Comments on: GraphingStories.com Is Open For All Your Graphing Story Needs

By: My Favorites of 2012 | I Speak Math

My Favorites of 2012 | I Speak Math — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 22:56:42 +0000

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By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 17:54:19 +0000

@Robert & James, these answer graphs should be taken as only loosely authoritative. Your students should feel free to argue against whatever graph is presented, call the author mistaken, etc. @Jim, I know of no such software. The BuzzMath team and I kicked around the idea of making GraphingStories.com a place where people could make their own videos but our market test (a survey we asked people to fill out) didn't indicate that it would come anywhere near paying for itself.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 06:46:09 +0000

Any ideas on a set of free online tools that students could use to create something similar? Shooting the video should be easy enough but creating the animated charts seems a little tricky.

By: Robert Kaplinsky

Robert Kaplinsky — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 04:57:10 +0000

James, I noticed similar issues. I think some of it is from limitations with the software used to make the graphs and some of it is just the creator’s interpretation. However, either way I think it would be fantastic if a student would be able to explain why they have an answer they think is more accurate than the one in the video. It would certainly demonstrate Math Practice 3 and I imagine that there will be a lot of room for interpretation with all of these graphs.

By: James Cleveland

James Cleveland — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:51:18 +0000

I’m confused by some of these, because it seems like the graph in the answer doesn’t match up with the video. Like in the swing set, you don’t jump off until second 11, but the graph has you jump off at second 8.

By: Ignacio Mancera

Ignacio Mancera — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:19:57 +0000

Great idea, great videos, thank you very much Dan!

A follow-up: make students record their own videos, and play them in front of their classmates. Make them draw the solution and explain it to those who don’t get it.

By: Chris Shore

Chris Shore — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 08:09:43 +0000

Forget the utter coolness of the videos and ease of the web site. This is so on the mark pedagogically. It enables students to leap, not just climb, from concrete to abstract and, just as importantly, from abstract back to concrete (e.g. interrupting step-wise). This rocks! Thanks for all the blood, sweat and tears.

By: Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 20:26:56 +0000

What a great update.

I had a go at videoing some scenarios, but lacked the technical know how to develop them. I videoed a wind turbine and managed to get a graph of height of blade above ground against time using Autograph and lots of screen shots.

I also have a Scaletrix car going around a simple circuit.

By: Dan Meyer

Dan Meyer — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 11:39:53 +0000

@Adam, good idea. I'm kinda bummed out by how lousy the video was back then compared to now, but I'll probably pull the original ten back into the mix at some point. @Michael, I like the ideas. I'd be happy to edit those whenever you can get me footage. (No rush, obv. Be a dad, etc.)

By: Nora

Nora — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 15:02:51 +0000

This is amazing. I especially like the filter.