Posted by busynessgirl | Jun 15, 2008 | Future of Higher Ed |
Look closely at these three guys sharing the stage. Only one of them is actually there in the flesh. All three men see each other as if they were on stage together. They see the sweat on each other’s faces, the gestures...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Jun 6, 2008 | Calculus (SV) |
…Need I say more?
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Jun 4, 2008 | Algebra, College Algebra, Teaching Math |
I stumbled across this website, MathTV, which has the beginning of a collection of video examples. The site is put up by Pat McKeague, who has authored several math textbooks.What makes it unique is that the same example is...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | May 30, 2008 | Classroom Life |
Over at elearnspace, there was an interesting blog post called “Hey You, Pay Attention!” I tried to comment on it, but apparently you have to register to do that and I can’t figure out how. Nor could I find a...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | May 25, 2008 | Uncategorized |
(sing to the tune of How do you solve a problem like Maria?)It climbs my screen and takes a placeon top of all the restIts usefulness is unsurpassedSimplicity the bestAnd when you click the CaptureYou will be most impressedIt...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | May 10, 2008 | Email |
Most likely, if you’re involved in higher education, you get a lot of email. During the week, I get between 50 and 100 emails a day, which seems like a lot, but I recently read that some people receive (and deal with) over...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | May 2, 2008 | Teaching Math, Teaching Math Online |
This afternoon I gave a talk at the Michigan MAA / MichMATYC meeting, which turns out to be about 95% MAA and 5% MichMATYC folks. That’s unfortunate, because I suspect we have a lot to teach each other between 2-year and...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Apr 28, 2008 | Uncategorized |
We now have numerous options for open-courseware from various colleges and universities: course materials and (sometimes) video lectures from professors. Cost to people who use these materials? FREE But really, it is the tuition...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Apr 26, 2008 | Uncategorized |
I’ve been following a conversation on one of my ListServs for textbook authors about strategies for “beating” the used book market while keeping textbooks affordable. There were two recent pieces in the New...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Apr 24, 2008 | Teaching Math |
One of my students, Cameron Flint, spent part of the semester constructing a virtual tour of Leibniz’s Calculating Maching using software called Blender (his honors project for Calculus).You can see his virtual rendering...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Apr 21, 2008 | Uncategorized |
The term, theorycraft, is derived from the videogame Starcraft. Theorycraft is “the mathematical analysis of video game mechanics in an attempt to better understand the inner workings of the game.” This blog entry...
Read MorePosted by busynessgirl | Apr 20, 2008 | Teaching Math |
I don’t think this video needs much commentary. Thanks, Rose, for the suggestion. Let’s hope he’s as good at math as he is at making a music video – it’s pretty clever.
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