{"id":805,"date":"2015-04-02T10:28:20","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T14:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/?p=805"},"modified":"2015-04-03T19:19:44","modified_gmt":"2015-04-03T23:19:44","slug":"who-says-you-cant-teach-an-old-dog-new-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/?p=805","title":{"rendered":"Who says you can\u2019t teach an old dog new tricks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"KGilbert\"<\/a>Kim Gilbert – University of Georgia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trying something completely different can be very scary. But\u00a0sometimes, you just know it\u2019s totally worth the risk. That\u2019s how I\u00a0felt after hearing a couple of fabulous stat educators talk about using simulation-based methods for teaching the intro course. I was immediately inspired by their enthusiasm. But more importantly, I was excited to try pedagogy\u00a0that they\/I believed would make a genuine difference in student\u00a0learning. So I jumped head first into the deep end and have enjoyed every minute.[pullquote]As it turned out for me, technology helped.[\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

First, I followed ISI\u2019s content, even when it at first felt very different, almost odd. Since our students need the theory-based approach, I also cover that in every chapter. The theory-based applications flow quite easily from simulations, but the simulations are definitely the\u00a0fun part! Another transition is adapting to the student centered, activity-based structure of the book. As it turned out for me, technology helped. So how did I use technology in this novel teaching approach?\u00a0[pullquote]Trying something completely different can be very scary. But\u00a0sometimes, you just know it\u2019s totally worth the risk. [\/pullquote]<\/p>\n

Going to computer labs is one option. \u00a0But on the first day of class,\u00a0I asked if students had a laptop or tablet they could bring to class\u00a0every day. \u00a0More than 75% said they did. I knew immediately that was\u00a0more than enough and would actually encourage collaborative learning<\/em>. So instead of creating special lab type activities, or worrying about how to integrate a separate computer lab classroom (down the hall) that fits the timing of my day-to-day plan following the book, we use their mobile technology and access it every chance we get. \u00a0 This has been the secret for me successfully using the applets because we can use them \u201con demand.\u201d \u00a0I will show the keystrokes the first time, then let them loose with the\u00a0Examples or the Explorations. \u00a0[pullquote]I jumped head first into the deep end and have enjoyed every minute.[\/pullquote]It always surprises me how few questions they\u2019ll ask at the beginning of the semester. \u00a0But they will eventually trust that their questions can be addressed better when we can dialog in small groups about their specific questions. Using laptops and tablets to access the applets supports the discovery-based, collaborative philosophy I’m aiming for (and works perfectly with the textbook).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kim Gilbert – University of Georgia Trying something completely different can be very scary. But\u00a0sometimes, you just know it\u2019s totally worth the risk. That\u2019s how I\u00a0felt after hearing a couple of fabulous stat educators talk about using simulation-based methods for teaching the intro course. I was immediately inspired by their enthusiasm. But more importantly, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-805","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-8-the-hardest-thing-about-getting-started"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=805"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":809,"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/805\/revisions\/809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=805"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=805"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.causeweb.org\/sbi\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=805"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}