16 Jan

Personalized Learning Environment

By Jon OaksUncategorized, , ,
I always get frustrated when I see articles like the Top 25 Web 2.0 Sites for Education becauseI don't have to look at them all.I'm probably already using most of them already. Some of them actually stink really bad.Some of them require a fee.Well, you're in luck!  Since I'm taking a class in Designing an On-line class this semester, I'm supposed to be spending time seeking out websites for my project, so I painstakingly spent a little while skimming over all of them and seeing what they are all about.  I was getting bored, angry, and frustrated, until #18. The…
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09 Dec

Using Wolfram | Alpha Effectively

By Jon OaksUncategorized,
When I was helping some of my students review for their final exam tonight, I was reminded about Wolfram|Alpha, and how to effectively use it in the classroom.  One of my students was trying a factoring problem, and he all of a sudden started typing it into his computer.  I asked him what he was doing, and he told me that he was using WA.  I was also reminded that I was the one who told him about it.  I am very adamant that WA is an effective tool to aid in student learning, as long as it is used…
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