Sorry, Amy...

for deleting the previous post that was on here for about a day...but you're either guilty of:

a) not having read the whole thing, and therefore just not being thorough

OR

b) REALLY bad judgment if you had indeed read the entire thing...see me for clarification. Remember, folks, this is an extension of our classroom, and our classroom is in a school....

Behave accordingly.

Thank you.

RM

April 23 Screen Shots

Sorry, Icky et al...I didn't export the files to the coursework drive as I normally do....here they are below:

Thursday and Friday, March 6 & 7

After yesterday's test, it would be worthwhile as the weekend approaches to delve a little deeper into some more practice work prior to ending up this bit on Transformations. My ideas go something like this:


1. Using either / or (possibly a combination of both) of the two sites linked below, you should go through some material that is current/relevant as we plan for the March 12 first Accelerated Math deadline, which is rapidly approaching...


WebCT/Blackboard Learning System site (use "demo"/"demo" as the username password combo to get in, and then navigate through these switches....) I've left a few screen shots here along the way to help you make sure that you're in the right place.

Specifically, Lesson 7 below in the Module 2 - Transformations needs your attention. Use your mouse to navigate through, screen by screen, and try to read for understanding, especially in the area of the examples provided. Be patient with the server, as I've heard that occasionally it can behave in an unpopular way.

Math 40S Online Web Course - Same set of ideas, just presented a different way. What I think you should spend some time on is the trig. function graphing stuff, for two reasons:



a) Accelerated Math is getting you to do this kind of material through at least a few objectives, so that's a good place to start.



b) You need some more practice on these kinds of transformations, prior to our next test...



Anyway, on the above site, from the front page, go directly into Trigonometry I, and then subsequently proceed on to Lessons 6, 7, 8, and 9. I would go through them all, as the assignment below definitely involves these kinds of skills....



2. Do some of the Accelerated Math itself. Help each other...talk to each other, teach each other. The only thing you've got to lose is a bit of ego if you make a mistake, but since you're used to watching me make mistakes in front of you all the time, you probably realize that errors help you learn with and from each other.

To steal Cramer's line, keep your stick on the ice. I really have no idea what that means (other than an extremely literal translation), but I thought that it sounded cool.

Hang in there...see you Monday.


RM

Remember That Time I Thought I Made A Mistake, But I Was Wrong???

Several of you are going to want to thank Anna for her polite, kind, and pleasant demeanour this afternoon. Here's why.....It seems as though in my haste to create a nice little test for you all to practice up your trig./solving/unit circle skills, I probably neglected to do any questions (or assign any, for that matter), that have anything to do with radian measures as decimals. Question 10 on your tests did indeed instruct you to provide your solutions as radian measures, but as Anna so politely stated, "It sort of doesn't seem right to have to learn to do that for the first time on the test." I agree. Question 8, I believe, also had an instruction to use the interval [0, 2pi]. In that case, I have more of a leg to stand on after looking specifically at the answer key to Exercise #4, but the important points are thus:

1. If you feel like you got a raw deal somewhere, sometime, the easy thing to do is complain and be grumpy and never address the issue with someone who can make a difference. The hard thing to do is to state your case convincingly while retaining your composure and some measure of grace. Anna did all of that, admirably.

2. As students, you all have a right to be evaluated fairly and consistently. I take that pretty seriously.

3. You need to go on to your post-secondary studies with the idea that a positive attitude and a sense of humour are at least as important as pure aptitude. The world is full of successful people who understand this very well...

Hope to see you tomorrow to deliver the good news in person (and change a few of your test scores)...

Until then...

RM

Practice Post Assignment

Practice Posting Assignment

Instructions: By tomorrow (Tuesday, February 12, 2008), you must have a created a post on our class blog, by following these criteria:

1. Must include some sort of measurable goal for yourself for the semester in this course that you can look back on once in a while to evaluate your progress. (Your goal may be a percentage grade in the course, attendance-based, related to your own tendencies to not prepare as well as you should, etc, etc., etc. …but it needs to be yours, it needs to be public, and it needs to be measureable)

2. You must include multiple text sizes, fonts and colours in your post.

3. You must include at least one classroom-appropriate image uploaded to your post. (Figure out how…your image may be uploaded from the school network or the web, but if you take the image from somewhere, give appropriate credit please)

4. You must include at least one relevant (to our class, to you, or to your goal-setting post) link on the web within your post. (again, figure out how…)

5. You must include these labels for your post: Your profile name on blogger (that you use to sign your posts), and also the expression "goal-setting"

Class blog URL’s are on the south wall of the classroom, and computer assignments are on the north wall of the classroom.

Good luck, and help each other wherever you can…
RM

February 7

Hey everybody....

Here's the screen shots from today....Homework for Block 4 Friday is on the last screen...