Don't Reinvent The Wheel

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Don't Reinvent The Wheel

• Prof. Eric A. Suess
• Department of Statistics
• esuess_at_csuhayward.edu
• Office of Faculty Development
• Faculty In Residence for Technology

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Introduction

• Online teaching resources for classroom
  instruction, idea reinforcement, and homework.
• You dont have to be a developer to use what has
  already be created!!!
• It can be fun for you and your students.

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Topics of Discussion

• Online Teaching Resources
• Merlot
• JSE, JOMA
• The Internet and the WWW
• Blackboard
• Personal Website

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Online Teaching Resources

• Use what is out there.
• Hyperstat
• Create your own.
• Blackboard bb1
• Personal Websites esuess

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Merlot

• MERLOT is a free and open resource designed
  primarily for faculty and students in higher
  education. With a continually growing collection
  of online learning materials, peer reviews and
  assignments, MERLOT helps faculty enhance
  instruction.
• MERLOT is also a community of people who strive
  to enrich teaching and learning experiences.
• Find interesting things on the WWW

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JSE, Stats, JOMA, and MathDL

• Journal of Statistical Education. Jse
• Stats Magazine. stats
• Journal of Online Mathematics and its
  Application. joma
• Mathematical Science Digital Library. mathdl

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Make your own list

• As you find things that you think might be useful
  in your teaching and for your students begin
  making a list of links.
• This can be a small or large project. My Stat1000
  list

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The Internet and the WWW

• Learn to use IE or Netscape
• Keep your list on paper?
• Keep your list on the internet?
• WWW, Telnet, FTP
• MS Word
• Blackboard
• MS Frontpage
• CSUH Help Desk help

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Blackboard

• A web-based course management program.
• It does a lot!
• Start slowly.
• Post a list. bb1

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MS Frontpage

• Create your own website. esuess
• Very easy to use.
• Need to learn
• Telnet
• FTP (file transfer)

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Conclusions

• There has been many teaching resources created
  already since the dawn of the Internet Age.
• Browse the internet and make a list of links for
  your student.