Time to EngageANDREA HENDRICKS
GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE
PAULINE CHOWCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA’S COMMUNITY
COLLEGE, HACC
TEXMATYC, Saturday, February 21, 201510:00-11:00 a.m.
Link to Presentation
http://tinyurl.com/kgmt56k
Overview – Engage students
With real-life applications/relevance
With habits of the mind
With technology
Reasons for Non-success
Deep fear of mathLack of focus/interest; boringThink “I can’t learn it.”/ Low confidence levelWeakest subject since middle schoolNot a math person
More Reasons
Can’t see relevanceWord problemsFrustrated with sign errors/mistakesNo ability to retain what I have learnedCan’t visualize itHard time understanding it
What happens during Lecture?
Nothing!!
Harvard Study by Eric Mazur Independent decision making part of our brain turns off when
we listen to experts. (Source: How to use experts—and when not to, Noreena Hertz, http://ed.ted.com)
Relevant Examples
Social Media/Internet Stats World Data – population, life expectancy, climate,…Careers – job growth/decline, earning potentialSports – salaries, stats, number of people participating Technology – computer storage, sales, cost of
production, mobile data
College Information – majors, college degrees, cost, earnings
Current issues – gas, economy, transportation, environment
Pop culture – celebrity earnings, music, moviesFinance – savings, credit cards, stocks, consumer
expenditures, salesHealth issues – BMI, BMR, calories burned, stats on
illnesses
Example: Latte Factor http://www.finishrich.com/lattefactor/
Country Population Land SizePopulation Density
United States 313,847,465 9,161,966 km2
Mongolia 3,179,997 1,553,556 km2
Hong Kong 7,153,519 1,054 km2
342
6787
CTIA – The Wireless AssociationWireless subscriber connectionsWireless-only householdsAnnual minutes of useMonthly text messagesCell sites
Wireless Facts
Average Annual Expenditures of U.S. Consumers
y = -31.133x + 683.6R² = 0.9915
y = 62.242x + 209.91R² = 0.994
$0
$100
$200
$300
$400
$500
$600
$700
$800
$900
0 2 4 6 8 10
Residential phone services
Cell phone services
Linear (Residential phoneservices)
Habits of the Mind: Retaining Material
Deliberate practice – “Secrets of Greatness” Article Forgetting curve – University of Waterloo Counseling Services
Habits of the Mind
Help students organize informationTeach how to manage time and prioritiesDemonstrate level of accepted workDiscuss habits which lead to successHelp them differentiate problem types
Effective Apps/Online Tools
Organization toolsTime/Productivity toolsStudy toolsMathematical toolsInteraction tools
Organization
EvernoteDropbox,
onedrive.liveMyHomework App Trello
WunderlistRemember the MilkMyLifeOrganizedHealing Charts Sandglaz
Time and Productivity
Rescue Time Tomato.es – Pomodoro technique® driven time trackerAlarmed App (iOS)YATA App (Yet Another Time App) ToodledoMint.com (personal finances)
Studying
Study BlueStudy StackgFlash (iOS)Evernote Peek (iPad)Groupboard (iOS) – collaborative whiteboard
Mathematical Tools
https://www.desmos.com/calculator http://www.mathscoop.com/ http://www.meta-calculator.com/online/ http://www.calculator.net/scientific-calculator.html http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15702 http://www.wolframalpha.com/ http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=32706
Desmos.com
Microsoft 4.0
Meta-calculator.com
cym@th
Math Solver
AutoMath Photo Calculator
Interaction Tools
Google FormsSocrativeGedditInfuse Learning
The Answer PadPoll EverywhereQuiz RevolutionTeacher Desmos
Google Forms
http://tinyurl.com/lopxuhy
Questions & Comments
Thanks for Attending!
Link to Presentation
http://tinyurl.com/kgmt56k
Websites for Application Problems
Social Media –Facebook, Twitter, etc. http://mashable.com/2012/03/09/social-media-demographics/
http://www.checkfacebook.com/
http://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/numbers.html
http://statisticbrain.com
http://www.learnstuff.com/social-media-at-work/
World Data Sources
World data –population, life expectancy, climate, etc. http://www.gapminder.org/
http://www.census.gov/
http://www.worldometers.info/
http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory
http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/112068769.html
http://www.nationmaster.com/statistics
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
http://www.worldmapper.org/
Career Data Sources
Careers –job growth/decline, earning potential http://www.retailmeansjobs.com/
http://cew.georgetown.edu/resources/publications
http://www.bls.gov/
http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
Sports Data Sources
Sports –salaries, stats, number of people involved http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/salaries/team
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/
http://www.stats.com/
http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3282 (National Federation of State High School Associations)
Technology Data Sources
http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323
http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
http://www.vgchartz.com/article/88580/2011-year-on-year-sales-and-market-share-update-to-december-3rd/
http://blog.tsgglobal.com/default.aspx?Tag=Mobile%20Market%20Statistics
http://www.25facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mobile-Inforgraphic.jpg
http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/01/17/internet-2011-in-numbers/
http://stateofthemedia.org/2012/newspapers-building-digital-revenues-proves-painfully-slow/newspapers-by-the-numbers/
http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/facts/2011/material/ICTFactsFigures2011.pdf
http://23kazoos.com/text-messages-day-interesting-graphic-cell-phone-usage/
College Info Data Sources
College info –majors, college degrees, completion rates, cost, earnings http://www.completecollege.org
http://nces.ed.gov/
http://trends.collegeboard.org/
http://www.collegemeasures.org/
http://www.usnews.com/rankings
http://cew.georgetown.edu
Current Issues Data Sources
Current issues –gas, economy, transportation, environment http://fueleconomy.gov/ http://www.eia.gov/ http://www.rita.dot.gov/ http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdcinfo/onlineaccess.html http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ (carbon dioxide emissions) http://www.ilsr.org/content-types/charts-graphs-resource-archive/ http://www.facingthefuture.org/GlobalIssuesResources/MultimediaResour
ces/tabid/237/Default.aspx
Pop Culture Data Sources
Pop culture –celebrity earnings, music, movies http://www.natoonline.org/statistics.htm
http://boxofficemojo.com/
http://www.forbes.com/lists/
http://www.the-numbers.com
Finance Data Sources
Finance–savings, credit cards, stocks, consumer expenditures, sales http://www.google.com/finance?tab=we# http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/expendituresonchildrenbyfamilies.htm http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/2012/CostofFoodJun2012.pdf Investor Relations (see company website) http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.html http://www.finishrich.com/free_resources/lattecalculator.php
Health Data Sources
Health issues –BMI, BMR, calories burned, stats on illnesses, half-life of drugs http://www.cdc.gov/
http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf55.html
http://www.radiochemistry.org/nuclearmedicine/radioisotopes/ex_iso_medicine.htm
http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm
Other Sources
Other Sources
http://statisticbrain.com/
http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary/other.resources.html
http://www.trade.gov/
http://www.infoplease.com
http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/rates-historical-statistics.htm
http://wolframalpha.com
http://learnstuff.com