One of the highlights of this topic was the in-class mini lesson provided by two of my peers this week. May and Kaytlyn created a very helpful interactive lesson about Data Management using an app called Nearpod. I loved this app, because it allows teachers to use tech in the classroom, in a way that creates a collaborative learning environment for students. Not only did May and Kaytlyn teach us about the Measures of Central Tendency, such as mean, median, mode and range, but they also taught us how to teach it. Nearpod is not necessary for teaching these concepts, but as my two peers demonstrated, it can be very helpful when doing so. I would love to create my own Nearpod lesson, similar to theirs, when I teach Data Management to my own students.

Our discussion of Probability also provided me with inspiration for my own teaching. My instructor, Sue, shared the brilliant idea of having students directly interact with theoretical and experimental probability at Tim Hortons! During Roll Up The Rim season, teachers can take students on a field trip to a local Tim Hortons where they can compare the results of the theoretical and experimental probability of winning a prize in Roll Up The Rim. As a teacher, I would buy every student in my class a hot chocolate, and then have them roll up their rim. The actual number of students with winning cups could be compared to an estimated number of winning cups determined by the class, based on the contest statistics provided by Tim Hortons. After comparing the class' winning number of cups to what Tim Hortons asserted would be the average number of winning cups, students would be able to recognize that theoretical probability represents what we think will happen based on statistics and that experimental probably represents what actually happens when we carry out the event. If my previous experiences with Roll Up The Rim serve as any indication, chances are we will have two very different results!

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