Taking this course with Professor Colllins has again piqued my interest in keeping up writing my blog. This is my first year teaching ninth grade mathematics at Information Technology High School. Prior to that, I taught 7th and 8th grade mathematics in a middle school for 7 years. Even though it is a technology high school, I am the only major subject teacher using computers in my classroom on a daily basis. I was hired specifically to teach students' mathematics and incorporate technology into my lesson plans. I use my website http://www.nombi.com/ as a home base so to speak.
This has been my first endeavor in trying to incorporate technology with mathematics.
I have a mixed bag of students in each class. I can't begin to describe how culturally diverse each class is, but I will say that at least five distinct languages can be heard at one time or another. Of course everyone speaks for the most part fluent English. Reading and translating mathematical word problems are an entirely different issue.

As you can see, this is a mixed bag, but the overriding factor in all this is the lack of ability