Finding Resources to Use for Activities
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Finding Resources to Use for Activities
Ginger Holmes Rowell, Ph. D.Middle Tennessee State University
CAUSEway WorkshopJuly 11, 2006
Workshop on Teaching Introductory Statistics
Finding Resources to Use for Activities
Ginger Holmes Rowell, Middle Tennessee State University Roger Woodard, North Carolina State University
Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee
July 10th, 2006
Overview Brief background on CAUSEweb Searching & finding resources in CAUSEweb Large collections of resources Sharing your “finds”
Teacher’s viewpoint
Overview
Brief background on CAUSEweb Searching & finding resources in CAUSEweb Large collections of resources Sharing your “finds”
www.CAUSEweb.org
CAUSE: Professional Development
CAUSEway Workshops US Conference On Teaching
Statistics Webinars Future opportunities (keep checking
this website)
CAUSE: Research
Research Resourcesfor Teaching Statistics
CAUSE: Resources
Digital Library for Undergraduate Statistics Education
www.CAUSEweb.org
Digital Library: Two Facets
“On-the-Web”
and
Peer Reviewed
CAUSEweb.org
Overview
Brief background on CAUSEweb Searching & finding resources in
CAUSEweb Large collections of resources Sharing your “finds”
Searching & Finding Resources
Searching overview Different ways to search
Regular search Advanced search Browse Categories Statistical Topic
Example Teacher Viewpoint
Scavenger hunt
Searching: Using CAUSEweb Search Tools
CAUSEweb Search Tools
CAUSEweb Browse Categories
Keywords
Searching: Browse Categories
Lecture Examples Laboratories Out-of-class Teaching Tips Datasets Analysis Tools Curriculum Humor Building Blocks Multimedia
Searching: Advanced Search
Searching by Topic
http://www.causeweb.org/resources/alt.php
Content Searching: Central Limit Theorem
Central Limit Theorem Example
http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/CLT.html
Statistical Statistical
JavaJava
Teacher’s Viewpoint
Demonstration during a lecture Use “as is” in a computer lab Assign some corresponding reading
in addition to the applet Make supplementary worksheet
Searching:Application Areas
Agriculture Art and Music Astronomy Biology Business Chemistry Computer Science Engineering
Geology Health Science Humanities Mathematics Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology Sports and Games
Searching: Applications
Some applications have more entries than others.
Searching: Object Formats
A Subset Audio Flash Java
Applet Javascript PDF Video
Teacher’s Viewpoint: “I think I want a Video today. Let’s see what is
suggested in CAUSEweb.”
Searching: Resource Types
Animation Case Study Collection Drill and
Practice Lecture/
Presentation
Quiz/Test Reference
Materials Simulation Sound Tutorial Webpage
Case Study Example
Case Study + Case Teaching Notes
= a “ready-to-go” classroom lesson= a “ready-to-go” classroom lesson
Teacher’s Viewpoint:Teacher’s Viewpoint:
Searching for “Related” Items
Related (or companion) items are identified
Searching: Resource Types
Animation Case Study Collection Drill and Practice Lecture/
Presentation
Quiz/Test Reference
Materials Simulation Sound Tutorial Webpage
Overview
Brief background on CAUSEweb Searching & finding resources in CAUSEweb Large collections of resources Sharing your “finds”
Collections
Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html
http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/
http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html
http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/
Virtual Laboratories in Probability and Statistics
Collection Example: Star Library
http://www.causeweb.org/repository/StarLibrary/activities/
“Collection” but not “Collections”
Collection + Applet + Tutorial Example
Teacher’s Viewpoint: Example
“It’s all right here.”
Another Collection: TI Education
http://education.ti.com
Finding Is Better than Searching*
Woo-hoo! This is it!
*When you are hurrying to get ready for class.
Scavenger Hunt ???
Not Your College Student’s Scavenger Hunt
You will be hunting for Internet resources related to your topic
Use the following handout as a guidehttp://www.mtsu.edu/~rowell/scavhunt.doc
Sharing Your Best “Finds”
We will collect your best three “finds” and compile them to share with the class.
Send the following for each to [email protected] Website name, author(s), URL A descriptive title if needed to make the
name clear Type of site
Overview
Brief background on CAUSEweb Searching & finding resources in
CAUSEweb Large collections of resources Sharing your “finds”
Looking Ahead
Lunch
Session 5 Finding and Using Real Data