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Topic: Taking Notes with PowerPoint Gary Adams in collaboration with Temenoujka Fuller 2004 - 2008
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Rationale:
This is a long-running workshop. The workshop
has 4 phases organized in the
existing curriculum for developmental mathematics. The main idea
is teach students how to use computers to take animated notes for their
math classes.
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Goals and Objective:
The goal of the workshop is to integrate the tutoring sessions into
existing curriculum. The tutors work as guest speakers, presenting
methods for taking notes with PowerPoint. Later on, the students will
teach the most challenging section -- geometry. Students not only learn
geometry better, but they learn how to get help in the learning center,
how to present mathematical ideas in classroom, and how to use
technology for learning.
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Implementation:
The gallery of the first workshop
present different phases of students progress.
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Results and Future Goals:
Students'
results from the first workshops are available online. The workshops
were very influential - they changed the culture of the classroom.
Students from the next classes are ready to work with technology and
there is the feeling that every semester we are improving everything.
The future is in using technology to connect people, organizations, ideas, you name it.
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Collaborations, Experiences, Climate, and Culture:
The
collaboration between the Learning Center at CAC, and Professor
Adams classes continue the last 10 semesters with constantly increasing
effect. The Learning Center provide flexible help as needed, when
needed, and in the form with which the instructor and the students are
comfortable. The integration between the Learning Center and the
classroom (computer lab for math) is full and successful. The work in
the workshop is more pleasant and interesting every semester.
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| Acknowledgement: The authors would like to thank all students from the first workshops. The students make the project successful and changed the culture of using computers for learning. |