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Using Technology to Improve Student Learning. Bob Hoar & Jennifer Kosiak Mathematics Department www.uwlax.edu/iiurl. Innovative Uses of Technology. Course Development Podcasts = ChalkTalks = MathCasts Learning Object Design Student Think Alouds Cultural Connection
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Using Technology to Improve Student Learning Bob Hoar & Jennifer Kosiak Mathematics Department www.uwlax.edu/iiurl
Innovative Uses of Technology Course Development Podcasts = ChalkTalks = MathCasts Learning Object Design Student Think Alouds Cultural Connection Building Content Vocabulary
Course Development &Learning Object Design • Supplementary course materials and examples • Remedial or refresher lessons • How-to-Tutorials
Examples • Praxis II Moodle Course • Pre-Service Student Developers (link) • College Algebra Review • Faculty and Staff Developers (link) • MathCast Project (project Iink) (blog)
Close your eyes. Think about the steps you go through to solve the following: The original price of a certain car was 25% greater than its cost to the dealer. The actual selling price was 25% less than the original price. If c is the cost of the car and p is the selling price. What is the equation that represents p in terms of c? Student Think Alouds
Think-alouds make invisible mental processes visible to students. Student Think Alouds
Vocabulary Connections • Hmong Translation • Video Glossary • Critical Words in Anatomy (link)
Institute for Innovations in Undergraduate Research and Learning Mission: To develop, foster and support innovations that use digital technology to enhance undergraduate teaching, learning and research, and to make very simple the storage, retrieval and sharing of digital content for teaching.