Author: Jon Oaks
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New Games, Activities, and Projects
In this post, I want to talk about a few of the projects that I have been working on over the break to use with my students in the upcoming Winter 2012 Semester. 1. Electrifying Truth Table – This is an activity that a friend of mine got from Pete Wildman during the 2011 AMATYC…
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Taking the Fun Out of Enjoyment
Last weekend I cleaned out my apartment over a period of three days. I was even called a hoarder on Twitter. Anyway, three days and multiple bags of trash certainly give a person a lot of time to think and reflect. The majority of what I was throwing away was papers from when I used…
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First Day Policies and Activities
Below is a list of rules that I plan to give to my students on the first day of class to try to prevent some of the behaviors that bothered me last semester from occurring again during the upcoming semester. If the tactics in the handout seem a little extreme, good, I mean them to…
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Review of ‘GridPaper’ iPad App
GridPaper is an iPad App that recognizes handwritten mathematical symbols. You can use this App to perform operations and to solve equations. During the Fall 2011 semester, I evaluated GridPaper to see if I would like to use it with my students. All of my students who saw me using this App really thought that…
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Reflections of Former Part-time Instructor
Last semester (Fall 2011) was my first semester teaching full-time. As such, I have learned a lot of lessons about what bothers me and what does not bother me. However, the biggest thing I noticed is that when certain behaviors bother me now, I actually want to do something to prevent them from happening again…
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Resources to Teach Complex Numbers
This weekend after my presentation at the DACTM Fall Conference, someone asked me for a game about Complex Numbers. This was intriguing to me since I’m going to be teaching Complex Numbers in my Algebra classes in about two weeks. After a quick search of the Internet, here are a few of the resources that…
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“Factor Gate” Activity
This problem came up in my Intermediate Algebra class today and one of my students said that we should call it “Factor Gate” since even though all of the students have correct work, they all ended up with a “different” answer. Factor Gate
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Slope or Broke Game
Here’s the ‘Slope or Broke’ Game that I debuted at the end of my MichMATYC Presentation. Advanced Slope Game_Final
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Capitalizing on Algebra Games and Activities in the Classroom
Video and Slides from my MichMATYC Presentation (For more, visit my Algebra Games site at http://bit.ly/algebragames) Capitalizing on Algebra Games and Activities in the Classroom View more presentations from Jon Oaks
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