Jon Oaks

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  • Factoring Activities and More

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    A few weeks ago a colleague of mine was in need of an activity for Factoring.  He was ahead of his pacing chart and wanted something to fill up some class time with.  I referred him towww.ilovemath.org, which has hundreds of free activities to download.  Here is a list of a few that I have…

  • Using TED in the Classroom

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    There were a couple of points this semester when I could hardly talk and needed to fill a few extra minutes of class time to give my voice a little rest.  I have heard about TED in the past, but hadn't really thought about how I could use it in the classroom.  Well, I tried…

  • Dimensional Analysis Problem

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    The other day in my Pre-Algebra class at HFCC we were talking about geometry, but I wanted to link it to the dimensional analysis that we had just done in the previous chapter since I knew that some of the students were struggling with the concept and could probably use the review.  So, when the…

  • Wolfram Demonstrations Project: The Double Cone

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    This afternoon I taught my College Algebra class about the Conic Sections, and The Double Cone project from the Wolfram Demonstrations Project came to mind.  I figured that it deserves a mention since it's the second time this semester that I have used it in my classes when explaning the conic sections.  It really seems…

  • Algebra Activities Binder

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    I don't know whether this post should go under the category of "promotion" or not, but what I do know is that I regularly use Maria Andersen's Algebra Activities Binder in my classroom.  We have been talking about solving equations in my basic mathematics class at IADT, and to finish out the chapter, today I…

  • Statistics Infographics Assignment

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    Specs for the infographics assignment for my Statistics class:   – Infographic example topics statistics on education in America statistics on OCC enrollment injuries in sports comparison of profits for Detroit Sports Teams Mistakes in the medical field – Include 3 different types of graphs (e.g., pie chart, line graph, bar graph, histogram, pictograph, ogive,…

  • Calculus Activity for Implicit Differentiation

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    Some of you may remember that I mentioned something about needing an activity for implicit differentiation when I went for a job interview a few weeks ago.  Well, here it is.  It really, really, really is meant to for the students to cut the pieces apart and then match them up rather than just draw…

  • Nightline: For Profit Education Investigation

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    For anyone in higher education, this is definitely food for thought.  Nightline Investigation 1 Nightline Investigation 2 Related Chronicle Articles: http://chronicle.com/article/For-Profit-Colleges-May-Be-at/125379/ http://chronicle.com/article/Education-Dept-to-Delay/124617/

  • Starting a New Blog

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    This is my first test post to see how this theme works.