Student Voices Episode 3: Chris, Craig, and Graeme

In this episode of Student Voices three Advanced Placement Calculus students, Chris, Craig, and Graeme, talk about a wiki assignment they did to prepare for the exam. Then the conversation transitions to a discussion of the many things they learned while doing their Developing Expert Voices project. It ends with a challenge, the result of which will be featured in a future podcast.

Let Chris, Craig, and Graeme know what you thought about the podcast by leaving a comment here on this post or on the mirror of this post on their class blog.

(Download File 31.8Mb, 26 min. 30 sec.)

The video mentioned near the end of the podcast is called Daft Hands. Here it is:

Photo Credit: Shadow singer by flickr user EugeniusD80

BOB Between Periods

Well, as I sit here and watch the hockey game, I will take some time (during an intermission of course) to reflect upon our last unit:

DERIVATIVES

Now I have already learned the content of this unit, and applied it many a time in the AP Calculus class. This means that everything on the test should be fairly easy for myself, but then again, it is one of Mr. K.'s tests.
As I saw with the Pre-Test, small mistakes are easy to make. Forgetting to take the derivate of a constant, or the other side of an equation can result in a major headache.
I think a good sleep, a hearty breakfast, and a little extra concentration should do the trick.

Good luck to all on the test.

Remember the derivative rules as well as the limit definition of a derivative!

Craig's BOB

Hello everyone, this is Craig here to do my first Blogging On Blogging (B.O.B.) post
for this Calculus 45 S course.

This first unit has been a brief review for me because of my taking of the AP Calculus course, but it has been a nice refresher.

It is actually still kind of tricky because I have to learn how to use the long, tedious, drawn-out methods of solving the problems I usually do very briefly. I guess it enhances my understanding of the concepts because we actually touch on the basics compared to the fast-paced AP Calculus' version of Limits.

The pre-test was a clear example of how I need to use all of the techniques used in this class to get full marks. It is good practice and I look forward to more helpful hints from the class.

Good luck to all on the test on Wednesday =D

First Scribe!!!

Oh Boy! Here we go, I'm scribing again.

This is my fourth class with Mr. K., all of which I had to scribe for at least thrice, so I'm used to it.

Anyway, today's class was basically our first official class of learning. However, it ended up being a review of grades 10 through 12. Mr. K. went over the Review Test we had the previous class, touching on the questions we seemed to have the most trouble with.

These questions included the concepts of:
•Inequalities
•Fraction Operations
•Factoring
•Rational Functions
•Function Notation
•Trigonometry

As well, there is a list that may be seen here(slides 14 and 15) that goes over the things we should already know.

I believe Mr. K. did a sufficient job in discussing the problems we may have had in class, as no one seemed to ask questions.
***But remember, if you need any help in dealing with any of the content in the course, arrange a time with Mr.K. or even ask some other students to see if you can get the advice you need***

As well, I suggest if you got some questions wrong on this quiz that you should go back to the questions and try them again. It should help. Or, just open your booklets and do the homework; it provides tons of practice questions dealing with the above concepts and more.

Homework: •All exercises up to page #30 in the ORANGE BOOK
•Pages 2, 3, 4, and 5 in the BLUE BOOK


Last but not least, Wednesday's Scribe will be:......


VINCENT!!! (he does awesome Scribes =D)