Shift Happens
I’ve seen this video before, but I’ve never posted it here… and the message is powerful, so if you haven’t seen it before, you should. Feel free to pass it along to anyone on your faculty that thinks...
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Maria’s Calculator Rant and throwing down a challenge
Here’s my little graphing calculator rant… it started as a P.S. to the previous post about the free Casio and grew into something much larger than a P.S. Anyways, don’t read if you don’t want to hear me...
Read MoreDraw the function from the derivative graphs
There is a great TEC module that comes with the Stewart Calculus text CD that has students examine the first and second derivative curves and determine properties of the original function by placing this information on sign...
Read MoreAndroid: The Future of Calculators?
Google has announced a new open-source platform called Android for mobile phones. Program developers are eligible for a piece of $10 million for developing novel and useful mobile phone programs.You can watch Google’s demo...
Read MoreTI-SmartView Drag and Drop
Here is a tip that I picked up at the Tablet presentation at AMATYC involving TI-Smartview. You don’t have to have a tablet to use this tip. It will work for anyone!Watch the short video clip to see how to import the...
Read MoreTablet PCs and Slate PCs
I don’t have one… but I am sure considering it (and hoping that my college will buy me one)… these tablet and slate PCs (no keyboard) can be great for teaching math in a distance format. One of the AMATYC...
Read MoreTechnology Review: WizIQ
Three of us (on both Macs and PCs) went out to cyberspace tonight to try out WizIQ to see if it might be suitable for online office hours. There is more information about why I am testing WizIQ on the previous blog post...
Read MoreRelated Rates Demos
It’s that time of the semester… related rates have returned in calculus. I have taught related rates problems in Calculus for years, but have never really been sure whether the students get the whole concept. There...
Read MoreMysteries of the Emerging Adult Brain
Here are a few selected handouts from Diana Hestwood’s workshop “Unraveling the Mysteries of the Emerging Adult Brain Ages 18-20 (Often until Age 25)” If you are looking for the PowerPoint presentation to use...
Read MoreHow to do Math in Message Boards and Chat Rooms
Someone at the conference asked me how to get ahold of this resource. This is my reference guide to doing math on text-based message boards. The first page is all about doing algebra on message boards. The second page includes...
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How your Brain Learns and Remembers
This is a wonderful presentation designed by Diana Hestwood and Linda Russell (of Minneapolis...
Read MoreHyperjobs… College instructors of the future
Someone passed this interesting set of articles from The Futurist to me. It is a Special Report on Jobs (Nov-Dec 2005). Hyperjobs: The New Higher-Level Work and How to Grow Into ItHyperjobs by Richard W. SamsonWorking in the...
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