Faculty will immediately be able to bring new application examples into their courses and find resources on a continual basis. The free resources provided give faculty a way to take ownership of the responsibility of providing more relevant examples for students.
14. DATA
EXTRACTORS
(GET THE DATA
FROM THE
GRAPH)
Graph Grabber (Quintessa)
Engauge Digitizer
WebPlot Digitizer (Automeris)
Plot Digitizer
16 ways to digitize your data
20. CONTEMPORARY
ALGEBRA
CURRICULUM
(OER)
WHAT DID I TAKE
OUT
Factoring (but not factored form)
Completing the square (but not vertex
form)
Log sum and difference rules (but not
solving with logarithms)
Solving radical equations with two radical
expressions using algebra
Rational expressions (as a general topic)
Polynomials (as a general topic)
21. CONTEMPORARY
ALGEBRA
CURRICULUM
(OER)
WHAT DID I
CHANGE?
Technology is Desmos
Function algebra and compositions are
introduced with graph transformations as the way
you do graph transformations
Piecewise functions have a much heavier
emphasis now
Solving with technology is a real technique
Data modeling and applications (lots) from the
last decade
Logarithms are taught as an inverse exclusively
(not where students convert between equations)
Logarithmic Scale
Periodic Functions and Basic Trigonometry is
included
22. WHAT ELSE?
Curriculum is
“Guided
Notes” not a
text
Videos with
narration for
the blind (all
the tables are
read aloud, all
graphs are
described)
Picture-in-
picture to put
a “friendly
face” on the
math
Captioning for
the deaf and
hearing-
impaired (with
instructional
notes and
math
adjustments)
Suitable for
Flipped
Classroom and
Online
curriculum
23. WHAT DOES THIS CURRICULUM INCLUDE?
Guided
Notes
Videos Problem Sets Graphs In
The World
Learning
Objectives
More information: http://bit.ly/CAC-Form
24. QUESTIONS?
Contact
Maria Andersen, PhD
Westminster College
CEO, Coursetune
Email: busynessgirl@gmail.com
Twitter: @busynessgirl
Website: busynessgirl.com
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More information about Contemporary
Algebra Curriculum: http://bit.ly/CAC-Form