Activity 1:

Click on the Link to “My MOOC Journal.” Under MY MOOC Journal Week 1 you can reflect on the following and provide supporting attachments (attach file):

1. Give an overview of your chosen MOOC. What kind of MOOC is it? Who is running it? Duration? Topics? etc.

2. Provide the URL for your MOOC. Save and attach a screenshot of your MOOC Home Page.3. Provide reasons why you have selected that specific MOOC. 4. Tell us what you wish to gain from this MOOC. In other words, what are your expectations?5. Write a short paragraph that you can use to introduce yourself to the MOOC community.

(This can be similar to the task you have already done in week 1, however, it may have to be modified slightly for the specific audience. You may want to now add something personal or something that reflects your unique personality). Include this short introduction/biography as part of your journal entry for this week

1. The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM) offer the opportunity for educators to transform teaching and learning by positioning students in more active roles as learners. In addition to explicit content standards (which describe what students will know), the CCSSM present a broad range of practice standards that describe ways that successful students in math demonstrate proficiency. What do students and teachers need to know to take on these standards? What does it mean, for example, for students to persevere through new and challenging problems, and/or critique the reasoning of other students, and how can their teacher’s best support them? In the words of one math teacher, “it’s not the students’ job to figure out what is in our heads; it’s the teacher’s job to figure out what is in theirs.” Such an approach requires far more focus on formative assessment and deliberate strategies for teachers to pre-assess students’ assets, needs, and misconceptions – then move them forward while continually re-assessing

I choose a coursera

Coursera is an educational technology company offering massive open online courses founded by computer science professors Andrew Ng and Daphne Koller from Stanford University.Coursera is an education platform that partners with top universities and organizations worldwide, to offer courses online for anyone to take, for free.

They envision a future where everyone has access to a world-

class education. Their aim to empower people with education that

will improve their lives, the lives of their families, and the

communities they live in. This course offers participants an opportunity to

engage in a community of learners using an inquiry cycle focusing on math formative

assessments as a strategy for implementing CCSS in math. It focuses on the implementation of

a Classroom Challenge: a 1 – 2 day lesson developed by the Mathematics Assessment Project

(MAP) based on formative assessment and the CCSSM.

My Instructor is Kevin Drinkard who is the new teacher for mathematics.

6 weeks

2-4 hours of work / week

3.Why I choosed this mooc coursera

In this course, you will gain access to the MAP’s website, and choose from among 60 Classroom

Challenges to teach, in order to effectively use formative assessment to move student thinking

forward while enhancing your own teaching practice. In the first section, you will consider content

you will soon be teaching, then select and explore a Classroom Challenge that aligns with that

content. You will give an initial assessment in order to measure and better-understand students’

current understanding of the content, as well as uncover gaps and misconceptions. In the second

section, you will analyze the results of the initial assessment, note assets, gaps, and

misconceptions, and then use the provided resources in the Classroom Challenge to teach your

students through collaborative and whole-group activities – culminating with a re-assessment of

students’ understanding.  In the final section, you will compare the initial and post assessment

data, and discuss how using the Classroom Challenge in your class enhanced student

understanding as well as your own teaching practice.

Course FormatClass will consist of videos and discussion posts.  Participants will be expected to respond to

instructor and peer discussion posts. Assignments will be classroom based and will be assessed

by peers according to provided rubrics.  An end-of-course reflection and survey are required for

completion.

My URL Is

2 . https://www.coursera.org/course/ccss-math1

4. My expectations

. I will gain a foundation for college-level writing valuable for nearly any field. I will learn how to read carefully, write effective arguments, understand the writing process, engage with others' ideas, cite accurately, and craft powerful prose. I will create a workshop environment.

5.Short Biography about myself.

Sikhumbuzo is a senior student at uj majoring in mathematics at courser. I am set to graduate in 2015 and hopes to also complete a minor course in mathematics with Coursera.When asked about what first drew me to prose, I will say I love being able to escape into the worlds I created. I will also cited My Lecturer, Mrs Durant, as one of my major influences on mathematics. “My Lecturer always dreamed of me being a mathematician. So, that is what inspired me to pursue teaching as a career, and I hopes to follow in Mrs Durant footsteps and one day become a published mathematician.

I volunteers as a tutor, teaching mathematics to disadvantage learners to students at the community centre. You can also find me tutoring mathematics on Saturdays at 11:30 am in Benoni School called Kingsway.