A little off topic
Cal ArmstrongMathML Strengthens Digital Math TextsDigital texts are moving beyond simply putting pages on a computer screen.In Kentucky, a small pilot study is demonstrating the benefits of this textbook technology for…
So a little further
Well, we're into quadratics now. The one section is doing really well incorporating Maple into their learning process -- they fluidly jump back and forth between Maple & OneNote. The…
Variables
Well, we've used the Curve Fitting Tool for the past couple of classes. Lesson learned: it's best to be descriptive in your variables because using x and y is not…
The test
Things that immediately pops up....Having them able to use the TEXT to describe their variables and present their solutions neatly. We focused so much on the math work that I…
Leading by the nose? Or breaking a path?
Well, we did a bit of direct instruction (not Direct Instruction, which is completely different... kinda like variables in poorly designed programming languages) where, in order to lead them through…
And they find another one…
Well, we've been graphing now pretty successfully.... when we get to this simple little example:d = 230td = 200t+170.Plot the first, drag the second on to the grid, no problem.…
2nd foray
Having done graphing with Maple the other day, we worked a little bit with solving systems of equations by substitution. One of the students mentioned that instead of assigning names…
Dipping a toe in…
Okay... well we made an attempt at Maple 12 today... just a brief introduction to graphing. I deliberately did it by assigning names to the equationsL1:=y=3x+2Then I chose to have…
So it starts…
It begins tomorrow. Well, actually, it doesn't because the students don't have their laptops tomorrow so we will just do a "welcome back to school, I'm your teacher, here's a…
Out to the students
We've distributed out to the students instructions on how to install Maple on their laptop before they arrive in class. Normally (and in the future, one hopes) this will be…