tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post5805607053707206568..comments2024-03-12T02:19:51.554-07:00Comments on Without Geometry, Life is Pointless: Technology in School: Where's My Hovercraft? Part 2Avery Pickfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10433339146333801163noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-23120863340816345942012-03-10T22:01:05.705-08:002012-03-10T22:01:05.705-08:00Harold:
Have you experimented with Gapminder at a...Harold:<br /><br />Have you experimented with Gapminder at all? I have no clue if it could be adapted to such a task, but it seems robust and strong and might be able to handle the weight of your task.MrMathManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04686320130689727587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-35428081040269622682011-12-20T19:05:20.389-08:002011-12-20T19:05:20.389-08:00I think some of what you want can be done using ww...I think some of what you want can be done using www.edmodo.com It is a social network site for education and allows students to submit homework, you can do annotations, have student discussions, etc. Anyhow, it might fit the billRandy Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17460489835618442195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-34648658179722483972011-12-19T19:57:44.289-08:002011-12-19T19:57:44.289-08:00Check out http://www.khanacademy.org/ not sure if ...Check out http://www.khanacademy.org/ not sure if it'll send the emails but as far as data tracking it has all the bells and whistles. <br /><br />i used it with some homeschooling friends of mine when i tutored them.Stevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12780413443343241703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-6257562330949270532011-12-16T12:26:03.041-08:002011-12-16T12:26:03.041-08:00@Avery: I'll watch for your email. In the mean...@Avery: I'll watch for your email. In the meantime I've thrown a proof-of-concept up on Google App Engine at http://hwlogdev.appspot.com/ and put the code on GitHub at https://github.com/haroldl/homeworklogHaroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328521031282332994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-90908500399309921372011-12-13T12:58:12.280-08:002011-12-13T12:58:12.280-08:00@Harold: I'd love to take you up on this. A we...@Harold: I'd love to take you up on this. A web application would be fantastic! I'll send you an email with further details using the email on your website.<br /><br />@mixedmath I think the homework log can be added to whatever structure you currently have for homework (collecting, checking, stamping, portfolioing, sharing, ignoring etc). For me, I do not use homework as an external evaluative tool. I have lots of other ways to check for understanding.<br /><br />True, it would be very easy for a student to say they've done work when they haven't on a homework log...about as easy as it is to copy hw from a classmate. The key for me is getting students to buy into how hw and the log is helping them learn. I believe this message and trust is worth the few students that take advantage of the system.Avery Pickfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10433339146333801163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-29748785734272518592011-12-12T21:03:35.398-08:002011-12-12T21:03:35.398-08:00So I'm curious - your students do this log. Do...So I'm curious - your students do this log. Do they turn in any homework? How is it that you check their understanding? I'm only wondering because I've wondered in the past about how easy it is for a student to say they've done some amount of work when, in fact, they haven't.<br /><br />It is that ideal case where students get to play with their homework without fear of a grade to misinfluence them (I think).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1075593398139537131.post-41814373546204918332011-12-12T11:18:59.954-08:002011-12-12T11:18:59.954-08:00Sounds like you need to take the step to have a we...Sounds like you need to take the step to have a web application instead of just the spreadsheet. With all of the data indexed in a database, you could filter by date (or date range) and/or by student efficiently and do other analysis. Let me know if you'd like me to put together a basic site on a volunteer basis.<br /><br />I'd make the code open source, and use Python so that you could host it on Google App Engine for free, or host it anywhere you want.Haroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328521031282332994noreply@blogger.com