New Chromebooks and the TLP Grant

Well, our class received some great news this last week.  Our class, and about 10 other classrooms in the district, were chosen to participate in the Technology Lending Program, a TEA grant that HISD is participating in.  This means we received 22 new Dell 11 Chromebooks to our classroom.

With the 5 we already had this gives us 27 Chromebooks to use in our classroom.  The program, not only allows for us to use the Chromebooks in the classroom, it allows us to check the Chromebooks out overnight or over the weekend to some students if they need a device to complete school work at home.  We also received 5 wifi hot spots for the Chromebooks so, if a student doesn't not have internet access at home, the student can connect the Chromebook to the internet to complete their work.  I am very excited about what this program could mean for our class.

Happy New Year

Well, 2015 has begun!  Some of you may think that you are not ready to come back to school yet.  My philosophy, if we don't come back from Christmas, we can't get to Spring Break and then ultimately, to Summer.

This week we will begin a new unit over probability.  We will begin with the basics, move on to experimental and theoretical probability, sample spaces and the fundamental counting principle, and independent and dependent events.  As we progress through this unit we will be maintaining a Vocabulary page to keep all the definitions straight.

Bonus Question of the Week

What is the probability of being dealt a Royal Flush in the game of poker?

In order to receive credit you must copy the question, show the work required to solve the problem, and provide the correct answer.  The question must be turned in by Friday, January 16th.