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Fri, 02 May 2014 16:07:47 +0000

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By: Lynn

Lynn — Tue, 22 Apr 2014 18:21:57 +0000

It strikes me that your approach to interactive, student-to-student learning is highly compatible with the Chromebooks-oriented approach being used by this school district: https://wested.webex.com/wested/lsr.php?RCID=620acc62872a4b91b8c6fa118644cae7.

Webinar title: A Curriculum-First Approach to Technology and the Web (already held). This is one of the most interesting Webinars I’ve listened to in recent months.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:12:47 +0000

@Dan: Perhaps the “old-fanshioned” style is also useful. In some cases, paperboard, scissors and matching are better than digital ones ;-)

Perhaps people are obsessed by technology. You could take advantage of both things: new-technological and old-technological

By: MJ

MJ — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 19:15:06 +0000

I find this lesson fascinating especially because my county is providing one-on-one device to every student by 2018. I was having a difficult time envisioning how lessons should be when that change is implemented, and this lesson just provided a perfect example!

By: Robert Kaplinsky

Robert Kaplinsky — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 15:56:59 +0000

This is one of the most beautiful and practical integrations of mathematics and technology that I have ever seen. What makes this most amazing for me is the real time feedback students get to help them adjust their ability to interpret functions. I have done similar activities with paper and pencil, and even with graphingstories.com and this is a whole new level of incredible that has not previously existed.

This is a great time to be in mathematics education.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:58:50 +0000

This is a great way to get students to interact with one another and get them interested in what they are learning.

By: Michael Pershan

Michael Pershan — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 14:15:48 +0000

I’d like to know what percentage of high school students will end up drawing cups that looks like bongs or whatever. Looking forward to that blog post.

OK, so obviously I love this. The make-your-own-cup stuff is amazing and I can’t wait to put it in front of kids.

The one weak spot that I’ve had in teaching your Desmos lessons is the “Help ____ fix his graph” questions. I think that I need to do a better job of sharing interesting explanations or suggestions. I can do that without technology, but is there a way to easily share the kids’ explanations or suggestions in the teacher’s page? Something like a board where I can just select and view kids explanations or graphs on an otherwise blank page?

By: Shaun Errichiello

Shaun Errichiello — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 21:37:51 +0000

Awesome!

I look forward to using this work, the other desmos projects you have been working on and graphing stories in my curriculum. I can’t think of a better source for time – distance/etc graphs.

The only thing I might add into the mix is logger pro and their motion detectors to add physical motion to the experience.

thanks!

By: Jacob Klein

Jacob Klein — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 17:55:51 +0000

Awesome. Dan, I remember you discussing this idea a year ago – very glad it’s seen fruition. The simplicity of the glass drawing screen is genius.

Also, I like that you guys chose not to show a score or error calculation. I can just see how close my line is to the waterline, and judge myself whether the graph needs improvement or is good enough.

By: pam rawson

pam rawson — Thu, 17 Apr 2014 16:57:43 +0000

Once again, thank you for your creativity. I can see lots of applications for a program like this, from beginning algebra to calculus. Of course, there are similar activities out there. But what I love about what you’ve done here is the sharing of student designs. I can definitely see some students trying to create very challenging designs.

If you have this piece of student sharing figured out, it would be great if the critique on the graphs could also come from within the class. This would allow students to give real feedback to each other, who then might want an opportunity to go back and revise their graphs.

The teacher dashboard of information is nice to have around after class, but difficult to monitor while students are working and problem solving. So having students give each other some peer critiques will help with that monitoring – tapping into student expertise, not only to create more examples, but also to help with understanding concepts.