MAA Workshop on Mathclass.org

Paul Eakin, Carl Eberhart, Ken Kubota

White Hall Classroom Building 313

April 6-7

A brief tutorial introduction to the mathclass.org project.

Mathclass.org is the home of wqs2, a web-based support system for the teaching of mathematics-intensive subjects. Its primary purpose is saving teacher’s time through the use of technology to facilitate teacher-student and teacher-teacher communication. Mathclass.org is the host site for the KEMTP project.

In mathematics instruction the management of certain routine homework and supplemental materials offer significant potential time savings through the automation of distribution, evaluation, feedback, and record keeping.

Individual Kentucky mathematics teachers (including teaching assistants and pre-service teachers) can acquire, free of charge, accounts on the wqs2 system through which they provide homework to their students. The system tools allows individual teachers or collaborating groups of teachers to create and post homework assignments and instructional materials for their students from home computers.

The wqs2 system, as it applies to an individual class is completely under the control of the teacher.

This is a one hour tutorial for Kentucky math teachers on the acquisition and  use of their WQS teacher account. (Guest accounts will be available for out of state teachers.) 

Participants will register as a teacher, create a class, and install a homework list.

Friday

11-12 am 2-3 pm 4-5 pm

Saturday

9-10 am

If there is sufficient interest, a materials authoring workshop will be given Saturday afternoon.