Comments on: Good Questions For Good Contexts — Ignite #openedu /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/ less helpful Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: js wings /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-447928 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:18:38 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-447928 she even heard a short dialogue between the waitress lobby reservations.

]]> By: Elaine Watson /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-438318 Sat, 26 May 2012 03:08:42 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-438318 In 5 minutes, you touched upon the major points of your 30+ minute vimeo on Design Principles for Digital Tasks. As our communication moves to sound bites and tweets, the Ignite talk is the natural next step.

]]> By: Jake Jouppi /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437686 Fri, 25 May 2012 03:00:43 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437686 Great job. This will serve as an excellent intro to spark some of my colleagues’ interest/give a good intro. in some of the things I have been babbling about since seeing your presentations at OAME. Loving the 101qs site. I have a nice collection of bookmarks that I plan to use on Mondays to get math classes going for the week. I will keep putting items up, and use clickers to assess student interest in exploring. Once again, thanks!

]]> By: Bob Lochel /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437624 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:39:36 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437624 Concerning CS:
For the past 4 years, I have coached teams of students in the Moody’s Math Challenge. This is an East-Coast contest which requires modeling and communication: http://m3challenge.siam.org/

I have found that students are somewhat comfortable with defining a problem, checking assumptions, and developing a model. But while my students understand the need to test and troubleshoot a model, they haven’t been exposed to a toolbox which allows them to do so. And I find myself at a loss to give specific advice, as there are so many new tools out there, and frankly my own programming skills have eroded (we don’t use Pascal anymore…right?).

Seems to me that a true modeling course which combines the application of stats, calc and CS would be a neat hybrid to develop.

]]> By: Dan Meyer /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437618 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:25:42 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437618 Edwin:

Dan, not sure but are you advocating a Computer Science emphasis in math education? How much or was that just a passing remark?

I wouldn’t go so far as to say we should emphasize CS, but whenever possible the goals of math education shouldn’t actively subvert a kid’s future computer science education. We can get good math education and set a kid up for productive CS work, in other words, if we do a better job with modeling.

Yeah, Marshall Thompson got us good back there.

]]> By: Bob Lochel /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437593 Thu, 24 May 2012 23:34:36 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437593 Marshall Thompson….you are my hero! http://101qs.com/922

]]> By: Different Dave /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437492 Thu, 24 May 2012 18:49:01 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437492 I think the restrictions force a type of creativity and extreme summarization that most presentations don’t. “Perfection…is when there’s nothing left to take away.”

Pecha Kucha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_Kucha) is a similar but more Google-able format, if anyone is looking to learn more.

I’m tempted to prepare a presentation or two in this style as a Prof. Dev./self-help project, just to force myself to identify what’s actually important in my work and my life.

]]> By: Marshall Thompson /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437468 Thu, 24 May 2012 17:43:55 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437468 Very good stuff obviously, but what perplexes me most is this Ignite business!

I don’t mean this in a bad way, but what is so special about 20 slides 15 seconds each? It seems very arbitrary. But somehow it IS special because it caught on.

I wonder how many words/sentences the average Ignite talk is? Or of the highest rated talks? How many words/sentences per slide? Does this pace match up well with accepted listening comprehension research?

Somehow this format most hit a communication strike zone of some sort…just trying to put my finger on it.

]]> By: Edwin Ulmer /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437432 Thu, 24 May 2012 16:34:05 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437432 Dan, not sure but are you advocating a Computer Science emphasis in math education? How much or was that just a passing remark?

]]> By: Elia Freedman /2012/good-questions-for-good-contexts-ignite-openedu/#comment-437333 Thu, 24 May 2012 13:50:38 +0000 /?p=13991#comment-437333 Great presentation, Dan. You really nailed the Ignite talk format (with 15s to spare.)

Have been enjoying 101 questions, also. The pictures are awesome with compelling questions. Sure wish class had been taught this way when I was in high school. I know it isn’t easy, but what an awesome experience algebra or geometry would have been if each class had started with a question and we were given a mental framework for which to model and resolve a series of questions.

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