Talk:The Function of Videos f (V) in the Math Class
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great job Ana, I also loved the math symbols f(v). I can't wait to create some math videos and also try to use some in my classes. Kids today are so used to watching videos that they will gravitate to this. They also just don't buy into math because they don't see how it is used. It is so important though and this country is not reaching kids so our scientists and engineers are coming from other countries. I hope we continue to educate new teachers that will adopt these new ideas to motivate students. I could not find your video component though. Did I miss it among the pictures? Barbara Watson
Ana, Very nicely done. Your final draft is great! It is very informative. I like how you used math symbols such as f(V) and so on. It really added that extra bit to take it to the top. I really enjoyed reading your article. I use videos to teach math with my little ones all the time. Children now are so used to watching tv that using videos to teach them is becoming more and more popular. I have noticed that some of my students who have hard time getting it when I explain it do better after watching a video on it.
I have enjoyed working with you this semester, good luck in the future! Rachel G 14:18, 24 April 2008 (EDT)
Hi Ana,
I really enjoyed the improvements you have made on your article since the rough draft! The photos used to illustrate mathematical concepts that can be taught through digital stories were a great idea...it highlights the complexity and importance of some of those concepts. Have you used something like this in your classroom? Great work!
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Hey Ana-Nice work so far; I found it interesting to hear examples of how teachers are finding a lot of instructional videos online to use in their classrooms. Don't forget to include your name under the title of your article! The section on digital stories seems a little out of place since mostly you're focusing on the classroom uses of instructional videos in the body of the article. Perhaps you could skip the section on digital stories where you have it, and rework/rewrite this text in a new section (towards the end of your article) on suggestions for math teachers on creating videos to support math instruction? If you did this, I think you could discuss/suggest digital storytelling as something math teachers could get into, and you could talk about what a digital story is, what a digital story about math might look like, and you could also include some resources on how they could get started. Also, I really don't think you need a section on why videos aren't used in the classroom... for this article I think it's more important just to focus on examples and discussion of how they are being used, and if you learn about any challenges and limitations in using them you can discuss that too. Visually, I see that you're planning to add images to the page. That will help with readability, but you also might want to break up some of your paragraphs and look for other ways to make things easier to read, such as some bulleted lists, pull-out quotes, etc. Ltripp 15:25, 18 April 2008 (EDT)
Hi Anna,
I enjoyed reading your article! Math instruction is definitely not the first thing I would think digital stories would be good for...but you have definitely proven its usefulness! I'm sure your students love your class if you do things such as this.
I have a few suggestions (although you may be planning to do these things anyways): 1) I agree with Dr. Tripp that there doesn't need to be so much information about the background of digital stories in its own section, that could be cut down and incorporated elsewhere, 2) could you include some quotes from students on what they think about being taught with this method? You don't have to say their names if you are concerned about privacy ("one H.S. sophomore said"). I look forward to seeing the final project with all of the photos in place!
Hello Anna, I was especially interested in your article because I teach high school math. I would love to use videos and even receive some short 5 minute ones about the use of math in the real world via email each week. But believe it or not I have no capability of showing this in my classroom. I've asked for two years for a cable to connect my computer to my tv screen with no luck.
I agreed with Dr. Robin about students today being media oriented. My students would love to create a digital story. It would give them the opportunity to deeply explore one area or topic in math. We simply don't have a computer lab with software to do this. It is difficult to keep students attention and this would be interesting to view some of these or even use them as a reward or motivation.
Your article is very interesting, your interviewee was very appropriate and you covered the subject very well.
Ana,
I enjoyed reading your article! As an elementary teacher it was neat to see what is done with older students. Another source you could use in your section on instructional videos is Discovery Education Streaming (formerly United Streaming). They have a database of videos on all subjects for all greade levels. It is easily searched by keyword, grade, and subject. They also have a brief synopsis of each video. Their videos are usually short but very informative. I use them all the time in my class, especially their math ones. I agree with the others that the section on digital sotries is a little wordy, but I think it is needed. I just think of someone who have no experience with digital stories reading your article, they need the information. Maybe you could bullet the list of seven elements with a short descrition of each one. It might break it up and make it easier on the eyes when reading it.
I look forward to seeing the final product! Rachel G 22:21, 18 April 2008 (EDT)
