Time to EngageANDREA HENDRICKS

GEORGIA PERIMETER COLLEGE

PAULINE CHOWCENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA’S COMMUNITY

COLLEGE, HACC

TEXMATYC, Saturday, February 21, 201510:00-11:00 a.m.

Link to Presentation

http://tinyurl.com/kgmt56k

Overview – Engage students

With real-life applications/relevance

With habits of the mind

With technology

Reasons for Non-success

Deep fear of mathLack of focus/interest; boringThink “I can’t learn it.”/ Low confidence levelWeakest subject since middle schoolNot a math person

More Reasons

Can’t see relevanceWord problemsFrustrated with sign errors/mistakesNo ability to retain what I have learnedCan’t visualize itHard time understanding it

What happens during Lecture?

Nothing!!

Harvard Study by Eric Mazur Independent decision making part of our brain turns off when

we listen to experts. (Source: How to use experts—and when not to, Noreena Hertz, http://ed.ted.com)

Relevant Examples

Social Media/Internet Stats World Data – population, life expectancy, climate,…Careers – job growth/decline, earning potentialSports – salaries, stats, number of people participating Technology – computer storage, sales, cost of

production, mobile data

College Information – majors, college degrees, cost, earnings

Current issues – gas, economy, transportation, environment

Pop culture – celebrity earnings, music, moviesFinance – savings, credit cards, stocks, consumer

expenditures, salesHealth issues – BMI, BMR, calories burned, stats on

illnesses

Example: Latte Factor http://www.finishrich.com/lattefactor/

Country Population Land SizePopulation Density

United States 313,847,465 9,161,966 km2

Mongolia 3,179,997 1,553,556 km2

Hong Kong 7,153,519 1,054 km2

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6787

CTIA – The Wireless AssociationWireless subscriber connectionsWireless-only householdsAnnual minutes of useMonthly text messagesCell sites

Wireless Facts

Average Annual Expenditures of U.S. Consumers

y = -31.133x + 683.6R² = 0.9915

y = 62.242x + 209.91R² = 0.994

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$100

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$300

$400

$500

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Residential phone services

Cell phone services

Linear (Residential phoneservices)

Habits of the Mind: Retaining Material

Deliberate practice – “Secrets of Greatness” Article Forgetting curve – University of Waterloo Counseling Services

Habits of the Mind

Help students organize informationTeach how to manage time and prioritiesDemonstrate level of accepted workDiscuss habits which lead to successHelp them differentiate problem types

Effective Apps/Online Tools

Organization toolsTime/Productivity toolsStudy toolsMathematical toolsInteraction tools

Organization

EvernoteDropbox,

onedrive.liveMyHomework App Trello

WunderlistRemember the MilkMyLifeOrganizedHealing Charts Sandglaz

Time and Productivity

Rescue Time Tomato.es – Pomodoro technique® driven time trackerAlarmed App (iOS)YATA App (Yet Another Time App) ToodledoMint.com (personal finances)

Studying

Study BlueStudy StackgFlash (iOS)Evernote Peek (iPad)Groupboard (iOS) – collaborative whiteboard

Mathematical Tools

https://www.desmos.com/calculator http://www.mathscoop.com/ http://www.meta-calculator.com/online/ http://www.calculator.net/scientific-calculator.html http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=15702 http://www.wolframalpha.com/ http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=32706

Desmos.com

Microsoft 4.0

Meta-calculator.com

cym@th

Math Solver

AutoMath Photo Calculator

Interaction Tools

Google FormsSocrativeGedditInfuse Learning

The Answer PadPoll EverywhereQuiz RevolutionTeacher Desmos

Google Forms

http://tinyurl.com/lopxuhy

Questions & Comments

Thanks for Attending!

Link to Presentation

http://tinyurl.com/kgmt56k

Contact Information

Andrea HendricksAndrea.hendricks@gpc.edu

Pauline Chowopchow@hacc.edu

Websites for Application Problems

Social Media –Facebook, Twitter, etc. http://mashable.com/2012/03/09/social-media-demographics/

http://www.checkfacebook.com/

http://blog.twitter.com/2011/03/numbers.html

http://statisticbrain.com

http://www.learnstuff.com/social-media-at-work/

World Data Sources

World data –population, life expectancy, climate, etc. http://www.gapminder.org/

http://www.census.gov/

http://www.worldometers.info/

http://www.google.com/publicdata/directory

http://www.startribune.com/newsgraphics/112068769.html

http://www.nationmaster.com/statistics

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

http://www.worldmapper.org/

Career Data Sources

Careers –job growth/decline, earning potential http://www.retailmeansjobs.com/

http://cew.georgetown.edu/resources/publications

http://www.bls.gov/

http://www.payscale.com/payscale-index/

http://www.bls.gov/ooh/

Sports Data Sources

Sports –salaries, stats, number of people involved http://content.usatoday.com/sportsdata/baseball/mlb/salaries/team

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/

http://www.stats.com/

http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=3282 (National Federation of State High School Associations)

Technology Data Sources

http://www.ctia.org/media/industry_info/index.cfm/AID/10323

http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm

http://www.vgchartz.com/article/88580/2011-year-on-year-sales-and-market-share-update-to-december-3rd/

http://blog.tsgglobal.com/default.aspx?Tag=Mobile%20Market%20Statistics

http://www.25facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/mobile-Inforgraphic.jpg

http://royal.pingdom.com/2012/01/17/internet-2011-in-numbers/

http://stateofthemedia.org/2012/newspapers-building-digital-revenues-proves-painfully-slow/newspapers-by-the-numbers/

http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/facts/2011/material/ICTFactsFigures2011.pdf

http://23kazoos.com/text-messages-day-interesting-graphic-cell-phone-usage/

College Info Data Sources

College info –majors, college degrees, completion rates, cost, earnings http://www.completecollege.org

http://nces.ed.gov/

http://trends.collegeboard.org/

http://www.collegemeasures.org/

http://www.usnews.com/rankings

http://cew.georgetown.edu

Current Issues Data Sources

Current issues –gas, economy, transportation, environment http://fueleconomy.gov/ http://www.eia.gov/ http://www.rita.dot.gov/ http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/ngdcinfo/onlineaccess.html http://cdiac.ornl.gov/ (carbon dioxide emissions) http://www.ilsr.org/content-types/charts-graphs-resource-archive/ http://www.facingthefuture.org/GlobalIssuesResources/MultimediaResour

ces/tabid/237/Default.aspx

Pop Culture Data Sources

Pop culture –celebrity earnings, music, movies http://www.natoonline.org/statistics.htm

http://boxofficemojo.com/

http://www.forbes.com/lists/

http://www.the-numbers.com

Finance Data Sources

Finance–savings, credit cards, stocks, consumer expenditures, sales http://www.google.com/finance?tab=we# http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/expendituresonchildrenbyfamilies.htm http://www.cnpp.usda.gov/Publications/FoodPlans/2012/CostofFoodJun2012.pdf Investor Relations (see company website) http://online.wsj.com/mdc/public/page/2_3022-autosales.html http://www.finishrich.com/free_resources/lattecalculator.php

Health Data Sources

Health issues –BMI, BMR, calories burned, stats on illnesses, half-life of drugs http://www.cdc.gov/

http://www.world-nuclear.org/info/inf55.html

http://www.radiochemistry.org/nuclearmedicine/radioisotopes/ex_iso_medicine.htm

http://www.nutristrategy.com/caloriesburned.htm

Other Sources

Other Sources

http://statisticbrain.com/

http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum96/data.collections/datalibrary/other.resources.html

http://www.trade.gov/

http://www.infoplease.com

http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/postal-history/rates-historical-statistics.htm

http://wolframalpha.com

http://learnstuff.com