Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Over a cup of coffee: March 9th edition

Numerous posts on writing in the classroom including advice for peer-editing and using drawing as a way to improve writing.

Dan Cohen's posts a narrative of the history of Pi, offering creative ways to use storytelling and technology to communicate mathematics.

ProfHacker guest writer Derek Bruff discusses how he writes and uses multiple choice questions to check conceptual understanding.

Tools for Teaching has numerous resources on teaching and learning, here they focus on collaborative learning.

Consider using the Visual Understanding Environment (VUE) from Tufts University. This software allows for the easy creation of mind maps and other organizing visualizations.

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