Henry+Ho

I will be teaching algebra 2/2H and AP statistics this year. This is my second year at the Academy, and I taught previously for a year at Travis Middle School in Irving ISD. I wanted to teach high school level mathematics at an institution that had a strong focus on academics. The Academy presented an excellent opportunity for me to focus on the teaching mathematics as well as a natural way to integrate the subject with career options, since the students here are all enrolled in some professional track. I enjoy thinking and logic games, and I am fond of dogs. I am also slowly developing my collection of swords. I am hoping to get some more information on the grouping of students in Blackboard and adaptive release. I would like to also get a refresher on the resources available to us (library, DLL, etc), since I only used a small fraction of what I had available last year. I would also like to meet some of the new teachers that are at the Academy this year.
 * What will you be teaching this year?
 * Are you a new teacher or do you have previous experience (where and for how long)?
 * What brought you to the Academy?
 * Tell us something about yourself - hobbies, fun facts, etc.
 * What would you like to learn over the next four days? You can add to this question as the week progresses.

Here is a sample Quia activity that I made for an exponential functions lesson. http://www.quia.com/rr/215197.html