Author: Jon Oaks
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Wrap-Up of the Fall 2012 Conference Season
Note: This post got lost in e-land and is just now making its way to the Internet. As the end of this semester approaches, I have decided that I need to take a few moments to just get some ideas and thoughts out of my mind from the conferences that I have attended this fall. …
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Expected Value Problem using the TI-73 Explorer
This problem was for my Math for Education classes: http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/61083c4d-3d69-4fca-a072-a6844e7b3802/jingswfplayer.swf
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My Experience with Spotify Premium
I was skeptical at first. My previous experience with Pandora wasn’t the best. I couldn’t listen to any song that I wanted to, but I could create an artist radio, where without fail, 5 songs in I would be turning off the music because Pandora would be suggesting something absolutely awful. And why not just…
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You’re the best teacher ever!
I made this comic to summarize the verbal abuse some of my students have given me this semester.
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Grade Distributions
I’ve been inspired by my friend Johnny Hu from Whatcom Community College to post my grade distributions and passing rates. I see the document below as a great way for me to be transparent about what is actually happening in my classes. I’m actually a public employee and as such I believe that the public deserves…
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Acceptance Sampling Problem
This is a video that some students have found useful in the past. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/73e7f55a-40bf-4f98-94e1-43ab1b91b312/jingswfplayer.swf
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Finding Standard Deviation using TI-84+
This is a video that some students have found useful in the past. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/67e97175-3c53-4995-8f7c-dfd6586b38e0/jingswfplayer.swf
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Mind Maps for Calculus, Algebra, and Statistics
This semester I decided that I wanted to organize all of the resources that I’ve found on the Internet onto Mind Maps for my Calculus, Algebra, and Statistics classes. There was just too much that I wanted to tell my students about every semester that it started to become too overwhelming to repost the links…
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What I Learned at Screencast Camp 2012
During Screencast Camp 2012, I presented as part of three sessions: · Technology in the College Classroom · The Side Effects of Technology Overload · Whiteboarding with Wacom I also learned a lot at Screencast Camp. But to hear about it, you’ll have to watch my screencast – Screencast Camp 2012 from Jon Oaks
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Matching Activity using Hot Potatoes
This week I was asked about an easy way to make an interactive activity in which students would be able to match equations with graphs or descriptions with graphs. I knew that there had to be an easy way to do this that didn’t involve having to know anything about java or any other type…
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