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  • Graphing Calculator Issues

    In my Finite Math class I have been heavily stressing the use of the graphing calculator, especially since the college requires the calculator for the course.  I would definitely show the students how to use the graphing calculator anyway, it’s just that since it’s required, I feel as if I have an extra obligation to…

  • Mid-Week Ideas, Anyone?

    A couple of things I came across this week.  Of course, there were more, but here are the highlights: 1.  TI-Nspire Videos over at Atomic Learning – These are wonderful walk-through videos which cover the basics, graphs and geometry, lists and spreadsheets, data and statistics, calculator and data collection. 2.  TopicMarks – I heard about…

  • Link to My Guest Post on the Mindomo Blog

    I really hope that you find this useful: http://blog.mindomo.com/2011/02/guest-post-mr-oaks-the-math-teacher.html

  • A Paper Idea for Learning to Plot Points

    First of all, congratulations to Maria Andersen for winning the Mindomo MindMap of the Week.  Now, let’s document my journey over the next 30 minutes or so after I started hunting around the Play and Learn Mind Map.  And this is truly interesting, as it might show you exactly how I think sometimes. I started with…

  • Tips for Success in Math

    I was reminded recently of the importance of stressing to students what it takes to be successful in Mathematics.  I used to be really good at making sure that I pass out a 2-page document at the beginning of every semester with some helpful tips, followed by some class time going over them.  However, after…

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