Thursday, August 21, 2008

Never Lecture in Class Again

I have a plan to never lecture in my class again!!! What I plan on doing is lecturing at night while my students are in the comfort of their own homes or maybe while they're waiting for football practice.

I've started recording some of my physics lectures and putting them on the web and in iTunes. They will also be put in an accessible folder on our school's server so that students who have a thumb drive can take them home using the Sneakernet. I'll probably also burn some DVDs for the small number of students I'll have who don't have reliable computers at home.

So far I have my early calculator lectures done and the first two sections of Chapter 2 in our text book (constant motion). For the motion sections I used the Presentation tool in Google Docs and a Wacom tablet I borrowed from one of our art teachers to write on the screen. I really need to buy one of these. I'll probably buy the Wacom Bamboo (Small)because I can get it for around $60. If I want to pay $100 more I can get a bigger one.What I really want is the Wacom Graphire Bluetooth Tablet.Then I could use it while I walk around the classroom.

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