Jon Oaks

Tag: Video

  • ‘Derive This Way’ Calculus Videos

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    These are both videos based on a parody of 'Born This Way' by Lady Gaga.  Personally, I don't like her music, but that's because I don't listen enough to the radio to know any of her songs.  However, I did find both of these videos very amusing in their own ways.  They were uploaded to…

  • Calculus Parody Videos

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

  • Raw Video From 5/25/11 Rainstorm

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

     

  • Demo of Foldable Fraction Activity

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    Last week someone suggested that I try using ‘Foldables’ in my classes, but I didn’t know what those were at the time.  So, I decided to do a little research, and this is what I came up with.  I can send the template to you as well, if you would like. Fraction Activity

  • More Videos

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    I first heard about these two videos from this Tech the Pluge post, but what isn’t mentioned there is that there are more videos that can be found. Additional Videos: Getting Triggy Wit It and Teach Me How To Factor Additional Videos:  Facebook for Math Nerds, Glee for Math Nerds, The Tonsil Hockey Team

  • #anyqs Related ‘Stuff’

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    If you’re not familiar with #anyqs, start here: http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=10120.  Otherwise, enjoy.

  • An Array of Media — Video and Audio Clips

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    1.  JotForm Introductory Video 2.  Article: College Lecture Classes Need Overall /mp3player/mp3_shell.png /jwplayer/posterous/pstplayer.swf if (FlashDetect.installed) { $(‘flash_embed-ywmyppzGum’).show(); $(‘quicktime_embed-ywmyppzGum’).hide(); } else { $(‘quicktime_embed-ywmyppzGum’).show(); $(‘flash_embed-ywmyppzGum’).hide(); } 3.  Calculus Rhapsody (I know this isn’t new, but… a friend who is teaching Calculus this summer asked for a link.) 4.  Math:  It’s Everywhere 5.  A Short List of Great…

  • Videos on Multiplying Fractions

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    A couple of students in my on-line classes have been asking questions about multiplying fractions.  Should you simplify before or after multiplying?  How should you simplify?  By cross-canceling directly, or by a prime factorization and cross-canceling combo?  Here are some videos I have made to help clarify the situation. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/595b65da-573a-4dfd-92c3-2416f129b1f5/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/6637f493-b715-43a6-8400-fa4e3be154c1/jingswfplayer.swf View…

  • Statistics Resources from Across the Web

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    I’m preparing to teach statistics this summer, so statistics resources are on my radar right now.  Here are some that have been fed to me recently: 1.  Prezi on ‘Beyond Tables’ — Awesome Prezi on ditching the tables and integrating applets such as those over at Surf Stat.   http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf Beyond Tables on Prezi 2.…

  • Factoring the Difference of Two Perfect Squares

    —

    by

    Jon Oaks
    in

    These videos are on Section 6.5.  Please watch the videos over the weekend and come prepared with the completed handout on Monday.  We will have further discussion in class. http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/301894f5-27c1-4238-aaae-079eca8c2e59/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/ba07acf4-e5d3-4d19-9da9-83137026f20b/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » http://content.screencast.com/users/Mallwalker52/folders/Jing/media/2e18fe9a-1bcb-4d37-81a6-6bd576502414/jingswfplayer.swf View on screencast.com » Factoring_Demos.pdf Download this file