Transcript CAUSEweb find resources

Finding Resources to Use
for Activities
Ginger Holmes Rowell, Ph. D.
Middle Tennessee State University
CAUSEway Workshop
July 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 Resources
for Teaching Statistics
CAUSE: Resources
Digital Library for Undergraduate
Statistics Education
www.CAUSEweb.org
CAUSEweb.org
Digital Library: Two Facets
“On-the-Web”
and
Peer Reviewed
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
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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
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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
Statistical
Java
http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/CLT.html
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
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Agriculture
Art and Music
Astronomy
Biology
Business
Chemistry
Computer Science
Engineering
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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
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Animation
Case Study
Collection
Drill and Practice
Lecture/
Presentation
 Quiz/Test
 Reference
Materials
 Simulation
 Sound
 Tutorial
 Webpage
Case Study Example
Teacher’s Viewpoint:
Case Study + Case Teaching Notes
= a “ready-to-go” classroom lesson
Searching for “Related” Items
Related (or companion) items are identified
Searching: Resource Types
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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://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html
Virtual Laboratories in
Probability and Statistics
http://www.math.uah.edu/stat/
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html
http://kitchen.stat.vt.edu/~sundar/java/applets/
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 guide
http://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