The Holy Grail for math teachers is to draw the perfect circle. On an overhead projector it's nigh impossible; it's not quite as impossible on a chalk/whiteboard, where you can pivot your arm around the shoulder socket and make a good, large circle, but perfection is difficult. Some teachers can go an entire career without ever achieving this pinnacle of performance.
I have achieved--and on an overhead, too:
Totally freehand. While I was talking. Students tell me I was looking at them, not even looking at the overhead. Totally in the moment.
Bow, my minions!
That's an AMAZING circle.
ReplyDeleteNice job.
Dan
*clap, clap*
ReplyDeleteI've seen wooden compass-things for drawing perfect circles on the chalkboard, though, so that might be easier than you think.
Right....
ReplyDeleteHoly cow! That is SERIOUSLY impressive.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason though why I love my IWB. Want a perfect circle? Click on the circle tool and voila!
I know whereof you speak!
ReplyDeleteOn the last regular day of school last year, I went to the whiteboard to demonstrate something about circles, and whipped out the best circle I've ever drawn -- all in one smooth motion, and at 7:45 in the morning! It was such a pretty circle that I also took a picture of it.
i'll bet you didn't want to erase it.
ReplyDeleteMuy impressivo!
ReplyDeleteEasy as π
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAhfZUZiwSE
ReplyDeleteI think yours is better :)
decidedly not egg shaped like my head! impressive
ReplyDeleteWhen I teach art students to draw circles, I have them repeated lightly draw a scribble with a circular motion. Then I have them look for the perfect circle within the scribble. It works. There's also the method where you draw first the side of the circle away from your dominant hand, and then the other half. Eye hand coordination isn't just for the ball field.
ReplyDeleteImpressive. One of my teachers said that Michelangelo could do this at will.
ReplyDeleteNo, that's an ellipse. The foci are .001 mm apart. You can totally tell. ;)
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