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Why Shadowfax? Our cluster is so fast that we named it after the Lord Of The Rings character!
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Showing posts with label 2021MAT225_SUMMER. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2021MAT225_SUMMER. Show all posts
Wow, you've made it! Summer Session is not for the feint of heart, especially when it's 5 weeks, 4 nights per week, 3 hours each night of Multivariable Calculus! Gratz! You deserve a medal! Pat yourself on the back! I hope you learned a lot during our Summer Session II at NCC. Here's a short, albeit incomplete, summary of what we covered:
This week we just reviewed Chapters 16 and 17 on Monday for a TEST4B on Tuesday. Then we reviewed the entire course on Wednesday for our final TEST5B on Thursday.
Don't forget our educational FILKS/DOX:
Last but not least, I hope you enjoyed learning to do math pythonically with Jupyter Notebooks on Google CoLab! Graphing Calculators are so last century! I know TI makes some models that include Computer Algebra Systems such as the TI-89 and the TI-nSpire, both of which I used extensively when I taught AP Calculus BC for 25 years (1993-2018). Also, newer models have Python instead of TI-BASIC but Google Colab works seamlessly with Google Docs and it's FREE!
FYI, my coding background comes from teaching Computer Science Honors (CSH), AP Computer Science (CSA & CSAB), Computing Science Lab (CSL-Scientific Computing) and Computing Science Independent Study (CSI-Cluster Computing) for 35 years (1984-2019)!
Thanx for a great Summer Session. Enjoy the rest of the Summer. Good luck in all your future pursuits!
2) Karaoke entire song changing up the words (about STEAM).
3) You are Singing, Dancing or Playing an instrument.
4) You upload your video to YouTube and provide the url.
5) YouTube Description includes the lyrics.
XTRA CREDIT ARTICLES RUBRIC
(up to 5 articles = 1 bonus point each):
1) Cover Sheet is a Summary of the article.
2) FullPage, 12 pt, DoubleSpaced, 1" Margin.
3) Article has to be STEAM related
4) Article has to be a current event.
5) Copy of entire article is attached.
NOTE TO READER:
In recent years our independent study class has been about the care and feeding of Linux Clusters: How to Build A Cluster, How To Program A Cluster and What Can We Do With A Cluster?
BTW, Shadowfax is the name of the cluster we build! FYI, we offer 4 computing courses:
CSH: Computer Science Honors with an introduction to coding in Python using SAGE, IDLE, VIDLE and Trinket,
I can't wait to meet you all on Tuesday July 6th to start our Multivariable Calculus class during Summer Session II! Don't forget we meet mostly Monday-Thursday from 7/6/2021 to 8/5/2021 for 2 hours and 50 minutes each night starting at 6:30PM sharp. Please note, that Week01 is strange as July 4th is a Sunday, so we will meet Tuesday-Friday.
My Blackboard site is up and running but Nassau Community College (NCC) is not allowing access until Tuesday 7/6/2021. So, I thought I'd give you a few pointers ahead of time:
1) SYLLABUS
Please download the SYLLABUS from BlackBoard, read it carefully and pay very close attention to:
Page 1:
Math Learning Center Zoom link
Page 4:
Required Textbook
Page 5:
Student Responsibilities
Page 6:
Academic Dishonesty Policy
Page 7:
Copyright Statement, Assessments and American with Disabilities Statement
Pages 8-12:
ClassWork, HomeWork Assignments and Exams
2) WELCOMEBIO
Please download the WELCOMEBIOfrom BlackBoard, fill it out and return to me via college email ASAP. My email address is listed in the SYLLABUS.
3) HARDWARE
We will be using a Free, Online Computer Algebra System (CAS) called Jupyter hosted on https://colab.research.google.com rather than a Graphing Calculator. So, please make sure you have a second device during class and tests, such as a tablet or ChromeBook, for calculations in addition to your primary device for viewing our lectures via Zoom. Here's some sample Jupyter code from the first class!
I typically have 3 Chromebooks running during class: one for zoom lectures, a second one to monitor the zoom session and another one to read my notes and lesson plans. You may be able to get by with multiple tabs on one device. Please feel free to make your own choice. Pick whatever works best for you!
4) Kaltura
You will find 3-4 screencasts of our lessons in each of the 4 units on our BlackBoard. These screencasts are hosted on the college's Kaltura cloud service which is much like a private YouTube server just for NCC students and professors. See a sample recording above. I recorded these videos during Summer 2018 when I was using a similar CAS called SAGE hosted on https://sagecell.sagemath.org/ You may use SAGE or Jupyter or even a good old fashioned Graphing Calculator. Again, please feel free to make your own choice. Pick whatever works best for you!
5) SOFTWARE
In addition to Zoom, Blackboard, Kaltura and Jupyter, I will be using the Squid and CAMScanner apps and recommend you use them too. I'm using AndroidOS, but these apps, or something similar, should be available for iOS too.
Squid is great for taking notes on a tablet or writing your solutions on a pdf such as a test on your tablet with a stylus. The free version of Squid is great, but you need to pay a monthly fee or a one time lifetime fee for pdf markup. I also paid a fee for the geometry tab which makes drawing diagrams with your stylus easier! The monthly fee is not much if you only want to use Squid for a few months. I paid the lifetime fee instead for a couple of extra features as I use this app all the time but I don't need the entire feature set.
CAMScanner is great for converting handwritten work to pdf format so you can email your Exams to me.
Typically during my Zoom lecture I will be sharing notes with you using Squid (handwritten notes) and Jupyter (python coding).
6) EXAMS
When you take an exam, you have a choice. You can download and print the test so you can complete it with pencil and paper in a more traditional manner. Then you can use CAMScanner to convert your handwritten work to a pdf and email your test back to me. Alternatively, you can download the test onto your tablet, markup the pdf with your solutions using Squid and just email the new pdf with your work. Again, please feel free to make your own choice. Pick whatever works best for you!
That's it for now. I hope you find this note is helpful and I hope that you will learn a lot this semester in my class!
2) Karaoke entire song changing up the words (about STEAM).
3) You are Singing, Dancing or Playing an instrument.
4) You upload your video to YouTube and provide the url.
5) YouTube Description includes the lyrics.
XTRA CREDIT ARTICLES RUBRIC
(up to 5 articles = 1 bonus point each):
1) Cover Sheet is a Summary of the article.
2) FullPage, 12 pt, DoubleSpaced, 1" Margin.
3) Article has to be STEAM related
4) Article has to be a current event.
5) Copy of entire article is attached.
NOTE TO READER:
In recent years our independent study class has been about the care and feeding of Linux Clusters: How to Build A Cluster, How To Program A Cluster and What Can We Do With A Cluster?
BTW, Shadowfax is the name of the cluster we build! FYI, we offer 4 computing courses:
CSH: Computer Science Honors with an introduction to coding in Python using SAGE, IDLE, VIDLE and Trinket,
