have gone up and down. The changes mostly occurred base on the actual tool that we were looking into. As we looked at tools that I found interesting (mobile apps, means of presentation, etc) I felt encouraged to use them in my classroom. Other tools which were slightly less interesting to me discouraged the thought of using them in the classroom. Part of the reason that I struggle to want to include them in the classroom is the difficulty of getting these materials on a regular basis. With technology being at such a high demand for testing (MAP, PARCC, etc) it is difficult to get computers into the classroom without far advanced notice. I think that if an when our school becomes a "bring your own device" environment, the use of web 2.0 tools will greatly increase. I did, however, find a lot of tools that I hadn't previously thought to use in the classroom. Things like Today'sMeet and Padlet are tools that I plan to use in my classroom, especially once students can use their devices. Padlet was definitely my favorite, mainly because it is an individual way for students to post their ideas and because I use sticky notes for everything. Padlet looks like a bunch of sticky notes on a webpage! I liked in this course the guided independence in exploring the web tools. We were given specific tools to learn about, but allowed to investigate them individually, which allows us to tailor it to our specific grade level/content. Also I liked the wiki format and the way to share our work with each other after investigating each task. The learning tasks were worthwhile and helped to introduce instructional tools and ways of learning. I also very much appreciated the flexibility in completing assignments! The only thing that I would've changed in this course would be to still meet periodically. This stems only from my specific learning style, not the execution of the course or the instructor. I am not a stellar online student and could have benefitted from a set location and time to meet. I also feel like that would have given us time as a group to explore different tools, practice them, and come up with strategies of how to implement them in the classroom. I am fortunate that I have another classmate at my school (literally the next classroom over) that was able to keep me relatively on track and bounce ideas of each other. The information I've gained from this course will allow me to plan better instruction including web tools. I also will be able to offer suggestions to parents about things they can use at home to better enhance their understanding. With the common core curriculum, many parents are struggling to provide adequate support at home and are frequently asking for other tools. After taking this course, I have been opened up to many online tools to support learning, some of which can be passed along to the parents. I also will definitely be using the google survey I created for parent conferences in the upcoming session in February and the goal setting one for this new quarter. I plan to incorporate much more technology and online instruction into my classroom plans later this year and next year.
 * Part 4:****Reflection**