https://crgibbons.github.io/teaching-resources/Recent content in Teaching Resources on Dr. Courtney R. GibbonsHugoen-usCourtney R. GibbonsWed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500https://crgibbons.github.io/teaching-resources/instructors/Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 -0500https://crgibbons.github.io/teaching-resources/instructors/<p>Revised Spring 2025</p> <h2 id="polls-and-forms">Polls and Forms</h2> <ul> <li>Plickers: <a href="https://get.plickers.com/">Get Plickers</a> Do you like to include polls or quizzes in class? If you want to be able to poll students without requiring them to use a smart device, try Plickers (&ldquo;Paper Clickers&rdquo;). You <em>can</em> set it up so that students can use an app to take the poll/quiz, but the beauty is that each student can use a paper QR code to respond. No gadgets necessary!</li> <li>Google Forms: <ul> <li><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs5uX6OQKPoxmQhdkNaiQGHjnC-tnx-4KtA7p3DFpBR3R77w/viewform?usp=pp_url&amp;entry.1891895374=Ian&#43;Malcolm,&#43;Ph.D.&amp;entry.670533082=I&#43;am&#43;an&#43;extremely&#43;famous&#43;mathematician&#43;best&#43;known&#43;for&#43;my&#43;work&#43;in&#43;chaos&#43;theory,&#43;made&#43;%28in%29famous&#43;by&#43;Jurassic&#43;Park.&#43;I&#43;started&#43;a&#43;consulting&#43;business&#43;which&#43;was&#43;featured&#43;in&#43;a&#43;film&#43;in&#43;the&#43;1990s,&#43;which&#43;is&#43;probably&#43;the&#43;highlight&#43;of&#43;my&#43;career.&#43;My&#43;Erdos&#43;number&#43;is&#43;3&#43;and&#43;my&#43;Bacon&#43;number&#43;is&#43;1.&amp;entry.1512913975=I&#43;have&#43;a&#43;complicated&#43;relationship&#43;with&#43;math.&#43;In&#43;my&#43;head,&#43;even&#43;chaos&#43;theory&#43;is&#43;ordered&#43;and&#43;calm.&#43;In&#43;applications,&#43;it&#43;requires&#43;more&#43;adrenaline&#43;and&#43;speed&#43;than&#43;most&#43;mathematicians&#43;need&#43;on&#43;the&#43;job.&#43;I%27ve&#43;used&#43;math&#43;outside&#43;of&#43;academia&#43;to&#43;scold&#43;billionaires&#43;and&#43;biologists&#43;for&#43;being&#43;naive&#43;about&#43;multivariate&#43;stochastic&#43;process&#43;models.&amp;entry.1784642850=I&#43;learn&#43;by&#43;doing.&#43;Like,&#43;to&#43;learn&#43;how&#43;to&#43;run&#43;away&#43;from&#43;dinosaurs,&#43;the&#43;best&#43;thing&#43;to&#43;do&#43;is&#43;run&#43;away&#43;from&#43;dinosaurs.&#43;On&#43;the&#43;plus&#43;side,&#43;if&#43;you&#43;don%27t&#43;get&#43;it&#43;the&#43;first&#43;time,&#43;you&#43;can&#43;probably&#43;stop&#43;practicing.&#43;I&#43;hate&#43;busy&#43;work.&#43;I&#43;like&#43;to&#43;take&#43;notes&#43;when&#43;I&#43;have&#43;the&#43;luxury&#43;of&#43;sitting&#43;down&#43;to&#43;read&#43;a&#43;textbook.&amp;entry.1315368690=I&#43;hope&#43;this&#43;class&#43;helps&#43;prepare&#43;me&#43;think&#43;about&#43;hard&#43;problems&#43;and&#43;persevere&#43;in&#43;solving&#43;them,&#43;unless&#43;running&#43;away&#43;is&#43;the&#43;more&#43;prudent&#43;option.&amp;entry.79061459=After&#43;my&#43;consulting&#43;business&#43;took&#43;off,&#43;I&#43;stopped&#43;teaching.&#43;I&#43;would&#43;love&#43;to&#43;teach&#43;applied&#43;chaos&#43;theory,&#43;although&#43;getting&#43;permission&#43;for&#43;class&#43;field&#43;trips&#43;might&#43;be&#43;kind&#43;of&#43;tricky.">Mathematical Autobiography</a>: I use this to get to know students early in the semester. You can see one here to see the questions I use (and fill it out if you feel inspired!).</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <h2 id="course-materials">Course Materials</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Linear Algebra: I teach linear algebra as an intro-to-proofs course, and over the years I&rsquo;ve created some materials to use alongside different books.</p>