Thursday, January 20, 2011

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WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT MATH?

I WILL DERIVE

 

 

 

MAKING COURSE COMPASS YOUR OWN

 

What Do You Want the Course to Look Like?

Buttons

  1. How many?
  2. Shape/Color?
  3. Alphabetical order?

Organization

  1. Lecture Notes
  2. Math Lab Problem Sets
  3. PDF’s
  4. Videos

 

ORGANIZATION OPTIONS

3 PRONGED APPROACH TO EACH LESSON

  1. PROBLEM SET OR NOTES TO PRINT
  2. LECTURE NOTES
  3. VIDEOS

 

                                                MODEL 1

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                                                   MODEL  2

 

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                                                        MODEL 3

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                                                           MODEL 4

 

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  RESOURCES/LESSONS

 

Problem Sets

  1. Create Homework in MyMathLab
  2. Print each assignment as a PDF

Use Adobe PDF or CutePDFwriter

Links:

http://www.cutepdf.com/download/CuteWriter.exe

http://www.cutepdf.com/download/converter.exe

     3.  “Hang” each PDF in MathLab under predetermined button

 

 

Lecture Notes

Using Tablet PC and Microsoft OneNote

         Click HERE for OneNote “notes”

         Click HERE for OneNote video

Create the lecture notes

Incorporate a copy of MyMathLab problem set

Publish as a PDF

“Hang” in MyMathLab under predetermined button

 

VIDEOS

 

1.Use Camtasia to record lecture

2.Produce

3.Store it on a streaming server

a)Screencast

b)YouTube

c)TeacherTube

d)School Streaming Server

4.Get the code and “hang” it in MyMathLab under predetermined button.

 

SOFTWARE

The following could all be helpful in creating    lessons/videos for your course:

Microsoft OneNote

Camtasia

Jing

SnagIt

YouTube

TeacherTube

Screencast

Animoto

Mindomo

Wordle

 

 

USES FOR VIDEOS

 

Lecture

Announcements

Orientation

Responses to Individual Questions

Test Prep

 

Lecture Video Example

This sample comes from a Calculus topic.  The video was made during a face-to-face class and then placed in course compass.

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Making video announcements is a great way to enhance your course

•You will need a webcam

•Logitech makes one that uploads directly to YouTube

•Avatars

•Grab the code from YouTube and place it in the Announcement screen in MyMathLab.

 

Announcement Example

This video was embedded on the CourseCompass announcement page.  Students really enjoy the different avatars and definitely pay attention to the information!

 

 

 

 

ORIENTATION EXAMPLES

This is a screenshot of a “mindomo” mindmap used as an orientation tool.

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VIDEO ON MINDOMO

 

Click HERE for another Orientation Example.  This one “lives” at Screencast.

 

RESPONSES TO STUDENT QUESTIONS

Videos can be excellent tools for answering student questions. A link can be emailed to students or posted in MyMathLab.

Click HERE for sample1

Click HERE for sample2

 

TEST PREP EXAMPLES

This video is from an online college algebra class and is a review for a chapter exam.

 

 

This video is from an Elementary Algebra class.

 

 

WORDLE….word clouds for fun!

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VIDEO OVERVIEW

 

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USEFUL LINKS

 

 

 Screencast, Jing, Camtasia, Snag It  

 http://www.techsmith.com/ 

YouTube                                

www.youtube.com                                            

Mindomo Mindmaps

www.mindomo.com                                          

Animoto

www.animoto.com       

OfficeLive

www.officelive.com                                          

OneNote

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/        

Wordle

www.wordle.net                                                

Printing PDF

http://www.cutepdf.com/download/CuteWriter.exe  

http://www.cutepdf.com/download/converter.exe

DROPBOX

https://www.dropbox.com/

 

Useful Documents

Adding a Streaming Video Link to Course Compass

Camtasia 6.0

Jing

Jing-Screencast

Microsoft OneNote

Recording and Uploading Flowchart

Snag It

Animoto

 

 

         

 

 

 

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