Sharing from students  Spring 2006

Response by Taina

My heart is beating,

As you walk by I look to the right,

Acting like I do not know you,

Then I look straight at you,

Rolling my eyes,

I know you don't care about me,

You act freely with another girl,

But not me,

You just look at me,

With a very nasty look,

I dont know why,

But you play around with other girls,

Which are my enemies,

I like you very much,

But not youre attitude,

I want to be able to know the real you,

In youre heart, and youre soul,

What are you keeping away from me?

Response by Dani

Here is the assignment:

1.  Take the waking times list l=

{7,6:50,7:55,7:15,7:15,6:30,6:10,7:15,6:30,

7:35,7:40,7:50,7:15,7:30,7:45,7,7:25,7:30}

Find the average using Chris's method by converting to minutes

Find the average using Dani's method add Hours seperately and add minutes

separately

Get same answer

Find the median using Chris's method.

Response by C. Worden

I think a good way to evaluate our learning is through a project of some

sort, like a math art project or something of the sort. I think any of

the activities you listed in the syllabus would be in the correct

trajectory of what we're looking for.

~Chris

Response by Donna

Each person should be evaluated individually depending on the progress

they make over a certain period of time. The progress includes mastering

of skills taught and ability to use skills in different situations.

Response by grade ideas

I'm worried that if everyone gets the same grade automatically, then

those who show up to class every day and do the work on their own are

going to be getting the same grade as those who don't.  I think effort

should be a big part of the grade.

Response by Dani's quotes from 1.27.06

"Ideas are powerful...ideas change the world"

"This [idea] didn't come from me.  I'm just an instrument, this all comes

from you"

"Music and math are made up of ideas.  Life is made of ideas."

Response by Dani's quotes from 1.23.06

" Your brain doesn't make mistakes.  Mistakes are a higher level of

judgement made up by human beings."

Response by Dani's quotes from 1.25.06

"You make it a beautiful, beautiful mathematical song."

Response by Kristin

I think that evaluations are best done through projects. A math art

project really focuses on individual skill and takes an amount of time

and care to complete. It would be a lot easier to distinguish who's

working hard/ who is not than if the evaluation was based on say,

replicating something in SeeLogo.

Response by Greg

"The time is now;

the place is here"

-Dani

Response by Dani

"The class is like a blowing wind, and if the wind is taken advantage of

then the student can achieve anything."

Response by Shannon

We have learned a new demention to the course allowing us to exchanged

new  thoughts and ideas crucial to the learning environment around us.

Response by lisa

so far what i learned is that you can make the inside of the box smaller

by keeping the loop 1000, then subtracting x by the same number times t

for example: loop 1000 [x=100 minus 100*t c=255*t

color rgb c c c [box x x] t=t+0.001

Response by Jackie M and Sara B

Today in class, we reviewed the skills that we learned last week. We had

a hard time understanding it last week but it makes a little more sense

now. We still want to practice it in order to master our skills. Wehope

by practicing, we will come more confident at doing it. Sara feels more

confident in doing mental math, while Jackie feels that she still has

difficulties in doing that. We appreciate Dani's explanation about how

one moment of understanding and clarity is better then a year of calculus

when you don't understand anything.

Response by Julian and Greg

Things change drastically if you manipulate SeeLogo correctly.

We learnt how to post feedback and use it to contribute to our learning

comunity.

This morning I overslept

I fell back asleep

after i turned off of my alarm

but we have our own internal alarms

I woke up at exactly ten

So I wouldn't miss the class

Response by James

01/30/06: Today, we learned how to make boxes of different sizes, colors,

and shades using an algebraic equation as a base.

Response by Nikki Lyford

I have learned a lot of different skills in this class, my favorite skill

would have to be the triangle. Pretty much this skill is you choose any

angle you want i chose 70%. Also you have to choose another number which

is the hypotinuse or side of the triangle. Then by using sin and cosine

you can figure out your missing variables. The length and the height.

Then you can create this on the computer by using JT and Mt comand as

shown below.

JT 0 62.64

//100* COS(70) =34.202

//100* Sin(70) = 93.969

//93.969/ 3~31.32 31.32*2=62.64

MT 34.202 -31.32

MT -34.202 -31.32

MT 0 62.64

JT -34.202 -31.32

Color red [RT 10 fd 100]

Response by joe and aaron

i learned how to share ideas with my classmates on dani's webpage and i

learned how to make a box not a constant. Also i learned that doing math

in your head is better for the neurons and can be much more fun.

Response by Julian and Greg

sunshine

in January?



Short sleaves

in February?



the beauty

of warmth



unatural

Response by math lesson

The beginning of the class began with a review of previous lessons

learned.  Through the loop command and functions we learned how to

manipulate a square to fade through different colors.  Using the x c t

variables we were able to make the square fade from black to white.  We

also learned how to fade from the center of the square by manipulating

the x.

loop x c t

t goes from 0-1

[x=200 - 200*t

c=255*t

color rgb c c c [box x x] t= t+0.0001

Response by Hannah and Wright

At the biginning of class we reviewed what we have learned in previous

classes, esspecially changing the x to make the square into a rectangle.

We then learned how to make the color go from the outside in by changing

the value of x. For example, x = 200 - 200 * t made the color start at

200 then go all the way into the center at 0 and if x = 200 -100 * t then

it will start at 200 and go in until it hits 100.

We also realized that by writing in a growby command and playing around

with the rgb numbers, you can make some beautiful pictures. For example,

if you use the code:

growby 50% 1000  [

spin 20  [

local x c t

t=0

loop 1000 [x=200 - 100*t c=255*t color rgb c 0 0 [box x x] t=t+0.001]

]

]

you get a picture that looks a lot like a beautiful rose.

Another one is to use that same code, only for the colors rgb use: 150 0

c and you get an awesome combination of violet and crimson.

Response by Hadar and Jordan

Today we learned that substituting numbers for the variable c will give

us different colors and patterns for the figure. Also if we change the +

to a - with in the x= brackets the inverse will occur changing the range

of x. For example if [x=50+38*t] is changed to [x=50- 38*t] the range of

x will go from [50,88] to [50,12]. In addition changing the numbers in

[x=50+ 38*t] to a number minus itself bring the turtle to the center of

the square and fill it in.

Learning is the fundamental stepping stone to success

if you wanna get there faster

you must put in the effort

and practice on your own time

Response by Karyn

Everyday we learn new skills and today we also reviewed some from last

week. With practice and help from Dani I'm sure I won't have any trouble.

Dani is unlike any other teacher I've had, he really cares about our

learning. Dani makes this class fun, he's the best!

Response by shannon

a poem

Much like the endless rising sun

eyes awaken and life begins

Though not many know they have begun

our lives are shared each day within.

Response by Jackie M and Sara B

M- Multiplication, Division, Addition, and Subtraction are all coming to

us now.

A- A math class that we really enjoy.

T- The skills we learn are for us to master.

H- Hope is in the numbers.

Response by jose

making a square using:

//50, 4%,20

50,52,54...50(first#)+19(Say we had a 20 number sequence)*2 =88

local tcx

t=0

loop 1000 color rgb cc [box x x] [t=t-0.001] changing colors of the boxes

dani novak haiku:

rectangles spinning

stories from Dani Novak

curious slash slash

Response by monkey

The most interesting thing that I learned thus far in this class is the

spiral of life skill, because you have the ability to make any types of

babies or designs. This is done by putting the equation below in the

command box. First there must be lines drawn from the outside of the

whiteness to the center varying the colors as you choose. There are

infinite possibilities with the spiral of life and this is what makes it

interersting

GROWBY 3% 1000  [

ROT 90  [

SPIN 37  [

JT -73 82 COLOR Violet  [MT -3 -2]

JT 76 84 COLOR Yellow  [MT -4 -2]

JT 8 -8 COLOR Red  [MT -4 -1]

JT -15 -8 COLOR Blue  [MT -4 1]

] ] ]

Response by Bernie, Zach (Rusty) Shankenferd

1. When given six random times, how do we compute the mean and median?

(Note: Use Dani and Chris’s method’s)

2. Create a Binary Tree.

3. In the beautiful SeeLogo, use the JT and MT commands to create

wonderful pictures with straight lines. Extra credit awarded to students

with vibrant colors.

(Tip: Draw Stairs, Bowtie, Flower, Star of David, Dani Novak)

4. Do me a favor and make a pretty picture with 3 or 4 babies using the

Growby.

(Extra Credit given to students who choose original and vibrant colors)

Response by Gregory Dov Rothman

If nature is perfect

being close to nature

is being next to perfect



by living

and learning about 

the world around us

we gain a better understanding

of ourselves and our role in the world

this ultimatly brings us 

closer to God

Response by courtney

ur enimes r my enimes 



ur friends r my friends 



ur strengths r my strengths 



ur weakness is my weakness 



ur my cuz 



my bestfriend 



and im behind u 100%

Response by courtney

ur enimes r my enimes 



ur friends r my friends 



ur strengths r my strengths 



ur weakness is my weakness 



ur my cuz 



my bestfriend 



and im behind u 100%

Response by Dora Szungyi

why 

 

 

why?

that's the only question i really hate. 

caus i never find an answer for it.



i try to sleep in my bed but 

i'm just tossing and turning

and only one question on my mind every night. why? 



when i get back to sleep in the middle of the night 

then i wake up in the morning 

my eyes are closed and it seems i never could get up 

and only one question on my mind. why?



when i'm on my way and the sun is shining 

everything is so sparkling 

i could not feel satisfied 

cause only one question on my mind. why?



well ... 



i need to concentrate, 

i always need to listen

i need to pay attention, 

i need not to miss my every single decision.



and wherever i am whenever i try 

only one question on my mind. why?

Response by Alan W Whatts a quote from this is it

This is why in zen the master does not actually teach the students but

forces him to find out for himself

and futhermore does not think of himself as a master, since it is only

from the standpoint of the

unawakend student that there are masters.

let us all become masters

and learn together

without fear

Response by Shannon C. Ramos

I attended the symposium yesterday and learn interesting things about

different subjects, there were presentations on the social frustration of

middle school to college girls. I found that most of the information

found

was not entirely convincing, there was evidence of lots of research and

work put into the projects ,but I don’t thank that the point of the

presentations were thoroughly represented.

My idea for a project that could be turned in to the symposium would be a

study on the general publics thoughts on diverse cultures in rural areas,

I think that this is a subject that could involve great results in the

end revealing just how much an environment has an effect on people that

live in it.

I truly did enjoy the symposium it opened my eyes to new ideas that are

in the world and I am thankful for the opportunity to attend such an

event.