Thursday, June 1, 2023

Welcome MAT225 Summer Session II 2023!

 

(My AP Classroom running Linux from 1994-2018)

Dear Students,

Welcome MAT225 Summer Session II 2023!

I can't wait to meet you all on Wednesday July 5th to start our Multivariable Calculus class during Summer Session II! Don't forget we meet mostly Monday-Thursday from 7/5/2023 to 8/3/2023 for 2 hours and 50 minutes each morning starting at 10:05AM sharp. Please note, that Week01 is strange as July 4th is a Tuesday, so we will meet Wednesday-Friday and Week02 will meet Monday-Friday.


My Blackboard site is up and running but Nassau Community College (NCC) is not allowing access until Wednesday 7/5/2022. Also, I may migrate our course from BalckBoard to D2L. So, I thought I'd give you a few pointers ahead of time:


1) SYLLABUS

Please download the SYLLABUS from BlackBoard, read it carefully and pay very close attention to: 

Page 1: 

Daily Lecture Zoom Link

Math Learning Center Zoom link

Page 4: 

Required Textbook

Page 5: 

Student Responsibilities

Page 6: 

Academic Dishonesty Policy

Page 7: 

Copyright Statement, Assessments and American with Disabilities Statement

Pages 8-12: 

ClassWork, HomeWork Assignments and Exams


2) WELCOMEBIO

Please download the WELCOMEBIO from BlackBoard, fill it out and return to me via college email ASAP. My email address is listed in the SYLLABUS.


3) HARDWARE

We will be using a Free, Online Computer Algebra System (CAS) called Jupyter hosted on https://colab.research.google.com rather than a Graphing Calculator. So, please make sure you have a second device during class and tests, such as a tablet or ChromeBook, for calculations in addition to your primary device for viewing our lectures via Zoom. Here's some sample Jupyter code from the first class!

 

I typically have 3 ChromeBooks running during class: one for hosting/monitoring zoom lectures, a second one to share notes and code during a zoom session and another one to read my notes and lesson plans. You may be able to get by with multiple tabs on one device. Please feel free to make your own choice. Pick whatever works best for you!


4) SCREENCASTS

You will find 3-4 screencasts of our lessons in each of the first 4 units on our BlackBoard. See a sample recording above from my Google Drive. I recorded these videos during Summer 2018 when I was using a similar CAS called SAGE hosted on the Google Compute Platform using https://sagecell.sagemath.org/ You may use SAGE or Jupyter or even a good old fashioned Graphing Calculator. Again, please feel free to make your own choice. Pick whatever works best for you!


5) SOFTWARE

In addition to Zoom, Blackboard, Google Drive and Jupyter, I will be using the Squid and CAMScanner apps and recommend you use them too. I'm using AndroidOS apps on my Chromebooks, but these apps, or something similar, should be available for iOS and Windows.

 

Squid is great for taking notes on a tablet or writing your solutions directly on a pdf such as a test using a stylus. The free version of Squid is great, but you need to pay a monthly fee or a one time lifetime fee for pdf markup. I also paid a fee for the geometry tab which makes drawing diagrams with your stylus easier! The monthly fee is not much if you only want to use Squid for a few months. I paid the lifetime fee instead for a couple of extra features as I use this app all the time but I don't need the entire feature set.

 

CAMScanner is great for converting handwritten work to pdf format so you can email your Exams to me. Please make sure all submissions are legible before emailing.

 

Typically during my Zoom lecture I will be sharing notes with you using Squid with a stylus (handwritten notes) and Jupyter with a keyboard (python coding).

 

6) EXAMS

When you take an exam, you have a choice. You can download and print the test so you can complete it with pencil and paper in a traditional manner. Then you can use CAMScanner to convert your handwritten work to a pdf and email your test back to me. Alternatively, you can download the test onto your tablet, markup the pdf with your solutions using Squid with a stylus and just email the new pdf to me with your work. Again, please feel free to make your own choice. Pick whatever works best for you!


That's it for now. I hope you find this note is helpful and I hope that you will learn a lot this semester in my class!

 

Be well,

A. Jorge Garcia

Applied Math & CS

Nassau Community College


Well, that's all folks,

A. Jorge Garcia

Applied Math, Physics & CS

Nassau Community College

A. Jorge García

Applied Math, Physics, CS

Nassau Community College

http://shadowfaxrant.blogspot.com

http://www.youtube.com/calcpage2009


Computing Independent Study Facilitator (Baldwin High Retired)

Continental Mathematics League Advisor (Baldwin High Retired)

Baldwin High Chess Club & Chess Team Founder (US Chess Federation Club Baldwin High Retired)

National Computer Science Honor Society Advisor (Grace Hopper NY Chapter Baldwin High Retired)

2017 PAEMST NYS Mathematics Secondary Nominee https://www.paemst.org (Baldwin High Retired)


HTH & stay safe,

A. Jorge Garcia

Teaching With Technology:
Coding since 1975,
HS Math & Physics since 1984,
College Math & CompSci since 1993,
 Linux Clusters since 2002,
CAS since 2011,
Retirement since 2020?
 
AP Computer Science: 1988-2019
AP Calculus BC: 1993-2018 
Applied Math, Physics and CS

Please support my classroom:
www.patreon.com/calcpage2020

https://www.udemy.com/user/alvar-garcia-fernandez

calcpage.redbubble.com

society6.com/calcpage

https://www.ebay.com/usr/sffbclub  



2017 NYS Secondary Math PAEMST Nominee


pastebin youtube slideshare

(IDEs & Code)
MATH 4H, AP CALC, CSH: SAGECELL
APCSA: code.cs50.io
APCSA: replit.com
Jupyter: CoLab

(Curriculae)
CSH: CodeHS
CSH: Code.org
APCSA: Big Java
APCSA: CSAwesome
APCSA: AP Central

RECOMMENDED AP COMPSCI REVIEW:
CRIB SHEET (given during exam)
FREE TEXTBOOKS
REVIEW BARRONS ONLINE 
REVIEW APCENTRAL (past FRQs)
REVIEW EDX REVIEW MOOC01 
REVIEW UDEMY REVIEW MOOC02 
REVIEW CODING_BAT 
REVIEW PRACTICE_IT 
REVIEW RUNESTONE 
AUDIT CS50

RECOMMENDED AP CALCULUS REVIEW:
CRIB SHEET (not given during exam) 
FREE TEXTBOOKS
REVIEW BARRONS ONLINE 
REVIEW APCENTRAL (latest AB FRQs)
REVIEW APCENTRAL (latest BC FRQs)
REVIEW APCENTRAL (older AB FRQs)
REVIEW APCENTRAL (older BC FRQs)
REVIEW EDX MOOC01 
REVIEW COURSERA MOOC02

XTRA CREDIT FILKS RUBRIC 
(1 video = up to 5 bonus points):
1) Use a recognizable tune.
2) Karaoke entire song changing up the words (about STEAM).
3) You are Singing, Dancing or Playing an instrument.
4) You upload your video to YouTube and provide the url.
5) YouTube Description includes the lyrics.

XTRA CREDIT ARTICLES RUBRIC
(up to 5 articles = 1 bonus point each):
1) Cover Sheet is a Summary of the article.
2) FullPage, 12 pt, DoubleSpaced, 1" Margin.
3) Article has to be STEAM related
4) Article has to be a current event.
5) Copy of entire article is attached.

NOTE TO READER:
In recent years our independent study class has been about the care and feeding of Linux Clusters: How to Build A Cluster, How To Program A Cluster and What Can We Do With A Cluster? 

BTW, Shadowfax is the name of the cluster we build! FYI, we offer 4 computing courses: 

CSH: Computer Science Honors with an introduction to coding in Python using SAGE, IDLE, VIDLE and Trinket

CSA: AP Computer Science A using CS50, this IDE and this IDE and OpenProcessing

CSI: Computing Science Independent Study using OpenMPI and 

CSL: Computing Science Lab which is a co-requisite for Calculus students using Computer Algebra Systems such as SAGE.

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Membership Hall Of Fame!

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*Honorable Mention: I retired before we got to start our project this year...

CIS(theta) 2019-2020:
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