Comments on: Five Favorites â€” 101Questions [5/19/12]

By: IanR

IanR — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:10:46 +0000

Just FYI– All here might be interested in a chem ed paper of the same ilk. Chemistry’s hard because you can’t see what you’re talking about (molecules and atoms), but it’s the same idea.

http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ed1009943

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:07:46 +0000

Jerzy:

Sounds like the can’t-see-video skips are qualitatively different from i’m-bored-skips, and thus would be biasing the videos’ scores. Would it make sense to augment the Skip and Submit buttons with a third button for “Can’t see / won’t watch video”?

The simplicity of the site is a crucial asset and I'm inclined to protect it. If the videos were getting slaughtered in the rankings, I'd consider it. I don't think the can't-see-video effect is all that high, though.

By: Nathan Kraft

Nathan Kraft — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:58:35 +0000

I don’t get the strong male bias either. I think we can go one step further and suggest that 101qs doesn’t just have an abundance of guys, but an abundance of nerdy guys (myself excluded). I saw one guy upload a video clip from a video game called “Portal”.
I have used these pictures/videos in class and never noticed a difference in motivation between male and female students. I’m also working on a survey for my students to let them decide which 101qs entries are the most interesting to them (Early tests show that Timon’s dominos are still highly ranked – although his big Coke bottle is a bit of a letdown). I can look to see how males/females responded.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:37:25 +0000

I want to say first that the 101Questions posts and questions are really fun. Kudos to all who have participated——I wish I had more time to explore.

But… am I imagining it, or are the participants (posters and respondents) mostly male? I’d love to be wrong about this. If I’m not wrong, then why would that be the case? And more importantly, has anyone noticed whether there is there any difference in class participation between female and male students when these are used in class?

By: Jerzy

Jerzy — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:02:14 +0000

(…and then leave that 3rd category out of the perplexity score.)

By: Jerzy

Jerzy — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:00:49 +0000

Dan: “There are people … who can’t watch video on his slow Internet connection … for whom the videos show up as just a black box … who just skip videos on principle.”
Sounds like the can’t-see-video skips are qualitatively different from i’m-bored-skips, and thus would be biasing the videos’ scores. Would it make sense to augment the Skip and Submit buttons with a third button for “Can’t see / won’t watch video”?

By: Tech Ed-dy Â» Planning for being away

Tech Ed-dy Â» Planning for being away — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:14:45 +0000

[…] I did have fun with my Problem of the Week.Â The problem came from Dan Meyer‘s great website 101 Questions.Â I used EduCreations to create three different screencasts and I scheduled each one to appear one […]

By: Timon Piccini

Timon Piccini — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:10:15 +0000

I love megalodons! The process of estimating their size is soooooo interesting. I’d love to add this video to my megalodon lesson.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:02:43 +0000

Questions / (Skips + Questions)

The percent chance your photo or video will provoke a question, in other words.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:42:49 +0000

Remind me how you determine the perplexity score, please. Thank you.