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Number of the Day
Number of the day, later expanded to infographic of the day. Was an effort in data science to bring some student presentations into the classroom. The assignment was to find some datum on the web and bring it in for discussion. If it was a number, we would have the student say the number and…
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Partnered Notes
I first experienced partnered notes in the course Protecting Information, an elective at Williams College. Our co-teachers from the realms of math and physics were running a course on cryptography from the Romans up to theoretical quantum cryptography that would be available in the future. As students, we were assigned in pairs to produce notes…
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Straw Stretch Lab
This lab was a response to students relying on teacher expertise too much. I was confident that the students had enough background to figure out the assignment and since it was hands-on, they had feedback from the instrument that they were building. Interestingly, this also produced novel designs for the instrument from pan-pipes (the intended)…
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Teaching Math to Lower Bentley
Teaching is a great form of learning, below is the assignment I built for math students in my first year. The engagement and empowerment of those students in that process would send me down a path that anchored nearly every course in a project of some sort. Sadly, I forgot my camera that day (no…