Math G Walton
This assignment can be done on a computer in the Mission College Computer Lab (upstairs in Campus Center) or in the Math Tutor Lab (S2-401), or with your own computer and internet connection at home/work.
The assignment requires an exploration of material on the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Teaching website ( a national collaborative project of many college and university systems). You will visit several mathematics resources and write an evaluation of them. You will then post them online.
What do you have to do?
1) Read the MERLOT home page at: http://www.merlot.org/Home.po
2) Read the Tasting Room page at: http://taste.merlot.org/
3) Follow the link from the home page to the Mathematics discipline page (http://www.merlot.org/artifact/BrowseArtifacts.po?catcode=169&sort=rating)
4) Choose a link to a subcategory (probably General and Liberal Arts Math)
5) Explore several of the links by checking out the actual software link and by reading some peer reviews and some user comments.
6) Write your own user comments that include answers to all of the following:
a. How did you review the materials (Did you spend 5 minutes browsing, 2 hours trying it, or actually use it in teaching-learning activities?).
b. Evaluate the quality of content (Does the material accurately present concepts and models that are educationally significant?)
c. Evaluate the potential effectiveness for enhancing teaching and learning (If used appropriately, will students' learning and faculty's teaching be enhanced?)
d. Evaluate the ease of using the materials (Will first time users find it easy to use the software?)
What do you have to turn in
to me ?
1) Become a student member of MERLOT – click on the "Become a Member" on the MERLOT home page or go to:
http://www.merlot.org/person/CreatePerson.po
MERLOT will email you a password.
2) Write user comments (see 6 above ) on THREE different links on the math listings.
3) Post those user comments on the MERLOT site
a. Log in as a member with your password
b. Go to the detail page of the link you have reviewed
c. Click "Add" beside User comments
d. Fill out the form
4) Turn in to Ian the names of the pages where you have posted reviews – I will go online and read them
IF YOU DO NOT HAVE AN E_MAIL ADDRESS
1) Write user comments on FOUR different links from the math listings.
2) Turn the complete reviews in to Ian in class.