Activity Webinar Series This series of webinars presents individual activities with complete do-it-yourself guidance. They are usually held on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 2:30pm Eastern time. Hosted by Leigh Slauson, Capital University.

Up next:

• There will be no Activity series webinar on May 22^nd because everyone will instead be participating in eCOTS 2012 the week before!

Previously:

• Simulation Activities for Large Classes: Using Clickers to Collect Data
  with Jennifer J. Kaplan, University of Georgia
  April 24^th, 2012

• Synthesis through Service Learning in Statistics
  with Gina Reed, Gainesville State College
  March 27^th, 2012

• Trashball: A Logistic Regression Classroom Activity
  with Chris Morrell, Loyola University
  February 28^th, 2012

• Setting the Tone from Day 1
  with Larry Lesser, The University of Texas at El Paso
  January 24^th, 2012

• Happy Holidays!
  There was no webinar on December 27^th, 2011 due to winter break.

• Bootstrapping and randomization: Seeing all the moving parts
  with Chris Wild, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  November 22^nd, 2011

• There was no Activity webinar on October 25^th 2011.

• Pinochle Poker: An Activity to Solidify Concepts in Counting and Probability
  with Jackie Wroughton & Joe Nolan, Northern Kentucky University
  September 27^th, 2011

• Using a Paper Ruler Activity to Help Students Understand the Difference Between Random and Systematic Errors
  with Jamis Perrett, Texas A&M University
  August 23^rd, 2011

• Happyville: Putting A Smile Into Statistical Ideas
  with Kevin Robinson, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
  July 26^th, 2011

• Using Crossword Puzzles in Applied Statistics Courses
  with John McKenzie, Babson College
  June 28^th, 2011

• Active Methods for Teaching Central Tendency
  with David Lane, Rice University
  May 24^th, 2011

• The Role of a Wine Pricing Competition in Teaching Data Mining at Stanford
  Susan Holmes & Nelson Ray, Stanford University
  April 26^th, 2011

• What Proportion Of The U.S. Is Within A Mile Of A Road?
  Nicholas Horton, Smith College
  March 22^nd, 2011

• FREE CLICKERS!: Using PollEverywhere for Formative Assessment in the Classroom.
  Michael Posner, Villanova University
  February 22^nd, 2011

• Golfballs In The Yard - Using Simulation To Teach Hypothesis Testing
  Randall Pruim, Calvin College
  January 25^th, 2011

• Happy Holidays!
  There was no webinar on December 28^th, 2010 due to winter break.

• This Little Piggy Teaches Probability
  Stacey Hancock, Reed College; Jennifer Noll, Portland State University; Sean Simpson, Westchester Community College; and Aaron Weinberg, Ithaca College
  November 23^rd, 2010

• Using Your Hair To Understand Descriptive Statistics
  Tisha Hooks, Winona State University
  October 26^th, 2010

• Why Not Just Take A Census?
  Carolyn Cuff, Westminster College
  September 28^th, 2010

• Using The Jigsaw Method For Exam Reviews In The Introductory Statistics Classroom
  Jackie Miller, The Ohio State University
  August 24^th, 2010

• Supporting Statistical Thinking Through A Capstone Project
  Herle McGowan, North Carolina State University
  July 27^th, 2010

• Class Experiment: // Introduce t-tests and more, // With haiku poems
  Paul Roback, St. Olaf College
  June 22^nd, 2010

• A Guitar Hero Based Project In Mathematical Statistics
  Ivan Ramler, St. Lawrence University
  May 25^th, 2010

• Using Games To Teach Design Of Experiments
  Shonda Kuiper, Grinnell College
  April 27^th, 2010

• Using The Online Dice-Based Golf Game GOLO To Illustrate Probability
  John Gabrosek & Paul Stephenson, Grand Valley State University
  March 23^rd, 2010

• Sample An AIMS Activity: What Makes The Standard Deviation Larger Or Smaller?
  Joan Garfield, Bob delMas, & Andy Zieffler, University of Minnesota
  February 23^rd, 2010

• Mites And Wilt Disease: Using Simulation To Examine A 2 X 2 Table
  Alicia Gram, Smith College
  January 26^th, 2010

• Happy Holidays!
  There was no webinar on December 22^nd, 2009 due to winter break.

• Hand-Size Versus Height: A Real-Time Activity
  Carl Lee, Central Michigan University
  November 24^th, 2009

• Taking Your Class For A Walk ... Randomly
  Daniel Kaplan, Macalester College
  October 27^th, 2009

• Introduction To Estimation: The German Tank Problem
  Diane Evans, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
  September 22^nd, 2009

• Using Web Applets To Foster Active Learning In The Online Statistics Course
  Michelle Everson, University of Minnesota
  August 25^th, 2009

• Bayes Goes To Bat: Using Baseball To Introduce Bayesian Estimation
  Jo Hardin, Pomona College
  July 28^th, 2009

• Is The iPod Shuffle Feature Truly Random? A Simulation Activity
  Leigh Slauson, Otterbein College
  June 23^rd, 2009

• Fighting Cancer With Raspberries: Demonstrating The Value Of Random Assignment
  Dennis Pearl, The Ohio State University
  May 26^th, 2009

• Teaching Statistics With Chocolate Chip Cookies
  Herbert Lee, University of California - Santa Cruz
  April 28^th, 2009

• Being Warren Buffett: A Classroom Simulation Of Financial Risk
  Nicholas Horton, Smith College
  March 24^th, 2009