{"id":2023,"date":"2012-08-30T20:29:48","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T03:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/?p=2023"},"modified":"2016-05-20T08:05:15","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T15:05:15","slug":"working-on-ipads-in-a-flipped-math-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tech4mathed.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/30\/working-on-ipads-in-a-flipped-math-class\/","title":{"rendered":"Working on iPads in a Flipped Math Class"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the 2nd semester I am flipping my Intermediate Algebra classes.\u00a0\u00a0 The students are required to access the online ebook and take notes BEFORE coming to class.\u00a0 I have Livescribe pencast examples<\/a> available for them to view on the course calendar as well.\u00a0 For more information on how I am flipping my classes, see the article I wrote for eCampus News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Flipping the class frees me up to have the students do group work and activities during class to reinforce the topics from the lesson.\u00a0 I can more easily work individually with students having difficulty, while the rest of the students are helping one another.<\/p>\n

I was awarded a chance to teach in the iPad classroom this semster, so I have been looking for ways to have my students create and share on the iPad, rather than just use it as a calculator or to search the internet.<\/p>\n

Today my students\u00a0 were working in groups on a handout.\u00a0\u00a0 After completing the page, each group was assigned 1 of the problems and required to write their solution or graph on an iPad to share with the class.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The application we are using on the iPad is called Doceri 2.0 (previous blog post about the app<\/a>).\u00a0 It enables students to show their solution as an animation or video.\u00a0\u00a0 Students can even edit their work before exporting it as a video.\u00a0\u00a0 Since the classroom can get pretty loud, I had them record the animation, while picking up the sounds from the classroom (then I deleted all sound before uploading the following videos to YouTube, to protect the students’ privacy).<\/p>\n

To present their animation, each group had one member connect their iPad to the Apple TV that is in the room and then “play” their animation.\u00a0\u00a0 We discussed the group’s solution or graph and answered any questions before the next group presented to the class.\u00a0\u00a0 I was really pleased with how well it worked!<\/p>\n

I was able to get permission from a few students to share their work.<\/p>\n

This first video is a student’s graph from today’s flipped Algebra class.\u00a0\u00a0 They were to graph the linear equation by plotting points.\u00a0\u00a0 The student chose to have graph paper as their background for their animation.<\/p>\n