Dy know webinar nov 18, 2010

DyKnow User Webinar Series 2010

An interactive college mathematics classroom using tablet PC’s and DyKnow

[email protected]

Nov 18, 2010

Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology

http://senecac.on.ca/about/index.html

• largest community college in Ontario

• eight campuses in Greater Toronto Area

• programs offered >260 fields of study

• approx 100,000 full and part time students

• international students from 90 countries

Webinar overview

• who we are and how we got here

• a typical mathematics classroom

• methodologies used to engage students

• examples of student work

• discussion and questions

• a $84 000 grant including 21 HP Compaq Notebook/Tablet PC’s with Microsoft® Vista operating system, accessories

• grant received by 44 high-ed institutions

(370 applicants world wide)

Seneca HP site: http://open.senecac.on.ca/HPtabletproject/

2008 Higher Education HP Technology for Teaching Grant

http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/hied_global.html#top

Pen options

• familiar use of pen function for formulation• digital inking in multiple colours enhance student interest

• “DyKnow Vision software is an interactive teaching tool used to maximize class time, foster collaborative learning and promote effective studying”

Funding provided by FASET and Academic Computing Services (ACS)A 2010 Post Secondary DyKnow Collaborative Software Grant recipient

DyKnow Software http://www.dyknow.com

A typical mathematics classroom

• word document ‘framework’

• change page layout to landscape view, narrow margins, font size approx 18-20

• approximate space for student solution

• print using the DyKnow writer

• students collaborative notes saved to the server

Methodology

• interactive focus activity

• concept development

• collaborative practice

• application

• reflection of learning

• topic choice: division of fractions

Interactive focus activity

• ask students to open and review the link http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions_division.html

• go online with them and review the interactive object

• provide discussion on key terms

Open ended questioning

Concept Development

• students develop ‘rules’ as a group

• summary text box

Collaborative Practice

• share control

• send panels

• students placed into groups

• chat features

• private notes

Panel control can be shared

• class moves at a self-directed pace• students can be a temporary teacher• increased in-class discussion • collaborative notes• modeling methodology• anonymous responses• students are actively engaged and participating in class

Send Panels

• students submit panels during a session

• panels can be teacher annotated

• return - immediately or at convenient time

• accessed with class notes

• interaction continues beyond class time

• anonymous

Application

Reflection of Learning

• request status, polling, class observation

• journal or portfolio responses

Instant feedback from students

• individual student results are privately sent to the teacher• the teacher adds another question or continues on depending on student response

A panel to gauge understanding

• Add a polling panel to immediately determine comprehension

Students can write private notes and chat online

Journal or Portfolio

Workshop on the Impact of Pen Based Technology (WIPTE) Contest

http://www.wipte.org

• The students of the Applied Science and Technology (AST) Certificate Program won first prize ($3000) for their video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il-k65CFqpE

Special Thanks to Ewan Gibson

Audio Visual Services – Seneca Libraries

Dyknow® Contest 2010

http://www.dyknow.com/videocontest/

• The students of the AST Program won second prize (50 DyKnow licenses)

for their video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd7BsEF1x6g

Special Thanks to Ewan Gibson (AVS)

Special thanks to:The Applied Science and Technology Fundamentals (AST) Certificate students

Laurel Schollen – Dean FASETJames Humphreys– Chair SBSAC

Dawn Mercer – ORIHassan Assiri – Manager ACS

Gino Franceschetti – ACSEwan Gibson - AVS

SBSAC & FASET Faculty

Supported by a 2008 Higher Education HP Technology for Teaching Grant,a 2010 Post Secondary DyKnow ® Collaborative Software Grant,

and by Seneca FASET and ACS