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Friday, June 15, 2012
Quarter IV, Weeks 8 and 9: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
Please note, that this will be my last blog posting for the school year regarding my classes at the High School. This was a banner year for this blog as I posted every single new lesson as a ScreenCast with SmartNotes and WorkSheets or Code for every single class for every single Quarter and every single week! I hope you get a lot out of it. BTW, our YouTube Wednesdays and TED Tuesdays for the last 5 weeks (11min each week) have been devoted to Steve Jobs (see above). Have a Great Summer!!!
AP Calculus BC completed a final project with SAGE I like to call LAC 2012: "Life After Calculus." LAC 2011 was the same last last year except we did it without SAGE and didn't get a chance to record for YouTube. So, we did a lot of Calculus with SAGE on Youtube these past few weeks!
LACS 2012: "Life After CompSci" is nearly finished. We did some graphics programming with java on Youtube (GameOfLife, Turtles, Fractals). Last year LACS 2011 was about appInventor for Droid. Next year, LACS 2013 may revisit Droid app development again with Eclipse.
ToDo: Maybe I'll record LAPC 2011: "Life After preCalculus: SAGE plus Vectors and Matrices" and LAPM 2010: "Life After Physics Mech: SAGE plus Ballistics" as well.
preCalculus spent all of 4th Quarter on an Intro to Calculus! We're calling this LAPC 2012: "Life After preCalculus."
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/06/teaching-precalculus-lapc-2012-life.htmlCalculus Research Lab
CRL didn't quite finish the Calc3 text on DiffEqus! We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1) last semester and the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2) last quarter. We are using this Differential Equations text (calc-3) in our final project, LACRL 2012! These texts are all free for the download as PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/319
I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Quarter IV, Week 7: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
AP Calculus BC is starting a final project with SAGE I like to call LAC 2012: "Life After Calculus." LAC 2011 was the same last last year except we did without SAGE and didn't get a chance to record for YouTube. So, I did a lot of Calculus with SAGE on Youtube this week!
LACS 2012: "Life After CompSci" also started this week. We are going to do some graphics programming with java on Youtube (GameOfLife, Turtles, Fractals). Last year LACS 2011 was about appInventor for Droid. Next year, LACS 2013 may revisit Droid app development again with Eclipse.
Maybe I'll record LApreC 2010: "Life After preCalculus" and LAP 2009: "Life After Physics" as well.
preCalculus started UNIT5: Antiderivatives, their last unit, this week! See above for a great YouTube song about Riemann Sums!
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-precalculus-continuing-intro.html Calculus Research Lab
CRL finally started the Calc3 text on DiffEqus! We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1) last semester and the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2) last quarter. We are using this Differential Equations text (calc-3) in our final project! These texts are all free for the download as PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/319
I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Sunday, May 27, 2012
Quarter IV, Week 6: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
Calc is still watching the "Back to the Future" Trilogy, CompSci is still having video game tournaments (tremulous, bzflag, starcraft, quake), Calculus Research Lab started DiffEqus and preCalculus just had a test on Differentiation Rules!
Next week AP Calculus BC is starting a final project with SAGE I like to call LAC 2012: "Life After Calculus." LAC 2011 was the same last last year except we did without SAGE and didn't get a chance to record for YouTube. So, I'll be doing a lot of Calculus with SAGE on Youtube for the next couple of weeks!
LACS 2012: "Life After CompSci" also starts next week. We are going to do some graphics programming with java on Youtube (GameOfLife, Turtles, Fractals). Last year LACS 2011 was about appInventor for Droid. Next year, LACS 2013 may revisit Droid app development again with Eclipse.
Maybe I'll record LApreC 2010: "Life After preCalculus" and LAP 2009: "Life After Physics" as well.
preCalculus finished Unit 3: Differentiating Rules (Product Rule, Quotient Rule, Trig Rules, Chain Rule). I've been motivating new topics each day with a related Calculus Song from YouTube. There's a lot of great songs on YouTube. Goto YouTube and search for "Calculus Song" or "Calculus Parody" or "Calculus Cover" or "Calculus Carol" or even "Calculus Filk!"
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-precalculus-continuing-intro_12.htmlAP Calculus BCAP Week traditionally means a movie marathon. Here's what we're doing this year:pre AP Week: AP Calculus BC finished a unit on Vector vs. Polar notation. We stressed the similarity of Polar and Parametric modes. So, once we figured out how to calculate slopes and arc lengths parametrically, we tried to do the same with polar graphs. We also talked about polar area! Next week is AP Review already! We had MCQ IX and CML 4 too.
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-ap-calculus-finishing-unit-12.htmlAP Computer Science
This week we are running a video game arcade. BZFlag and Tremulous were easily installed earlier in the year using the Ubuntu Software Center. Now, the school has every student PC, even my Linux boxes, going through some crazy firewall, so we installed Quake using http://packages.ubuntu.com and we are running an old version of StarCraft via WINE! Quake was a bit of a pain to set up. Here's what we did (some boxes also needed libmad0 and libdynamite0 first):
(1) From http://packages.ubuntu.com/ download and install the following in this order:
(1A) quakespasm
(1B) quake
(1C) dynamite
(1D) game-data-packager
(2) goto /usr/share/games/game-data-packager and install quake-shareware_all_29.deb
(3) download pak0.pak and pak1.pak fromhttp://www.mirafiori.com/ftp/pub/gaming
(4) sudo cp *.pak /usr/share/games/quake/id1
pre AP Week: AP Computer Science tied up some loose ends with CH11 "Interfaces and Polymorphism" aka the "implements" key word in java. We also did CH18 "Recursion." We did CH13 "Inheritance" aka the key word "extends" via GridWorld. I assigned CH19 "Searching and Sorting" as a reading assignment for homework before the AP. I did the same with GridWorld Part IV about the Critter class as we had to start AP Review!
Calculus Research LabCRL finally started the Calc3 text on DiffEqus! We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1) last semester and the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2) last quarter. We are using this Differential Equations text (calc-3) in our final project! These texts are all free for the download as PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/319
I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Quarter IV, Week 5: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
This week was AP Week #2! Calc is watching the "Back to the Future" Trilogy, CompSci is having video game tournaments (tremulous, bzflag, starcraft, quake) and Calculus Research Lab is watching "Stand and Deliver!" This is a great movie about a Calculus class failing the AP. We get to laugh at them after our AP! It's very cathartic. The only class doing any meaningful work is preCalculus!
preCalculus finished Unit 3: Differentiating Rules (Product Rule, Quotient Rule, Trig Rules, Chain Rule). I've been motivating new topics each day with a related Calculus Song from YouTube. There's a lot of great songs on YouTube. Goto YouTube and search for "Calculus Song" or "Calculus Parody" or "Calculus Cover" or "Calculus Carol" or even "Calculus Filk!"
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-precalculus-continuing-intro_12.htmlAP Calculus BCAP Week traditionally means a movie marathon. Here's what we're doing this year:pre AP Weeks 1&2: AP Calculus BC finished a unit on Vector vs. Polar notation. We stressed the similarity of Polar and Parametric modes. So, once we figured out how to calculate slopes and arc lengths parametrically, we tried to do the same with polar graphs. We also talked about polar area! Next week is AP Review already! We had MCQ IX and CML 4 too.
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-ap-calculus-finishing-unit-12.htmlAP Computer Science
This week we are running a video game arcade. BZFlag and Tremulous were easily installed earlier in the year using the Ubuntu Software Center. Now, the school has every student PC, even my Linux boxes, going through some crazy firewall, so we installed Quake using http://packages.ubuntu.com and we are running an old version of StarCraft via WINE! Quake was a bit of a pain to set up. Here's what we did (some boxes also needed libmad0 and libdynamite0 first):
(1) From http://packages.ubuntu.com/ download and install the following in this order:
(1A) quakespasm
(1B) quake
(1C) dynamite
(1D) game-data-packager
(2) goto /usr/share/games/game-data-packager and install quake-shareware_all_29.deb
(3) download pak0.pak and pak1.pak fromhttp://www.mirafiori.com/ftp/pub/gaming
(4) sudo cp *.pak /usr/share/games/quake/id1
pre AP Weeks 1&2: AP Computer Science tied up some loose ends with CH11 "Interfaces and Polymorphism" aka the "implements" key word in java. We also did CH18 "Recursion." We did CH13 "Inheritance" aka the key word "extends" via GridWorld. I assigned CH19 "Searching and Sorting" as a reading assignment for homework before the AP. I did the same with GridWorld Part IV about the Critter class as we had to start AP Review!
Calculus Research LabGotta have a movie marathon here too:pre AP Weeks 1&2: CRL was back in business as our internet connectivity issues were finally addressed! So, we finally finished 1.3 Reimann Sums from the Calc2 text implementing Simpson's Rule as a python function. We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1) last semester and started the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2) last quarter. We will also use the Differential Equations text (calc-3) in our final project! These texts are all free for the download as PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/297
HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Saturday, May 12, 2012
Quarter IV, Week 4: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
This week was AP Week! So, after a bit of last minute review, AP Computer Science had their exam Tuesday morning and AP Calculus BC had their's Wednesday morning! Good luck guys, I hope you kicked some asymptote! Then, of course, AP Week craziness ensued. Calc is watching the "Back to the Future" Trilogy, CompSci is having video game tournaments (tremulous, bzflag, starcraft, quake) and Calculus Research Lab is watching "Stand and Deliver!" Great movie about a Calculus class failing the AP. We get to laugh at them after our AP! It's very cathartic. The only class doing any meaningfull work is preCalculus!
preCalculus started Unit 3: Differentiating Rules (Product Rule, Quotient Rule). I've been motivating new topics each day with a related Calculus Song from YouTube. There's a lot of great songs on YouTube. Goto YouTube and search for "Calculus Song" or "Calculus Parody" or "Calculus Cover" or "Calculus Carol" or even "Calculus Filk!"
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-precalculus-continuing-intro_12.html AP Calculus BCAP Week traditionally means a movie marathon. Here's what we're doing this year:pre AP Week: AP Calculus BC finished a unit on Vector vs. Polar notation. We stressed the similarity of Polar and Parametric modes. So, once we figured out how to calculate slopes and arc lengths parametrically, we tried to do the same with polar graphs. We also talked about polar area! Next week is AP Review already! We had MCQ IX and CML 4 too.
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-ap-calculus-finishing-unit-12.htmlAP Computer Science
This week we are running a video game arcade. BZFlag and Tremulous were easily installed earlier in the year using the Ubuntu Software Center. Now, the school has every student PC, even my Linux boxes, going through some crazy firewall, so we installed Quake using http://packages.ubuntu.com and we are running an old version of StarCraft via WINE! Quake was a bit of a pain to set up. Here's what we did (some boxes also needed libmad0 and libdynamite0 first):
(1) From http://packages.ubuntu.com/ download and install the following in this order:
(1A) quakespasm
(1B) quake
(1C) dynamite
(1D) game-data-packager
(2) goto /usr/share/games/game-data-packager and install quake-shareware_all_29.deb
(3) download pak0.pak and pak1.pak fromhttp://www.mirafiori.com/ftp/pub/gaming
(4) sudo cp *.pak /usr/share/games/quake/id1
pre AP Week: AP Computer Science tied up some loose ends with CH11 "Interfaces and Polymorphism" aka the "implements" key word in java. We also did CH18 "Recursion." We covered CH11 in GridWorld too. We did CH13 "Inheritance" aka the key word "extends" via GridWorld. I assigned CH19 "Searching and Sorting" as a reading assignment for homework before the AP. I did the same with GridWorld Part IV about the Critter class as we had to start AP Review!
Calculus Research LabGotta have a movie marathon here too:pre AP Week: CRL was back in business as our internet connectivity issues were finally addressed! So, we finally finished 1.3 Reimann Sums from the Calc2 text implementing Simpson's Rule as a python function. We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1) last semester and started the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2) last quarter. We will also use the Differential Equations text (calc-3) in our final project! These texts are all free for the download as PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/297
HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Quarter IV, Weeks 2 and 3: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
Last Week, BC Calculus finished a unit on Vector vs. Polar notation. preCalculus was finishing a unit on Limits, Continuity and Differentiability (intro to Calculus). AP Computer Science tied up some loose ends with CH11 "Interfaces and Polymorphism" as CH18 "Recursion." We did CH13 "Inheritance" via GridWorld. I assigned CH19 "Searching and Sorting" as a reading assignment for homework before the AP. I did the same with GridWorld Part IV as we had to start AP Review! Our Youtube Wednesday was again about Steve Jobs, "One Last Thing." This PBS special will take the next several weeks of YouTube Wednesdays and TED Tuesdays as we are only viewing about 11 minutes per week for 5 weeks! We viewed the 2nd 11 minute installment. NB: That was Week 2 in Quarter IV. Week 3 was devoted to AP Review and other testing, so we don't have anything new.
preCalculus was finishing a unit on Limits, Continuity and Differentiability (intro to Calculus). I've been motivating new topics each day with a related Calculus Song from YouTube. There's a lot of great songs on YouTube. Goto YouTube and search for "Calculus Song" or "Calculus Parody" or "Calculus Cover" or "Calculus Carol" or even "Calculus Filk!"
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/05/teaching-precalculus-continuing-intro.htmlAP Calculus BCAP Calculus BC finished a unit on Vector vs. Polar notation. We stressed the similarity of Polar and Parametric modes. So, once we figured out how to calculate slopes and arc lengths parametrically, we tried to do the same with polar graphs. We also talked about polar area! Next week is AP Review already! We had MCQ IX and CML 4 too.
AP Computer Science
AP Computer Science tied up some loose ends with CH11 "Interfaces and Polymorphism" aka the "implements" key word in java. We also did CH18 "Recursion." We covered CH11 in GridWorld too. We did CH13 "Inheritance" aka the key word "extends" via GridWorld. I assigned CH19 "Searching and Sorting" as a reading assignment for homework before the AP. I did the same with GridWorld Part IV about the Critter class as we had to start AP Review!
Calculus Research LabCRL was back in business as our internet connectivity issues were finally addressed! So, we finally finished 1.3 Reimann Sums from the Calc2 text implementing Simpson's Rule as a python function. We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1) last semester and started the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2) last quarter. We will also use the Differential Equations text (calc-3) in our final project! These texts are all free for the download as PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/297
HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Monday, April 23, 2012
Quarter IV, Week 1: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
Last Week, BC Calculus started a unit on Vector vs. Polar notation. preCalculus started a unit on Limits and Continuity (intro to Calculus). AP Computer Science was finishing up GridWorld Part 3 with the Jumper class. Our Youtube Wednesday was about Steve Jobs, "One Last Thing." This PBS special will take the next several weeks of YouTube Wednesdays and TED Tuesdays as we are only viewing about 10 minutes per week!
preCalculus for Seniors started a unit introducing the concepts of Calculus. We did a lot with limits and continuity. We also defined the Derivative and even talked about the Power Rule!
http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaching-precalculus-intro-to-calculus.htmlAP Calculus BC AP Calculus BC started Chapter 12 talking about Vector and Polar notation. We stressed the similarity of Polar and Parametric modes. So, once we figured out how to calculate slopes and arc lengths parametrically, we tried to do the same with polar graphs. We also talked about polar area! Next week is AP Review already!http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaching-ap-calculus-unit-12-parametric.html
AP Computer Science
APCS was finishing GridWorld part 3 writing the JumperRunner and Jumper classes! After Jumper we will do Recursion and AP Review! It is getting down to crunch time. We need to finish up this week and then do a bit of AP Review next week. The Exams are the following week???
Calculus Research Lab CRL was down all last week as we did not have internet access! We finished the Derivatives text (calc-1)and started the AntiDerivatives text (calc-2). We will also use the Differential Equations text (calc-3). These texts are all free PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/297
HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Quarter III, Week 8&9: ScreenCasts, SmartNotes and Code, oh my!
Last week, BC Calculus finised a unit on Power Series. preCalculus finished a unit on Matrix Algebra. AP Computer Science revisited GridWorld. Our Youtube Wednesday was a modern version of "The Powers of 10" as seen above. This week was only a 3 day week with preTests on Monday, Tests on Tuesday and GameDay on Wednesday. I use GameDay for students to do make up and for extra credit work.
AP Calculus BC finished Chapter 11 talking about MacLaurin vs. Taylor Power Series. We stressed the importance of the Ratio Test and Intervals of Convergence. We even talked about the Alternating Series Test Error and the Lagrange Error terms. http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaching-ap-calculus-unit-11-power.htmlpreCalculus for Seniors finished Chapter 11 on Matrix Algebra including Augmented Matrices, Cramer's Rule and the Inverse matrix! http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaching-precalculus-chapter-11.html
AP Computer Science revisited GridWorld Part 1, finished Part 2 and started part 3 . http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com/2012/04/teaching-apcs-gridworld-revisited-parts.html
Calculus Research Lab continued Riemann Sums! We finished the Derivatives text and started the AntiDerivatives text. We will also use the Differential Equations text. These texts are all free PDFs from http://www.sagemath.org
https://sage.math.clemson.edu:34567/home/pub/297
HTH and I hope you enjoyed this week's notes!
Learning with Technology,
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