Amina

Welcome to my wiki, My name is Amina Taffa. I am from the beautiful country of South Africa. I have spent the last 6 years teaching Math at North Rowan Middle School. (Home of the MIGHTY MAVERICKS.) I am also the girls soccer coach at my school. I was born in Pretoria, South Africa and have 2 sisters, 1 brother, 3 nieces and 4 nephews. I have been married for 15 years and have a beautiful 12 year old daughter Chenoa'. I am currently in my third and final year at Wake Forest University completing my Masters of Education degree.
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AMINA`S WORK WITH THE HELP OF DR REYNOLDS. Photostory June 26 A story introducing inequalities for 8th grade Math. Movie Maker June 24 __** **__ Powerpoint This is a powerpoint to introduce my students and soccer girls to soccer 2009......with music and a clip from you tube I am able to bring some of the excitement to my classroom....
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 * __Florencia, Yannie and Amina Created a little video to display the Widespread ignorance of Copyright laws.The music is taken from Highway blues. __**

Inspiration __** June 20 **__Dr Reynolds.I appreciate all of your suggestions and thank you for your patience. I have tried to be more specific with my reflections and I have updated my unit plan.I have correlated the unit plan with my reflections.My unit plan also includes technology strategies for both students and teachers.__** Content technology **__You will find two versions of an outline of my unit plan.One to show the use of technology in my unit and the other to show a general outline of vocabulary and concepts in my unit....__**


 * __Podcast__** June 18

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**__This is an audio with background music from Whitney Houston, in which I read my poem on WHERE I AM FROM. It is a great way to get some South African flavor__**. Publisher June 17 **__I have created a calender with important information for the use of parents and students.It includes a day to day break down of the unit algebra tools for the month of September....__**
 * __[[file:Aminas Calender.pdf]]__**
 * Create math brochures comparing inequalities.
 * Develop problem solving calenders


 * __Wikis__** June 16th
 * I could have online meetings with my group to discuss problems since I am not on campus,
 * we could video conference ,
 * we could go onto Esthers wiki and register for free courses to help us gain a better understanding of wikis,
 * I could create a math video and display it,
 * I could collaborate with numerous groups and find creative suggestions that I could implement into my unit plan on variables and equations,
 * find and share resources appropriate for 8th grade Math,
 * write brief reflections on what I have read,
 * I could share photos,
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">I could create my own teacher page
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">we could blog about our unit plans
 * <span style="color: rgb(128,0,128);">Receive instant constructive feedback on our reflections and ideas