Jon Oaks

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  • Mind Maps for Calculus, Algebra, and Statistics

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    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…

  • What I Learned at Screencast Camp 2012

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    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  

  • Matching Activity using Hot Potatoes

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    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…

  • Teaching the Properties of Addition

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    Here are some fresh off the press resources that I’ve created for teaching the properties of addition.  One of them is an infographic that I created using Piktochart (I pay for the Pro Version) and the other is a new paper-based game that I’ve affectionately called ASCII for Associative Commutative Identity Inverse.  I plan to…

  • Traverse City Beach Bums Baseball

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    While at the MCTM conference in Traverse City, MI, I went to 3-game series at Wuerfel Park between the Traverse City Beach Bums and the Windy City Thunderbolts.  Before this summer, I hadn’t even heard of the Traverse City Beach Bums.  I know, it may seem a little strange, but who really follows the Frontier…

  • Indian Mathematicians Library Fair

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    Since I am new at my college, I was told that it is expected that all new faculty members are on a committee.  Apparently I found out that message a little too late because when I asked if there were any committees that were still open to join, there were none except for the college’s…

  • MCTM Conference Wrap-Up and Evaluation

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    This year I went to the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) Summer Conference and Institute in Traverse City, MI.  It was my first year attending the statewide conference and my first time ever driving to Traverse City. Overall, the conference was a good and very profitable experience.  I learned a lot from the…

  • The Search for a New Learning Management System

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    We use ANGEL at my college and I’m not happy about it.  I bet you’re not happy with your Learning Management System (LMS), either.   I don’t need to give you my list of grievances, but I’m going to anyway: ·         When I log-in to ANGEL, there’s a ‘What’s New’ panel that shows you what is…

  • My Experience at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History

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    Note:  This was a trip that I field trip that I took my Math For Education students on during the Winter 2012 semester.  The original reason for the visit is that we were promised that there would be a display about African American Mathematicians at the museum.  However, that display was not there.  My students…

  • Supplemental Instruction Update

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    This semester I piloted supplemental instruction (SI) sessions for my 2 sections of statistics.  If you’re not familiar with the idea of SI, it is essentially 1 free hour of free help for the students before every class.  There was an SI leader assigned to each of my classes that sat in on the class…