It helps some students focus. I don't write everything down - some things are spoken only. Students have their own insights they want to put down before they forget.
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I don't make them take notes. It also helps students who don't care about the class a lot, as it is the only time they'll do anything towards learning the material. Plus, I teach highschool. Highschool is about more than just the subject at hand. If it was only about learning the material, we'd have many students out by 9th grade.
So, highschool math is about taking notes. and writing skills. and verbal skills. and social skills. and everything else that makes up life and work.
Personally, I'd like to explore a school that was just about learning the material, but it's not the system we have in the US.
I am a math teacher and use a tablet wirelessly connected to a projector to teach using OneNote. It has all the advantages of a chalkboard or pen and paper plus:
I always have all of my notes. Always.
My notes are in color. I have a large selection of colors and sizes. (and my highlighters dont get messed up or run out)
If I didnt leave myself enough room, I can make more room.
If I want to take an idea in another direction, I can copy what I have to another page and fork off in the direction I want.
Using OneNote, I can search through my handwritten notes as if they were text. Very useful for quickly finding old notes that are buried amidst lots of notes.
I can resize diagrams.
I can print pages to OneNote and use OCR to get the text from it or write all over it.
I can quickly copy any part of my screen to it.
I can publish my notes as PDF's or print copies.
I have not found one draw back. In fact, I would like you to try to think of one (perhaps I have over looked it).
Make sure you turn on pressure sensitive ink (obviously buy a tablet that is pressure sensitive) and select an ink thick enough so you can see the changes in width with the changes in pressure. This makes it look just like a hand written diagram.
The only word of caution to teachers is if you are copying and pasting something - give your students time to recopy it in their notes.
Also, get a tablet that is convertible. Then it is your laptop when you are doing regular stuff and yet when you need to draw a diagram - you can!
The real motto for tablet computers needs to be "Use but not over use" (just like the motion stuff for wii)
Dont write a paper in tablet mode - type it, it's faster. etc.
I am a mathematician who, like yourself, "thinks on paper". The tablet is the computer you need.
Get one with a dual digitizer. Active and passive. Get a convertible. Get OneNote. Resist the urge to do everything in tablet mode. I would bet most people with your sensibilities would not be disappointed. I know I am not.
Plus, I've heard there are OneNote like apps which also do math stuff, like evaluate determinants for you, draw graphs, take derivatives etc.. I have not looked into those yet.
One thing that angers me, is how they want the benefits of selling a physical itemand a license.
Do you want to sell me a license? Fine. Then I want to be able to archive my software any way I want so that I can use my license which you sold me long after your crappy software medium fails me. Why is my license even tied to something like a product key? Do I forfeit my right to the license I bought because your sticker wore off? Or because I forgot my key? Or because your company went under and your validation servers are offline? Do I forfeit my license because your disc broke? Why wont you replace the disc at cost. I bought the license already!!! I don't need to buy another license! What am I going to do with two licenses?
Do you want to sell me something instead of licensing it? No, you don't. So there isnt even any reason to bring up the hypothetical.
On a strategic level, the USA really screwed the pooch by chasing the lowest bidder and not building up our domestic capacity to produce these items. And for you small gov't types, this is an example of free market principles colliding with what is effectively a national security issue.
I'm confused by what you are suggesting. Are you suggesting that because a government should secure a domestic pipeline for military resources that it shouldn't also acquire things cheaply? Or are you suggesting that the government should outlaw all international trade out of fear?
Or are you suggesting that a "small gov't type" wouldn't see the obvious problem in outsourcing national security?
If they had them initially, they would have had a worse shortage of extra controllers and it would have cost more like $100.
But did it necessarily have to increase the price so much? It seems to me that they could have gone with a small increase in the price and a large shortage of controllers (i.e. make half as many controllers) or gone with a large increase in price and a small shortage of controllers (i.e. buy the components at any cost).
It seems to me that Nintendo had no problems running shortages on their hardware at launch anyways. I think having a shortage of well built controllers would have been the path to take. Especially considering the controller is the platform. However, no one pays me to make decisions for their company.
The only thing Wii was missing was the better motion sensors, but it wasn't possible financially at that point, the technology was too costly for competing with better priced console.
Citation needed. The problem with the Wii's sensing capabilities is that has three accelerometers x, y and z. Any good mathematician/physicist/engineer would recognize the wiimote has six degrees of freedom and therefor needs more than what it has.
This could be completely solved by adding the exact same sensing hardware in another place inside the wiimote, which I highly suspect that is all the "motion plus" is.
The problem is their controllers not the console. So, yes, it would have increased the price of the controllers to do it right. By how much? 50%? That would make them $60 controllers. That is still completely competitive. How much did xbox 360 and ps3 controllers cost at launch?
The 10km x 10km sails are cheap knock off garbage they sell to tourists and wannabe garage mechanics. I know it is expensive, but you really need to go up to the 50km by 50km size and brand name DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!! Also, remember to shop intergalactically, but buy galactically. You will appreciate the difference in service when something goes wrong (and it will).
Cars also don't work in outer space. This engine does.
But, also consider this: Cars push against the road. In essence they are throwing the road back (even though the road isn't part of the car, unlike rocket fuel which is part of a rocket). I only scanned the summary, but this seems to work without throwing anything back. Whether by losing mass (i.e. a rocket) or by pushing off of an object (i.e. a car).
Lesson learned: When making anonymous posts, use either a proxy, an anonymous posting service (COTSE.NET), someone's open WiFi connection, or a friend's computer.
A tablet PC plus a projector and Office One Note (or some of the other math focused notebook software) is waaaay better than a blackboard.
First, you have limitless history. A student has a question about a lecture last week? Boom - You got it.
Colors, resizing, searching through handwritten notes as if they were typed? Adding pictures? Printing documents to One Note (such as lab write ups) and then marking on them to illuminate the finer points?
Plus - and to me this is HUGE - you can face your students while writing!
And if you have a wireless projector you can walk around! and still write on the board! Being were you need to be, a while writing where your students can see!!!
How genetically similar would we be to our ancestors at historically, scientifically or otherwise interesting times? At Creation? The appearance of Homo sapiens? The destruction of the Death Star?
I have my answers, you'll be graded in the morning.
Why not get caps or veneers or something. My sis did this because she had messed up teeth. It is not that expensive, but it's not cheap either. Why wait until you can grow new teeth when you could have some cosmetic dentistry now?
My sis and my best friend have brown splotchy teeth. Where I am from it is known to be the well water. We moved to the country when I was 5, so it didn't get me. But, it gets you if you drink it young.
btw, she got caps or veneers or something. They look nice.
Currently, my wife and I can get the kids excited about the world around them, but I'd like to find someone inspiring from outside the family as they get older.
Quote from the summary. Emphasis mine.
See, I know you read more than the headline, because you quote the ages 5 and 2. But if you had gone just one more sentence in, you would have found out he's okay with now - he is in fact talking about "years" from now.
There is something really perverse and masochistic about opposition to this sort of tech(and masochism is fine, if that's your thing; but imposing it on others is a bit much ).
Apparently, every view point is okay in your world except if I'm a sadist who enjoys "imposing [masochism] on others".
Your lack of sensitivity to sadists reveals how narrow minded you really are...
Mod parent up. Just because you are educated in one thing does not mean you are educated in all things.
Hear is an anecdotal news flash. I have my BS in theoretical physics. Every one of my Physics friends (including those who went on to their PhD) and anything I have heard from my professors and their professors (except for one) says global warming smacks of bad science.
So, it'd be interesting to see this study broke down by discipline so we could look at their educated opinions.
First, most research is related to advertising. Big Pharma?
Second, you can deny people the right to bid on stupid names. You don't want reebokium, don't let them bid on that name.
Third, you are not selling your soul/child/arm...
Now, I could hear an argument about how it is a priceless thing and so on. But having an element named something you want it to be won't immortalize you. Rutherfordium doesn't make Rutherford immortal. In fact, it probably doesn't even introduce the man to many people who wouldn't already know his name.
But, if you were so purely interested in science and stuff as you claim. Then take the money and do some more research advancing human knowledge instead of advancing your own ego.
Mod parent up. That is a great idea. I was told l'Hopital didn't invent that theorem, but paid for it. The actual story is a little more complicated, but it's the same idea.
I suppose they should reserve the right to refuse people bid's for controversial or vulgar names, but would you honestly care if it got named Gatesium or Hiltonium? I can think of millions of reasons not to care.
it also wouldn't make sense for him to create his own company and hold the patents with the intent of doing something if it is a scam.
I've heard patenting crap is a great way to run a scam. As in, "here are my patents, investors" or "buy my patented invention". The general populace associates patents with legitimacy.
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Here is the artwork to go along with your story. I believe this is the original artist. Could be wrong.
It was the "free health care for everyone" people who choose fund a procedure that ends a baby's life. What is your point?
It helps some students focus. I don't write everything down - some things are spoken only. Students have their own insights they want to put down before they forget.
-and-
I don't make them take notes. It also helps students who don't care about the class a lot, as it is the only time they'll do anything towards learning the material. Plus, I teach highschool. Highschool is about more than just the subject at hand. If it was only about learning the material, we'd have many students out by 9th grade.
So, highschool math is about taking notes. and writing skills. and verbal skills. and social skills. and everything else that makes up life and work.
Personally, I'd like to explore a school that was just about learning the material, but it's not the system we have in the US.
I am a math teacher and use a tablet wirelessly connected to a projector to teach using OneNote. It has all the advantages of a chalkboard or pen and paper plus:
I always have all of my notes. Always.
My notes are in color. I have a large selection of colors and sizes. (and my highlighters dont get messed up or run out)
If I didnt leave myself enough room, I can make more room.
If I want to take an idea in another direction, I can copy what I have to another page and fork off in the direction I want.
Using OneNote, I can search through my handwritten notes as if they were text. Very useful for quickly finding old notes that are buried amidst lots of notes.
I can resize diagrams.
I can print pages to OneNote and use OCR to get the text from it or write all over it.
I can quickly copy any part of my screen to it.
I can publish my notes as PDF's or print copies.
I have not found one draw back. In fact, I would like you to try to think of one (perhaps I have over looked it).
Make sure you turn on pressure sensitive ink (obviously buy a tablet that is pressure sensitive) and select an ink thick enough so you can see the changes in width with the changes in pressure. This makes it look just like a hand written diagram.
The only word of caution to teachers is if you are copying and pasting something - give your students time to recopy it in their notes.
Also, get a tablet that is convertible. Then it is your laptop when you are doing regular stuff and yet when you need to draw a diagram - you can!
The real motto for tablet computers needs to be "Use but not over use" (just like the motion stuff for wii)
Dont write a paper in tablet mode - type it, it's faster. etc.
I am a mathematician who, like yourself, "thinks on paper". The tablet is the computer you need.
Get one with a dual digitizer. Active and passive. Get a convertible. Get OneNote. Resist the urge to do everything in tablet mode. I would bet most people with your sensibilities would not be disappointed. I know I am not.
Plus, I've heard there are OneNote like apps which also do math stuff, like evaluate determinants for you, draw graphs, take derivatives etc.. I have not looked into those yet.
I have used this set up for four years.
Can we use these to make black holes? Or at least hover boards??? Pleeeease?
One thing that angers me, is how they want the benefits of selling a physical item and a license.
Do you want to sell me a license? Fine. Then I want to be able to archive my software any way I want so that I can use my license which you sold me long after your crappy software medium fails me. Why is my license even tied to something like a product key? Do I forfeit my right to the license I bought because your sticker wore off? Or because I forgot my key? Or because your company went under and your validation servers are offline? Do I forfeit my license because your disc broke? Why wont you replace the disc at cost. I bought the license already!!! I don't need to buy another license! What am I going to do with two licenses?
Do you want to sell me something instead of licensing it? No, you don't. So there isnt even any reason to bring up the hypothetical.
On a strategic level, the USA really screwed the pooch by chasing the lowest bidder and not building up our domestic capacity to produce these items. And for you small gov't types, this is an example of free market principles colliding with what is effectively a national security issue.
I'm confused by what you are suggesting. Are you suggesting that because a government should secure a domestic pipeline for military resources that it shouldn't also acquire things cheaply? Or are you suggesting that the government should outlaw all international trade out of fear?
Or are you suggesting that a "small gov't type" wouldn't see the obvious problem in outsourcing national security?
If they had them initially, they would have had a worse shortage of extra controllers and it would have cost more like $100.
But did it necessarily have to increase the price so much? It seems to me that they could have gone with a small increase in the price and a large shortage of controllers (i.e. make half as many controllers) or gone with a large increase in price and a small shortage of controllers (i.e. buy the components at any cost).
It seems to me that Nintendo had no problems running shortages on their hardware at launch anyways. I think having a shortage of well built controllers would have been the path to take. Especially considering the controller is the platform. However, no one pays me to make decisions for their company.
The only thing Wii was missing was the better motion sensors, but it wasn't possible financially at that point, the technology was too costly for competing with better priced console.
Citation needed. The problem with the Wii's sensing capabilities is that has three accelerometers x, y and z. Any good mathematician/physicist/engineer would recognize the wiimote has six degrees of freedom and therefor needs more than what it has.
This could be completely solved by adding the exact same sensing hardware in another place inside the wiimote, which I highly suspect that is all the "motion plus" is.
The problem is their controllers not the console. So, yes, it would have increased the price of the controllers to do it right. By how much? 50%? That would make them $60 controllers. That is still completely competitive. How much did xbox 360 and ps3 controllers cost at launch?
The 10km x 10km sails are cheap knock off garbage they sell to tourists and wannabe garage mechanics. I know it is expensive, but you really need to go up to the 50km by 50km size and brand name DOES MAKE A DIFFERENCE!!! Also, remember to shop intergalactically, but buy galactically. You will appreciate the difference in service when something goes wrong (and it will).
Cars also don't work in outer space. This engine does.
But, also consider this: Cars push against the road. In essence they are throwing the road back (even though the road isn't part of the car, unlike rocket fuel which is part of a rocket). I only scanned the summary, but this seems to work without throwing anything back. Whether by losing mass (i.e. a rocket) or by pushing off of an object (i.e. a car).
Surplus as in free? if you aren't interested, I am :)
Lesson learned: When making anonymous posts, use either a proxy, an anonymous posting service (COTSE.NET), someone's open WiFi connection, or a friend's computer.
Some friend *you* are...sheesh.
A tablet PC plus a projector and Office One Note (or some of the other math focused notebook software) is waaaay better than a blackboard.
First, you have limitless history. A student has a question about a lecture last week? Boom - You got it.
Colors, resizing, searching through handwritten notes as if they were typed? Adding pictures? Printing documents to One Note (such as lab write ups) and then marking on them to illuminate the finer points?
Plus - and to me this is HUGE - you can face your students while writing!
And if you have a wireless projector you can walk around! and still write on the board! Being were you need to be, a while writing where your students can see!!!
How genetically similar would we be to our ancestors at historically, scientifically or otherwise interesting times? At Creation? The appearance of Homo sapiens? The destruction of the Death Star?
I have my answers, you'll be graded in the morning.
Why not get caps or veneers or something. My sis did this because she had messed up teeth. It is not that expensive, but it's not cheap either. Why wait until you can grow new teeth when you could have some cosmetic dentistry now?
My sis and my best friend have brown splotchy teeth. Where I am from it is known to be the well water. We moved to the country when I was 5, so it didn't get me. But, it gets you if you drink it young.
btw, she got caps or veneers or something. They look nice.
sporange
Currently, my wife and I can get the kids excited about the world around them, but I'd like to find someone inspiring from outside the family as they get older.
Quote from the summary. Emphasis mine.
See, I know you read more than the headline, because you quote the ages 5 and 2. But if you had gone just one more sentence in, you would have found out he's okay with now - he is in fact talking about "years" from now.
There is something really perverse and masochistic about opposition to this sort of tech(and masochism is fine, if that's your thing; but imposing it on others is a bit much ).
Apparently, every view point is okay in your world except if I'm a sadist who enjoys "imposing [masochism] on others".
Your lack of sensitivity to sadists reveals how narrow minded you really are...
Mod parent up. Just because you are educated in one thing does not mean you are educated in all things.
Hear is an anecdotal news flash. I have my BS in theoretical physics. Every one of my Physics friends (including those who went on to their PhD) and anything I have heard from my professors and their professors (except for one) says global warming smacks of bad science.
So, it'd be interesting to see this study broke down by discipline so we could look at their educated opinions.
First, most research is related to advertising. Big Pharma?
Second, you can deny people the right to bid on stupid names. You don't want reebokium, don't let them bid on that name.
Third, you are not selling your soul/child/arm...
Now, I could hear an argument about how it is a priceless thing and so on. But having an element named something you want it to be won't immortalize you. Rutherfordium doesn't make Rutherford immortal. In fact, it probably doesn't even introduce the man to many people who wouldn't already know his name.
But, if you were so purely interested in science and stuff as you claim. Then take the money and do some more research advancing human knowledge instead of advancing your own ego.
Mod parent up. That is a great idea. I was told l'Hopital didn't invent that theorem, but paid for it. The actual story is a little more complicated, but it's the same idea.
I suppose they should reserve the right to refuse people bid's for controversial or vulgar names, but would you honestly care if it got named Gatesium or Hiltonium? I can think of millions of reasons not to care.
it also wouldn't make sense for him to create his own company and hold the patents with the intent of doing something if it is a scam.
I've heard patenting crap is a great way to run a scam. As in, "here are my patents, investors" or "buy my patented invention". The general populace associates patents with legitimacy.
...and contacting you if I ever need business advice.
+1 Brilliant (Disclaimer: I may be easily impressed)