5.6.13 york region pa day - seneca

YORK REGION MATHEMATICS PA DAY

School of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry (SBSAC)

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering Technology (FASET)

Carol CarruthersMay 6, 2013

SENECA COLLEGE

largest community college in Ontario

eight campuses in Greater Toronto Area

approx 100,000 full and part time students

http://www.senecacollege.ca/about/index.html

APPLIED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (AST):

Providing a strong foundation in mathematics, science, technology and communicationhttp://www.senecac.on.ca/fulltime/AST.html

AST DESTINATIONS: School of Biological Sciences and Applied Chemistry http://www.senecac.on.ca/program/programs.html?career=Science/Research

School of Information and Communications Technology http://www.senecac.on.ca/program/programs.html?career=Electronics

Centre for the Built Environmenthttp://www.senecac.on.ca/program/programs.html?career=Environmental%20Studies

Centre for Advanced Technologieshttp://www.senecac.on.ca/program/programs.html?career=Skilled%20Trades

School of Fire Protection Engineering Technologyhttp://www.senecac.on.ca/program/programs.html?career=Fire%20Alarm%20Inspection

School of Aviation and Flight Technology http://www.senecac.on.ca/program/programs.html?career=Aviation/Pilot

SCHOOL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND APPLIED CHEMISTRY

MTH148 – Foundations for Technical Mathematics

http://www.senecac.on.ca/cgi-bin/subject?s1=MTH148

MTH173 http://www.senecac.on.ca/cgi-bin/subject?s1=MTH173

MTH273http://www.senecac.on.ca/cgi-bin/subject?s1=MTH273

FOUNDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL MATHEMATICS (FTM)

College Mathematics Project (CMP/CSAP) http://collegemathproject.senecac.on.ca/cmp/en/index.php

Canadian Achievement Test (CAT3 level 19) http://www.canadiantestcentre.com/cat3/cat3.asp

FAQ: http://www.senecacollege.ca/registrar/documents/faq-faset.pdf

PEN-BASED COMPUTING (TABLET PC):

Stylus input – like pencil on paper (no typing)

Annotations focus learners on key concepts

Visual learners can diagram ideas

Notes saved and accessed anytime/anywhere

STUDENT PEN-BASED/TYPED EXPERIENCE :

SYNCHRONOUS COLLABORATIVE WORKSPACE

TEACHING TRANSITIONS:

Increased use of the Web - learning objects

Observation - students like to teach

Pre-class assignments

Flipped classroom practice

Mixed (Hybrid) mode

MathCasts – students teach http://senecamathcasts.wordpress.com/

STUDENTS DESIGN LEARNING EXPERIENCE:

InterACTIVE learninghttp://www.mathopenref.com/

Real time response to problem solvinghttp://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/equation-formula.html

Group competition to solve problemshttp://jeopardylabs.com/play/ratio-and-proportion

Online worksheet generatorshttp://www.math.com/students/worksheet/algebra_sp.htm

http://www.math-aids.com/

STUDENTS DESIGN QUESTIONS

THANK YOU AND MORE INFORMATION:

Email: carol.carruthers@senecacollege.ca Seneca’s HP website/Carol’s blog

http://open.senecac.on.ca/HPtabletproject/https://teachmathwithtech.wordpress.com/

DyKnow softwarehttp://www.dyknow.com/

Student videoshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il-k65CFqpEhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd7BsEF1x6g

Seneca Mathcasts http://senecamathcasts.wordpress.com/