A webinar presented for the DyKnow User Webinar Series Nov 18, 2010

1. DyKnow User Webinar Series 2010
An interactive
college
mathematics
classroom using
tablet PC’s and
DyKnow
carol.carruthers@senecac.on.ca
Nov 18, 2010

2. Seneca College
of Applied Arts and Technology
http://senecac.on.ca/about/index.html
• largest community college in Ontario
• eight campuses in Greater Toronto Area
• programs offered >260 fields of study
• approx 100,000 full and part time students
• international students from 90 countries

3. Webinar overview
• who we are and how we got here
• a typical mathematics classroom
• methodologies used to engage students
• examples of student work
• discussion and questions

4. • a $84 000 grant including 21 HP Compaq
Notebook/Tablet PC’s with Microsoft®
Vista operating system, accessories
• grant received by 44 high-ed institutions
(370 applicants world wide)
Seneca HP site: http://open.senecac.on.ca/HPtabletproject/
2008 Higher Education
HP Technology for Teaching Grant
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/grants/us/programs/tech_teaching/hied_global.html#top

5. Pen options
• familiar use of
pen function for
formulation
• digital inking in
multiple colours
enhance
student interest

6. • “DyKnow Vision software is an interactive
teaching tool used to maximize class time,
foster collaborative learning and promote
effective studying”
Funding provided by FASET and Academic Computing Services (ACS)
A 2010 Post Secondary DyKnow Collaborative Software Grant recipient
DyKnow Software
http://www.dyknow.com

7. A typical mathematics classroom
• word document ‘framework’
• change page layout to landscape view,
narrow margins, font size approx 18-20
• approximate space for student solution
• print using the DyKnow writer
• students collaborative notes saved to the
server

8. Methodology
• interactive focus activity
• concept development
• collaborative practice
• application
• reflection of learning
• topic choice: division of fractions

9. Interactive focus activity
• ask students to open and review the link
http://www.mathsisfun.com/fractions_division.html
• go online with them and review the
interactive object
• provide discussion on key terms

11. Open ended questioning

12. Concept Development
• students develop ‘rules’ as a group
• summary text box

13. Collaborative Practice
• share control
• send panels
• students placed into groups
• chat features
• private notes

14. Panel control can be shared
• class moves at a self-directed pace
• students can be a temporary
teacher
• increased in-class discussion
• collaborative notes
• modeling methodology
• anonymous responses
• students are actively engaged and
participating in class

16. Send Panels
• students submit panels during a session
• panels can be teacher annotated
• return - immediately or at convenient time
• accessed with class notes
• interaction continues beyond class time
• anonymous

19. Application

20. Reflection of Learning
• request status, polling, class observation
• journal or portfolio responses

21. Instant feedback from students
• individual student results are privately
sent to the teacher
• the teacher adds another question or
continues on depending on student
response

22. A panel to gauge understanding
• Add a polling
panel to
immediately
determine
comprehension

23. Students can write private notes
and chat online

24. Journal or Portfolio

25. Workshop on the Impact of Pen
Based Technology (WIPTE) Contest
http://www.wipte.org
• The students of the Applied Science and
Technology (AST) Certificate Program
won first prize ($3000) for their video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=il-k65CFqpE
Special Thanks to Ewan Gibson
Audio Visual Services – Seneca Libraries

26. Dyknow®
Contest 2010
http://www.dyknow.com/videocontest/
• The students of the AST Program won
second prize (50 DyKnow licenses)
for their video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hd7BsEF1x6g
Special Thanks to Ewan Gibson (AVS)

27. Special thanks to:
The Applied Science and Technology Fundamentals (AST) Certificate students
Laurel Schollen – Dean FASET
James Humphreys– Chair SBSAC
Dawn Mercer – ORI
Hassan Assiri – Manager ACS
Gino Franceschetti – ACS
Ewan Gibson - AVS
SBSAC & FASET Faculty
Supported by a 2008 Higher Education HP Technology for Teaching Grant,
a 2010 Post Secondary DyKnow®
Collaborative Software Grant,
and by Seneca FASET and ACS