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Push my thinking
I'd like to see different ways in which video is being used for non-lecture modes of instruction. I have some ideas on this, but it would be great to see what others have done to avoid going back to types of teacher-centered instruction we work so hard not to overemphasize in the classroom!
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Google Site used for Differentiated, Self-Driven Learning with Immediate Feedback Systems
Published: 10/03/11
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Problem of practice
To provide a platform for differentiated, self-driven learning with immediate feedback, which will complement the in-class component of the AP Calculus course at ACTvF.
Solution
Using Camtasia screencasts, Google Forms with the Flubaroo script, and discussion groups, students will be able to get quick feedback, continue discussions outside of class, as review/learn at their own pace.
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Flubaroo
The thing that struck me most was the use of Flubaroo in a google form. I have experimented with google forms as homework but was not aware of the scripts option. I graded their responses by hand. I have even searched online for a way to send email using google spreadsheets information but never realized there was a easy to use script waiting for me in the insert menu. Thank you for the video, I will use what I learned in my upcoming unit.
Totally impressed by the
Totally impressed by the thoughtfulness of the site and your aspirations for student production of work. Please keep updating the site regarding progress toward this goal. Completely aligned with the common core. Thanks!
Real world math
So your integration of tools and techniques presented here is patently great! Having chatted and heard some of your goals as an educator, I know that your "push my thinking" question is more than a nicety. Whereas most technology tends to lead teachers to unwittingly "make things easier" for the student, as celebrity math teacher Dan Meyer so poignantly states, the goal needs to be to create "perplexity" ...i.e. to design and support productive, sustained struggle on the part of students.
While I don't have the answers here, I know that there's a growing online community of math teachers interested in the same goal, and that New Visions Common Core pilot has this in mind as well. Russell West is someone you should continue to connect with, if you can find a spare second in your ridiculous day.
If you want to expand your personal learning network, the author of the handy calendar script you're using on your Google Site is David Wees, self-taught coder and teacher-leader extraordinare around reformed math pedagogy. His earnest professional blog suggests folks with your bent band up around the twitter hashtag, #realmath. I've been trying to coerce Dave into moving back east to help conquer the Gotham math edu space with his brand of thoughtfulness, but so far the best I can do is get him to write scripts for New Visions. Maybe you can help me lobby him;)
Also don't forget to hit me up for Vernier probeware and video-analysis ideas. As a Physics teacher, I found the technology, if thoughtfully employed and well-scaffolded, had the ability to drive tons of well-motivated mathematical inquiry.