Ramblings – Page 6

Personalized Learning Environment

By Jon OaksJan 16, 2011

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…

UncategorizedLinks, Personalization, Ramblings, Video

An Interactive Model for Mathematics???

By Jon OaksJan 07, 2011

How can we take the model of the #backchannel and apply it to teaching mathematics? How can we make mathematics interactive for our students? How can we engage our students to the point that they would want to gather to do mathematics on their own time?

UncategorizedBackchannel, Ramblings, Video

Using Wolfram | Alpha Effectively

By Jon OaksDec 09, 2010

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…

UncategorizedRamblings, Wolfram|Alpha