Jon Oaks

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  • Using Jing in the On-line Classroom

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    I just started facilitating my first on-line course ever this week.  I say facilitate, because I really don't believe that I'm actually teaching the students anything in the traditional sense.  In fact, they are actually learning through reading the textbook, discussion forums on ANGEL, and MathZone.  However, since this is my first experience with MathZone,…

  • Math VIDEO Highlights

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    Highlights of (mostly) student work turned into a video.  Personally, I can’t stop watching it.  But we’ll see how the students feel about it tomorrow morning on the first day of class.  I’m looking forward to sharing this with them. animoto_video.mp4 Watch on Posterous

  • Happy New Year!

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    I've really been trying to avoid it, but at this point I don't think I can help it anymore.  I think that the TED Talk that was featured over at The Edge of Learning sums it up well why I don't like to give away many of my New Year's Resolutions.  But I want to tell…

  • MATH Movie Trailers

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    Happy New Year!  First of all, if you’re not following along with Teaching College Math on Twitter, I seriously think that you’re missing out on a lot of good ideas.  Like the one I’m about to suggest to you.  A recent twitter challenge stated:  “Challenge: Make a one-minute trailer (like in the movies) for Algebra that makes…

  • A Calculus Christmas

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    So, I was sick on Christmas and had to spend a majority of the day by myself so that I wouldn't contaminate my family.  That gave me a lot of time to think and surf the Internet.  And since I was feeling in the Christmas spirit, I started poking around Google for Christmas-Themed Calculus Activities.…

  • Mathematics on TV

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    I always get really excited when mathematics is shown on TV.  And I think these TV episodes may bring back some memories for some of you also. Home Improvement Part 1 Home Improvement Part 2 Full House

  • Using Stop Motion Animation in Math

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    So, I just couldn't help myself.  After posting this on Twitter earlier today: "I wonder how using stop motion animation could be used in a math class. I would love seeing some short videos on dev. math and calculus.", I decided to take a look around the web for what I could find out on…

  • Mathematics Origami

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    This morning with a stack of blank, unused paper sitting right next to me, I was thinking about some new projects that I might be able to assign my students for next semester.  Then it popped into my mind… Origami!  I think an assignment on origami would be especially interesting to my students in art…

  • Thoughts on Teaching Statistics

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    There was a tweet in my feed this morning that simply said: "Now that's how you present statistics http://pop.is/24bos".  I'm glad that I took this tweet seriously, because the next 5 minutes or so of watching Hans Rosling talk about the "Joy of Stats" was a real treat.  I can only imagine what some of these…

  • Using TED in the Classroom

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    There were a couple of points this semester when I could hardly talk and needed to fill a few extra minutes of class time to give my voice a little rest.  I have heard about TED in the past, but hadn't really thought about how I could use it in the classroom.  Well, I tried…