Thomas Petra

Profile Information:

School / Work Affiliation
St. John's School
Blog
http://realworldmathcommunity.blogspot.com/
Website
http://realworldmath.org
About Me
I have been teaching math at a private school on Guam for almost 20 years. I have a masters degree in technology in education. I am interested in shaping education to this century. My RealWorldMath.org website shows how Google Earth can be used to teach math topics.

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  • Barbara McLaughlin

    Hi Thomas,

    Barbara McLaughlin from Ottawa, Canada here.
    I responded to your Google Earth website post, and forwarded the link to my district.
    We are spotlighting Google Earth this month, but I am very interested in Google Lit and Sketch up.
    I think that a cross-curricular approach to Web 2.0 tools is correct.

    BTW many of your links on the home page to your site didn't work. for me tonight. I had to go into a link that worked (Resources) and then got into your site. Just thought you'd like to know that.
    I will gladly share resources.

    Sep 17, 2008

  • Lorraine

    Hi Thomas,
    Thanks!
    Video link
    There will defintely be real world applications for all of those geometric properties!

    Sep 28, 2008

  • Mark Cruthers

    Hi Thomas,

    With your interest in Education Technology, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording you might find of interest.

    Aug 1, 2009