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Assignment 5: Vidcast

Explore iTunes, find and subscribe to a Vidcast for use in your content / educational setting. To your wiki upload the link to the vidcast and describe how you are / will be using it in your classroom.

Below is a videocast found on YouTube. The presenter's name is Dan Meyers. In this videocast, Dan talks about the problems in math education. He compares math textbooks to sitcoms. In his opinion math textbooks present concepts in nice 30 minute sitcom fashion with all of the predictable information included (graphs, explanations, samples that work out to a predictable answer). He says that this type of education creates students who impatient problem-solvers. The textbook, and therefore most teachers, don't give students problems where they have to be patient and persistent with problems. I plan to use this with my math teachers in the district to show them where they could be when teaching math.

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