Author Archives: Joshua

I’m blogging this so I can find it again next semester: http://mathwithbaddrawings.com/2013/04/25/were-all-bad-at-math-1-i-feel-stupid-too/#more-160 – hat tip to Joanne Jacobs for this.  I should send this to my students before exams next week…

Saw this on Facebook, and I had to repost it here so that I could find it later. http://www.forbes.com/sites/artcarden/2012/01/12/dear-student-i-dont-lie-awake-at-night-thinking-of-ways-to-ruin-your-life/

I’m learning to write podcasts as part of my technology training this year. Here’s my first one! It’s a calculus 2 problem on power series.  Let me know what you think! Podcast attempt

I’m posting this for reference – this was give to me at a conference last year, by Anders Hendrickson.  It’s his, and I really like using it.  I’ll be starting most of my classes this year with a discussion about … Continue reading →

I wonder – when I go through the training for our new Title 3 grant next year, will I be able to do something like what Salman Khan suggests in his TED talk?   http://www.ted.com/talks/salman_khan_let_s_use_video_to_reinvent_education.html  (Two strange things: for some reason, … Continue reading →

I’m blogging this as a reference – I think this is really important, and I must go read the research behind this. I think it is funny that this is from a Seton HALL professor The college fear factor and … Continue reading →

An interesting article from the Boston Globe about the decline of the final exam.  As long as I am teaching math, I know there will be comprehensive exams in my classes…

From today until August 30, Kaplan Publishing is giving away study guides in the iBooks store!  Check it out at http://readkaplan.com/  You might find something you can use!

Anyone who has taken one of my classes knows I like to yoyo.  I carry one (usually my Henry’s Viper) with me almost everywhere I go.  But this guy just makes me look completely amateurish.  This is amazing! (Hat tip … Continue reading →

As I was reading my daily blogs (I will put a blogroll up here eventually), I cam across a link to this letter.  As a teaser, here’s a quote I like: “Higher education is designed to develop the mind, which … Continue reading →