Collecting Learning Notebooks in an Online Course
In a prior post, I discussed how I’m using Learning Notebooks to encourage students to...
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Hard-learned Tips on Screencasting
My latest column for MAA Focus, Becoming a Screencasting Star, is now available online. In this...
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Custom Stamps for Grading in Adobe Acrobat
Many people have asked me to give a tutorial on creating custom stamps in Adobe Acrobat for paper...
Read MoreHow to Grade a Student Blog
The first time using blogs was a learning experience for both my students and for me. Here’s the rubric I developed for grading blogs after tightening up the requirements.
Read MoreYear in Review 2009
I’m about to leave on a five-day mental reboot: no computer, no Internet, no cell phone, and lots of sunshine and pleasure reading. For the last month I’ve been feeling kind of drained of energy and motivation, and...
Read MoreeLearning Tools for STEM
For anyone who has ever had trouble convincing your administration to give you the proper tools to teach online, I give you this little gift: eLearning Tools for STEM, published today in eLearning Magazine. The tools for STEM...
Read MoreJing Refresher and Myths
Just in case you’re getting back into the swing of things this fall and finding yourself as forgetful as me, I thought I’d give a little Jing refresher here and remind you of some resources. First, a little reminder...
Read MoreJing: Bring back the EMBED button
In the January update of Jing, the EMBED button disappeared. Did you notice that? The functionality isn’t gone (it requires a little customization of buttons), but the nice button that specifically functioned to get...
Read MoreTop 10 Technology Tools for Math 2008
1. Jing gives students and instructors the ability to capture an image of any graph or equation they see on their screen and share it anywhere else (message boards, emails, papers, digital assignments). Using Jing you can also...
Read MoreGoing Over the Test: Technology Style
So you’ve given a test in your calculus class – the dreaded test that covers related rates, optimization, and graphical analysis. You could spend the next class period going through the questions on the exam and...
Read MoreJing is here to stay!
For students to share handwritten work or equations online, there is one program that has changed my online classes more than any other, and that is a free program called Jing built by TechSmith.However, when I show other...
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