Archive for Sue Glascoe

InterwriteWorkspace and YouTube

April 8, 2010 eInstruction Interwrite Workspace, Mathcast, Mobi, Technology Comments Off on InterwriteWorkspace and YouTube

Today I derived the Quadratic Formula for my students in class.  I promised them I would do some sort of pencast later and post it, so I told them not to take notes on it.

I ended up using my eInstruction Mobi and pen to write on the Interwrite Workspace software.   Interwrite Workspace is also from eInstruction, and it has a built-in tool to record video and audio!  It worked really well! I love the fact you can see color and also my mouse movement, in case I want to refer back to something I already wrote.

The software saves the video as a .avi file, and so I uploaded it quickly to YouTube so my student could access it easily.  I also posted a link to the video on my website.

Link to the video on YouTube

I am really enjoying having a variety of tools available to use to record part of a lesson or to write examples that I want my students to view again later when they are working on their homework.

 

Great tool to use in place of mouse!

April 6, 2010 Bamboo Tablet and Pen, Jarnal for Mac, Software, Technology 6 comments

Bamboo Pen Tablet

I purchased a Bamboo tablet and pen several years ago to use with Flash and Fireworks (and hopefully soon Photoshop).
I used to only use the pen when I was trying to do graphics, but I have found over the past few months, that the pen makes a much better mouse!
It is so much more accurate than that clunky mouse!    I can point to exactly what I want, and the pen has both a right and left button
on it (just like a Windows mouse).

There are some great free programs for writing out problems in math and sending them to my students.    When I use a Windows machine, I use the Windows Journal, but now that I am mostly on a Mac, I use Jarnal

Using the pen instead of a mouse made for a very easy transition to my Mobi (from eInstruction)!

I highly recommend getting and using it for everything on your computer.

 

Another Level of (real) Student Participation

April 2, 2010 CPS Clickers, Student participation, Technology Comments Off on Another Level of (real) Student Participation

Today I brought a couple extra bags with me to work 🙂

Although I haven’t been trained on using the CPS (Classroom Performance System – NOT Child Protective Services!!) Clickers, I just had to give them a try today in class!    I was able to easily figure out how to set up my classes and then create a few questions in the CPS software last night to have my students answer during class today.     I still have a lot to learn, and I am very excited for the training that eInstruction is providing next week!

The students had a great time being able to see the results and “play” with the clickers for the first time!  I only created a few questions to see how the students would respond to this new technology in my classes.

The students were sad when the 4 questions were over!    They wanted to continue reviewing for the test by trying to answer questions I had written!   Next time …

 

First Day of (real) Student Participation!

April 1, 2010 Mobi, Student participation, Technology 3 comments

Today I brought a couple of Mobis with me to class!

I always give the students problems to do throughout the class, but instead of me writing out the solutions,  I had students volunteer to write them on the Mobis!
(yes, I got their written permission to post their photos)

It was such a fun experience for them, and for me!   They really got a good laugh trying to learn to write on the Mobi, while looking at the board, but you can see they did really well!

I am hoping to get at least one more Mobi so I can do some group work, having each group post their solutions.

They wrote on the board better than I did! 🙂

I recently got a set of CPS Clickers and have been learning how to use them on my own (while I wait until I have formal training next week).   My students know I have the clickers and ask me every day if they get to use them!  Hopefully soon!   They have been very easy to set up and play with!    I might just take a stab at using them in my classes before the training!

 

Group Work in Math

March 30, 2010 Group Work, Mobi, Technology Comments Off on Group Work in Math

Mobi Stack

Group work in class tomorrow!

I am charging 2 more Mobis today to try out in class tomorrow.   Should have gotten the 3-pack charger!  oh well  :  }    I am excited to try out the feature in the eInstruction Interwrite Workspace software where you can split up the workspace into sections for each Mobi to write in.

SplitScreen

You can split the screen between Mobis

This will be perfect for group work!  I can hand each group a Mobi and have them solve the same problem and post their solutions.   Every group will have a chance to see how the other groups approached it – all at the same time!   VERY exciting technology!   I can’t wait to see how it transforms my classroom tomorrow!!

 

Visual Math – Creating My Own Flash Animations

March 24, 2010 Flash, Mathcast, Technology Comments Off on Visual Math – Creating My Own Flash Animations

subtracting Fractions

I have been teaching the Math For Elementary Teachers course for about 8 years now.    I love using manipulatives to help the students better understand WHY the “rules” work.   When the class was over, however, they didn’t have anything to look back on to see the manipulatives we used in “action”.   There were drawings and explanations in the textbook, but nothing that would simulate what we had done in class.   So, several years ago I decided to learn Flash so I could create my own animated tutorials to help my students remember the REASON behind the math, and not just the rules!

I learned Dreamweaver at the same time so that I could create a website to house the animations.     I decided to not only house the animations in their respective courses/chapters, but I decided that it would be beneficial to others if I created a separate website as well that housed the animations by topic.

Check out some of my arithmetic animations at:     http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/~glascoe/arithmetic/arithmeticindex.htm I am still in the process of creating many more.    Eventually I will also create some that are interactive (where the students can move the objects around).   I have so much technology on my plate right now that I have to keep moving back and forth between projects!   I find it better to have too many passions in life, rather than too few!

 

Intermediate Algebra online modules

March 20, 2010 Livescribe, Mathcast, Technology Comments Off on Intermediate Algebra online modules

online module

This year I have started teaching my Intermediate Algebra courses as hybrid, with 4 days face-to-face and 1 day “online”.

For the online day, I create a module for the students to view before attempting the homework and taking a quiz that day.  I try to make the online modules very similar to what I would have taught that day in class.   I have tried a variety of technologies to get my lessons across visually, with sound, and also animation.   I create my own Flash animations, use my Livescribe pen to work out problems which I record and place on the module webpage, and I use Jing to crop screen shots from the textbook or homework assignments.   In the following module I opened up with an avatar using Voki.

View my Intermediate Algebra online module

 

One of my most useful tech toys (tools) so far

March 18, 2010 Livescribe, Mathcast, Technology One comment

livescribe community

I am one of livescribe's featured contributors

I have been using a Livescribe pen for about a year now to create online lessons for my algebra courses.  I teach Beginning and Intermediate Algebra at a community college, as hybrid classes.   In my case, hybrid means 4 days face-to-face (but all homework and quizzes are online) and 1 day a week I am trying to teach them to be online learners.   I create an online module for each Tuesday that the students must go through and then take an online quiz over.    I try to create a similar lesson to what I would have been doing in class.

I have found the Livescribe pen very easy to use, and it is simple to upload my pencasts to their community page.  From their online community, I can either post or email a link to the example I created, or embed it directly into a webpage.

Take a look through some of my pencasts (SGlascoe).

I find it difficult to look through all of the pencasts on the community page, since you cannot tell what the lesson (or artwork or notes) is referring to, since they are “out of context”.  Livescribe, however, does not let you download and keep the .swf file, so the only place to be able to store and then post from, at this point,  is their online community.  They have told me they are working on letting us download the files to our computer.

In my next post I will share my website with you and show you where I embed my pencasts for my students to watch.

 

My first attempt at using the Mobi

March 17, 2010 Mathcast, Mobi, Technology Comments Off on My first attempt at using the Mobi

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWDMUBq4op4]

 

My newest tech teaching toy!

March 15, 2010 Mathcast, Mobi, Technology 2 comments

Great technology for teaching math!

 
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