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Technology Technologycanbeagreatwaytoenhanceoraugmentyourlesson,butitsnotasubstituteforyou.Thepointtothissessionisthatyoucanreachmanystudentselectronicallysimplybecauseyouhavetheirattention.Manyofthemwillgetinvolvedwritingfortheclassblog,oransweringhomeworkquestions,thatwouldntotherwisespendmuchtimeonmathoutsideofclass.

When will we ever have to use this?

Surelyyourstudentsneveraskyouthis.Ofcoursetheydo,andyoumaygettiredofhearingit,butitsavalidquestion.Thequestionisjustasvalidforthetopicofthissession.YoucanalsoaskyourselfWhydoesitmattertomystudents?

Whatevertheanswerstothosequestions,youdontwantyourmessagetolookorsoundlikeCharlieBrownsteacher.Thatswhatsomepeoplehearwhenwestartusingwordslikesummation,squareroot,variance,futurevalue,standarddeviation,etc.Weallusematheverydayisasloganmadepopularbyatelevisionshow,butitsfairlyaccurate.Sinceweallusemath,itsnotthatgreatofaleaptohonetheskillofcommunicatingmath.

What is Social Media?

Wikipediagivesafairlycomplicateddefinitionofsocialmedia,butforourpurposes,considerthatsocialimpliestwowayinteraction,soincludedinsocialmediaisanymediumofcommunicationthatallowsinteraction.Television,forexample,wouldnotbeconsideredsocialmedia,butahomeworkhelpforumontheinternetwouldbe.

SocialmediaarealsoexamplesofWeb2.0.Likesocialmedia,Web2.0appsallhavesomesortofinteractioncapabilitybetweenparticipants.

Why is Web 2.0 important to me as a math teacher?

Forthesimplereasonthatitsimportanttoyourstudents.Sincemostofthemadapttoitveryreadily,andliketointeractwiththeirfriendsthisway,manyteachersareseeingagreatdealofsuccessbyusingthesemeansofcommunicatingwiththeirstudents.

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theseformsofsocialmedia,withthethoughtHowcanIusethisinteachingmath?

Blogs Wikis Twitter Facebook Email

Blogs

Thewordblogistakenfromthewordsweblog,butismorethanasimplediaryhostedontheinternet.Therearedozensofbloghoststochoosefrom,butforeaseofuse,features,&adaptabilitytousebymathteachers,Irecommendwordpress.com(seeAppendix1,page8).

Uses for a blog

scribeblogging explanationofconcepts embedPowerPointorotherslides&notesfromclass announcements practiceproblems

Wellseehowtogetmathintoabloginalatersection.

Wikis

Awikiismoreofatotalwebsitethanablogis,thougheithercanbeusedinplaceofatypicalclasswebsite.Wikisaremoreadaptabletoclasscollaborationbecausetheyredesignedpreciselyforcollaboration.YoureprobablyfamiliarwithWikipedia,andthefactthatanyonecansignintoWikipediaandeditapage.Ofcourse,sucheditsareverycloselymonitoredbyothereditors,sothingslikeincorrectinformation,blatantcommercialadvertising,etc.areremovednearlyimmediately.

Likeblogs,therearenumerouswikihostsfromwhichtochoose;IrecommendZoho:wiki.zoho.com.

Strategies for using a wiki in mathematics teaching: (fromthearticleUsingWikisinMathClassesseeAppendix1forURLofarticle)

Problemsolving Realworldmath Problemsoftheweek Glossaryofmathematicalterms Collaboratewithotherschools Visualarts Casestudies

Twitter

OriginallyintendedforpeopletopostanswerstothequestionWhatamIdoingin140charactersorless,buthasevolvedintomuchmorethanthat.Notthebesttoolformathupdatesbecauseitsdifficulttousemathematicalnotation.Itisusefulforannouncementstostudents,especiallyifyouusehashtags(e.g.,#ACHS,#NCTMDEN10,etc.).Hashtagsbeginwiththe#symbolandareusefulforreturningtargetedresultsfromasearch.ShortURLservices,suchasbit.lyhelpkeeptothe140characterlimitbyshorteningURLsto20charactersorless.

Foragood,briefvideointroductiontoTwitter(2minutes),checkoutCommonCraft:http://www.commoncraft.com/twitter

Facebook

MosteveryonesfamiliarwithFacebook,butincaseyourenot,itstheequivalentofacocktailhour,whereyoumaynow&thenassociatewithpeopleyouvenevermet,butmostlyyouhangoutwithyourfriends.Youcanpoststatusupdatestoletothersknowwhatyouredoing,whatyourethinking,whereyouregoing,orjustaboutanythingelseyouwant.Youcanpostvideosandphotos,joingroups,joinfanpages,putthingsonthecalendar,andon&on.Privacyisaconcern,butifyourecareful,youdontreallyneedtoworryaboutit.

Facebook is not very good for communicating math...

buttherearestillsomeverygoodwaysamathteachercanuseit.OneofthebestwaystouseFacebookforyourclassistostartaFacebookgroupforyourclass.Studentsintheclasscanjointhegroupandwriteonthewallonthegroupspage.Youareautomaticallyanadminwhenyoucreatethegroup,butyoucanappointothersasadmins,andcanevenrotatethisdutyamongtheclasswheneveryouwanttoswitchadmins.YOUhavetotalcontroloverwhojoinsthegroupandwhattheycanposttothegroupswall.

Email

Thereareanynumberofreasonswhyyoumaynotwantyourstudentsemailingyou,andviceversa,butthereareprobablyjustasmanyreasonswhyyouwouldwanttouseemailonlyyoucandecide.Assumingforthemomentthatyouthinkitsagoodidea,MathTypemakesitveryeasytoincludemathnotationintheseemailclients:

Gmail OutlookExpress

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Outlook WindowsMail

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IfyourschoolhasasitelicenseforMathType,thelicenseallowsstudentstouseitaswell(homecomputers,laptops,etc.).

Getting math into Web 2.0 apps and other websites

ManysoftwareandWeb2.0appsalreadyhaveatranslatorinMathType6.7.Heresalist:

ANGELLearningArtofProblemSolvingForumATutor(Maconly)BlackboardCobocardsCollaborize(Maconly)CourseSites(Maconly)CramberryDesire2Learn(Maconly)DigitalChalked2go(Maconly)EdoboardEDU2.0EdublogsEduSite(Maconly)eTouchSamePage(Maconly)Eudora(Maconly)EvernoteFreeWebClass(Maconly)GmailGoogleDocs(oldeditor)GoogleGroups(Maconly)GoogleSites(Maconly)

HotmailJoomlaLMSLearnCentral(Maconly)LearnHubLiveText(Maconly)Kidblog.orgKnotebooksMangoSpringMapleMath2.orgMathHelpForumMathematicaMoboMathMoodle:TeXfilterNingNuvvoOutlookOutlookExpressPBworksPhysicsForumPhysicsHelpForumProProfsPurplemathForumsQuiaWeb

Schoology(Maconly)SchoolFusionScribblarSimplebooklet.com(Maconly)SpruzS.O.S.MathematicsCyberboardSpringnoteSpringpadTeachbookTexifyThunderbirdTOPYX(Maconly)we+WebAssignWikiaWikibooksWikidotWikipediaWikispacesWindowsMailWolfram|AlphaWordPressYahooMailZohoWriter

Fortheappsthatdonthaveatranslator,thereareacouplethingstotry:

ForsoftwareapplicationsandwebsitesthathaveLaTeXbuiltin,thefirstthingtodoisdeterminethetypeofdelimitersituses.Someappsenclosethemathintagslike[tex][/tex],andothersusemorestandarddelimiterslike$...$or\[\].YoumaybeabletofindasuitabletranslatorintheEquationforapplicationorwebsitegroupofMathTypesCutandCopyPreferencesdialog,butifnot,youcanprobablybesuccessfulbytypingthedelimitersmanuallyandusingtheZohoWritertranslator,whichdoesntuseanydelimiters.

SomeWeb2.0apps(likeZohoWriterandtheoldGoogleDocs)havetheirownequationeditor.Inmanycases(likethese2),youcanchooseatranslatorfromMathTypeandpasteyourequationdirectlyintotheeditor.Mostofthetimetheireditorissimpleenough,butusingMathTypekeepsyoufromhavingtolearnanothereditororfromhavingtolearnLaTeX.

Forappsthatdonthaveanymathcapabilityatall(LaTeXorotherwise),thebestthingtotryistheGoogleDocstranslator,andeithercopy&pasteordrag&droptheequationfromMathType.

Appendix 1. FreeWeb2.0Apps/SitesIRecommend(page8)2. ExamplesitesIusedduringthepresentation(page9)3. MathTypequickreference

Settingfonts&sizes(page10) Keyboardshortcuts(page13) WhatelsecanIdowithMathTypethatIcantdowithEquationEditor?(page15)

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FreeWeb2.0Apps/SitesIRecommend

Perfectformath/scienceteachers#Wolfram|Alpha.http://www.wolframalpha.com(TheresaspecialMathTypetranslatorforW|A.)

Chat/IM/SMSChatzy:http://www.chatzy.com/advanced.htmContxts:http://contxts.com(SMSbusinesscards.TextMrMathTypeto50500formine.)

TwitterPollEverywhere:http://www.polleverywhere.com(GoodforaddingpollstoPowerPointslides.)

(Canbeusedforwarmupsormidlessonretentionquestions,butnomathcapability.)PowerPointTwitterTools:http://www.sapweb20.com/blog/powerpointtwittertoolsVisibleTweets:http://visibletweets.com(visualizetweetssentbyyourclass)

Freewebsites/blogs/wikis**#WordPress:http://wordpress.com(Absolutebestfreeblogs,mathcapabilityusetheWordPress

translatorinMathType6.7andlater.)**#ZohoWiki:http://wiki.zoho.com(Hasabuiltinequationeditor,butitseasiertouseMathType.)

Goodresourcewebsites&articles**SettingupandIntroducingaCollaborativeStudentMathWiki:

http://langwitches.org/blog/2009/10/20/settingupandintroducingacollaborativestudentmathwiki

**NorthScottbeginsusingcellphonesinclassroom:ArticleinQuadCityTimes:http://bit.ly/a9tNs2**WhatisSocialMedia?(freeebookPDF)

http://www.icrossing.co.uk/fileadmin/uploads/eBooks/What_is_Social_Media_iCrossing_ebook.pdf**HowtouseFacebookforSocialLearning:http://c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/facebook.html**HowtouseTwitterforSocialLearning:http://c4lpt.co.uk/140Learning/twitter.htmlMoreChallengeswithWikis:4WaysToMoveStudentsfromPassivetoActive:

http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/10/07/morechallengeswithwikis4waystomovestudentsfrompassivetoactive.aspx

PLNYourself!http://suewaters.wikispaces.com(DescribesPersonalLearningNetworks.)Timeforupgrade20waystobecomeTeacher2.0:http://jazzper.se/2009/11/timeforupgrade20

waystobecometeacher20/(Note:Icouldn'tverifythislink.)UsingWikisinMathClasses:

http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_wikis_in_math_classesUsingWikiTechnologytoEngageStudents:

http://teachertipstraining.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_wiki_technology_to_engage_studentsWhenTheEmpireMakesTheRules(somethoughtsoncellphoneuseatschool):

http://nashworld.edublogs.org/2009/11/23/whentheempiremakestherule

ExamplesitesIusedduringthepresentationTheseareinthesameorderinwhichtheyappearedduringthepresentation.

PrecalBlog:(Mr.Byrne)http://prec.alcul.usGoodexampleofscribeblogging.

Algebra2WithTrig:(KateNowak)http://a2t910.blogspot.com/Mixofscribebloggingandteacherpostedlessonmaterial.(Unfortunatelyitrequiresanauthorizationtologinandreadtheblog.)

o Slideshare:Kateuseswww.slideshare.nettouploadPowerPointslidesfromthedayslesson,andembedstheminherblog.YoucanalsoaddthemtoyourclassFacebookgroup.Studentscanaccessthelessonanytimetheywant.

TheDaltonMathWiki:(DavidGomprecht)http://coyleyspages.wikispaces.com/Goodexamplesofsciencewikis.

Mr.LambsMathWiki:(JimLamb)http://mrlambmath.wikispaces.comIntegratedMath,AdvancedAlgebrawikisgoodexamples.

TeachingCollegeMath:(MariaAndersen)http://teachingcollegemath.com/Despitethename,thereisplentyhereforteachersofalllevelsofmath.

MathTypeandWordPress:(mysite)http://mathtypeequation.wordpress.com/StepbystepinstructionsforusingMathTypewithwordpress.combothgettingequationsintoaWordPressblog,andcopyingthemfromaWordPressblogtousesomewhereelse.(Notethattheseareinstructionsforwordpress.com,notnecessarilyforaWordPressbloghostedonyourownwebsite(suchasGoDaddyoffers).

SettingMathTypeFonts&Sizes(theStyleandSizemenus)

Youmostlikelywantyourequationstomatchthetextinyourdocument,PowerPointpresentation,orwebpage,soyouneedtoknowhowtochangethefonts&fontsizesinMathType.

TheStyleMenusettingthefonts.

YoullseeseveralstylenameslistedontheMathTypeStylemenu,buttheoneyoullusemostofteniscalledMath.Actually,Mathisntastyleofitsown;itsacombinationofotherstyles.MathTypeissmartenough,for

example,toknowthatwhenyouretyping ( )2sin x ,youprobablywantthevariableandthelowercaseGreeklettertobeitalicized,butnotthefunctionnameorthenumber.Thus,MathTypeswitchesbetweenFunction,Variable,GreekSymbol,andNumberstylesasappropriate.(Numberisntastyleyouseeonthemenu,butitisaseparatestyleofitsown,aswellseeinaminute.)Tosetallthisup,selectDefine,atthebottomofthemenu.

WhenyouselectDefine,youllseeanotherdialogbox.(Adialogbox,orsimplydialog,isawindowliketheoneshowntotherightwhereyoucanselectoptionsandsettings.)

IntheDefineStylesdialog,youllseeacoupleofradiobuttonslabeledSimpleandAdvanced.Wellgoovereachofthese.Simpleistheoneyoullusemostoften.

IntheselectionlabeledPrimaryfont,thefontyouchoosewillbethefontMathTypewillusefortext,functionnames,variables,vectorandmatrixnames,andnumbers.Normallyyoullwantallofthesetobethesamefont,butwellseeinaminutehowtomakethemdifferent.YoullprobablywantthePrimaryfonttobethesamefontyoureusinginyourdocument.MathTypedoesntknowwhatfontyoureusinginyourdocument,soitsimportanttosetithere.

TheselectionlabeledGreekandmathfontsisntnormallychanged.YoullseeyouhaveonlytwooptionsthereanywaySymbolandMTExtraandEuclidSymbolandEuclidExtra.Youlikelywontseemuchdifferencebetweenthesetwochoices,soleaveitsetasyouseeabove.

Atthelowerrightofthisdialogisafinalcheckbox,labeledUsefornewequations.Thisischeckedbydefault,andifyouleaveitchecked,allsubsequentequationsyoucreatewillusethesesamefontsettingsuntilyouchangethemagain.Ifyourejustwantingthenextequationtohaveacertainspeciallook,butwanttherestoftheequationstolookliketheequationsbeforetheoneyoureworkingon,uncheckthisbox.

Aftereverythingssetthewayyouwantit,clickOKandthedialogcloses.

NowclickonStyle/Defineagain,andthistimeselectAdvanced.Youllseethedialogthatspicturedtotheright.Thisiswhereyouwouldmakespecialsettings,likeifyouwantedallthenumbersinArialandtherestoftheequationinTimesNewRoman,forsomereason.NoticealsotheboxeslabeledBoldandItalic.Checkoruncheckasdesired.(Bytheway,L.C.GreekislowercaseGreek.GuesswhatU.C.Greekis?)

User1andUser2stylesarenotnormallyused,butwhenyouneedthem,theyrequitehandy.OneexamplewhereyoumaywanttouseaUserstyleisifyourediscussingtheeffectofavariablescoefficientonagraph(oryouwantthestudenttodoso),soyouchoosetohavethevariablesinTimesNewRomanitalic,butthecoefficientinTimesNewRomanbolditalic.Forexample,Icouldsay,Describetheeffectonthegraphofthefunctionwhenthevalueofa

increases: 2y x bx c= + +a .Inthisexample,IusedUser2styleforthecoefficienta.TheSizeMenusettingthesizes.

JustlikeMathTypeautomaticallychangesthestyledependingonthetypesofitemscontainedinyourequation,italsochangessizes.Formostofyourequations,youlljustleavethesizespecificationsettoFull.Whenyoutypeanexponent,MathTypeknowsyouwantittobesmallerthanthebase,soitswitchestoSubscriptsize.Likewise,ifyoureteachingsequencesandseries,andwanttoenterasummationtemplate,MathTypeknowstocreatetheSigmasymbollargerthanthesurroundingvariablesandnumbers,soitswitchestoSymbolsize.Eventhoughthisswitchingisautomatic,youstillhavecontroloverwhatsizesMathTypeuseswhenitselectsthesespecialsizes.Tospecifythesesizes,selectDefineatthebottomoftheSizemenu.

TheDefineSizesdialogisquitedifferentfromtheDefineStylesdialog.Oneofthemajordifferencesisthepresenceofapreviewwindow.Thepreviewwindowdoesntshowyoutheactualequationyoumaybeworkingon,butitdoesgiveyouanindicationofwhatexactlywillchangeifyouchangethesettingthatshighlightedtotheleftofthepreviewwindow.Forexample,inthepictureabove,theonlythingthatwillchangeinthatsampleequationwhenIchangetheFullsizesetting(noticethe12ishighlighted)istheX.

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BEWAREItsgenerallynotagoodideatohighlightanentireequationandselectSmallerorLarger,becausetheresultswillalmostcertainlynotbewhatyouwanted!(seebelow)Ifyouwanttoincreaseordecreasethesizeofanentireequation,thebestwaytodoitisbychangingtheFullsizespecification.YoumaywanttodeselecttheUsefornewequationscheckbox.

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