Exploring Student collaboration
Asynchronous collaboration:
Piazza.com (It has Latex code!)
Piazza is a website where students can be grouped into a course section, and then are allowed to ask questions to the entire class. Responses then can be submitted by any other students. This allows for students to collaborate over homework problems without meeting face to face. This site is free, and has a latex code editor, which is great for upper level mathematics.
Monday, October 12, 2015
Thursday, October 8, 2015
TT1541 Module 7 links
MOOCs
Massive open online courses: good for professional development, free! (usually unless taken for credit)
Edx: website for MOOC courses
This is a wonderful way to explore topics that someone is interested in, but may not necessary want to pay for a course or get the course credit. I would use this to explore professional development opportunities in teaching. This would allow me to stay current on trends in teaching, and continue to adapt my lessons to best serve my students.
SurveyMonkey.com
Good for student feedback, anonymous, easy to navigate, can analyze results and share with a group
Massive open online courses: good for professional development, free! (usually unless taken for credit)
Edx: website for MOOC courses
This is a wonderful way to explore topics that someone is interested in, but may not necessary want to pay for a course or get the course credit. I would use this to explore professional development opportunities in teaching. This would allow me to stay current on trends in teaching, and continue to adapt my lessons to best serve my students.
SurveyMonkey.com
Good for student feedback, anonymous, easy to navigate, can analyze results and share with a group
Friday, October 2, 2015
TT1541 Module 6 links
ScreenCastify:
create screencast with video and audio, easily uploaded to youtube
My example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_45hH6NzbQ
This tool is perfect for making short screencast videos. I would use this to make videos on any topics that seem to be difficult for students to understand. They can be used to show how to navigate to a certain website, or how to complete a specific math problem.
Jing:
Similar to screencastify: also can capture still images of your desktop to upload for student viewing
Prezi:
presentation software, using for organizing thoughts (maybe too disjointed for connections in math, more useful to diagram a paper/story?)
An interesting way to connect ideas. This tool is similar to powerpoint, but I would use this tool to mix up the presentations to allow for a continued interest in the readings and material.
create screencast with video and audio, easily uploaded to youtube
My example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_45hH6NzbQ
This tool is perfect for making short screencast videos. I would use this to make videos on any topics that seem to be difficult for students to understand. They can be used to show how to navigate to a certain website, or how to complete a specific math problem.
Jing:
Similar to screencastify: also can capture still images of your desktop to upload for student viewing
Prezi:
presentation software, using for organizing thoughts (maybe too disjointed for connections in math, more useful to diagram a paper/story?)
An interesting way to connect ideas. This tool is similar to powerpoint, but I would use this tool to mix up the presentations to allow for a continued interest in the readings and material.
Tuesday, September 22, 2015
TT1541 Module 5 links
podcasts on math research:
http://www.travelsinamathematicalworld.co.uk/
Podcasts are another way to investigate what is changing in math and education. Podcasts can give information about new ideas and new research. This allows students to be connected to what is happening in the real world today.
Khan Academy math videos:
KhanAcademy.com
This is a great resource to get explanations on math topics. Students who can not find a good time to ask questions to the teacher can find many topics covered on this site. The explanations are clear and accurate.
http://www.travelsinamathematicalworld.co.uk/
Podcasts are another way to investigate what is changing in math and education. Podcasts can give information about new ideas and new research. This allows students to be connected to what is happening in the real world today.
Khan Academy math videos:
KhanAcademy.com
This is a great resource to get explanations on math topics. Students who can not find a good time to ask questions to the teacher can find many topics covered on this site. The explanations are clear and accurate.
Thursday, September 17, 2015
TT1541 Module 4 links
Blackboard collaborate:
polling options, screen share, ability to turn off video, virtual whiteboard options, can record sessions
This is a great option to discuss with students live. The sessions can be recorded and put up for students who missed to view later. Also, this tool can give an option for virtual office hours with a whiteboard, which is very important in mathematics.
Google Hangouts:
linked to google accounts, nice for multiple videos of each person in the session,
Nice for large face to face group meetings, allows for live interaction as if people were in the same room.
polling options, screen share, ability to turn off video, virtual whiteboard options, can record sessions
This is a great option to discuss with students live. The sessions can be recorded and put up for students who missed to view later. Also, this tool can give an option for virtual office hours with a whiteboard, which is very important in mathematics.
Google Hangouts:
linked to google accounts, nice for multiple videos of each person in the session,
Nice for large face to face group meetings, allows for live interaction as if people were in the same room.
Thursday, September 10, 2015
TT1541 Module 3 links
Blog about real life math applications:
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/this.week.html
Blogs are a good tool to explore how content is changing. Blogs give many options for people to read any large number of topics they may be interested in. This could be used to explore what is new the mathematics research world.
Survey Monkey:
Alternative choice for asynchronous "discussion"
This is a great way to collect and analyze data. Students can answer anonymously, and it is easy to share results with the class to generate discussions.
Wikipedia
useful for upper level math topics
Wikipedia is a great resource for looking up specific questions in mathematics. The content is accurate and gives a great explanation of many higher level topics. Thus is a student did not have a textbook covering a particular topic, they could reference wikipedia to answer their questions.
http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/this.week.html
Blogs are a good tool to explore how content is changing. Blogs give many options for people to read any large number of topics they may be interested in. This could be used to explore what is new the mathematics research world.
Survey Monkey:
Alternative choice for asynchronous "discussion"
This is a great way to collect and analyze data. Students can answer anonymously, and it is easy to share results with the class to generate discussions.
Wikipedia
useful for upper level math topics
Wikipedia is a great resource for looking up specific questions in mathematics. The content is accurate and gives a great explanation of many higher level topics. Thus is a student did not have a textbook covering a particular topic, they could reference wikipedia to answer their questions.
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
TT1541 Module 2 links
Twitter page: https://twitter.com/finkk19
Good for math jokes, current articles about math (#math)
Twitter is a great way to stay connected with other mathematicians and educators. This tool allows a class to explore ideas with students from all over the world.
Diigo: https://www.diigo.com/user/kfink83
bookmarking site, create groups to share resources/ links
Diigo is a nice way of compiling information into one place. It can also be used to share links and bookmarks with people in a particular group. This can cut down on the time it takes to navigate the web when looking for particular sites.
Good for math jokes, current articles about math (#math)
Twitter is a great way to stay connected with other mathematicians and educators. This tool allows a class to explore ideas with students from all over the world.
Diigo: https://www.diigo.com/user/kfink83
bookmarking site, create groups to share resources/ links
Diigo is a nice way of compiling information into one place. It can also be used to share links and bookmarks with people in a particular group. This can cut down on the time it takes to navigate the web when looking for particular sites.
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