Creative Inquiry Developing Pedagogical Tools

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Creative InquiryDeveloping Pedagogical Tools

• Roy Pargas
• Computer Science
• Presentation to Provost Helms
• August 23, 2007

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Student Flow
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Student Flow
Online Sys. 463
Tablet PC 481
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Student Flow
Online Sys. 463
Tablet PC 481
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Student Flow
Online Sys. 463
Tablet PC 481
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Student Flow
Online Sys. 463
Tablet PC 481
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Student Flow
Online Sys. 463
Tablet PC 481
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IEEE FIE
IEEE PLT
WIPTE
ACM SIGCSE
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Student Flow
Online Sys. 463
Tablet PC 481
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IEEE FIE
IEEE PLT
WIPTE
ACM SIGCSE
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2002 Clemson Laptop Mandate

• Every student is required to have a laptop
  computer with wireless access to the Internet

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The Challenge

• How can instructors use the laptop computers to
  advantage in and out of the classroom?

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Our Solution MessageGrid

• Web-based
• Basic grid rows and columns
• Instructor designs grid
• Students post original submissions or replies to
  submissions
• Anything displayed by a browser
• Text, image, audio, video, animation, Ink, maps
• Why use such a tool?
• Student responses to in-class exercises,
  presentations, online discussions, student
  questions, feedback from students,

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Online SystemsStudent Projects
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Current MessageGrid Features
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Current MessageGrid Features
Message Grid
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from students
Message Grid
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from students
Message Grid
Clickers Assessment/Polling
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from students
Message Grid
Clickers Assessment/Polling
Ink Submitting diagrams and equations, rather
than text
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from students
Message Grid
Clickers Assessment/Polling
Mobile Images, video, audio, GPS, and text in
a portable, handheld grid
Ink Submitting diagrams and equations, rather
than text
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from students
Message Grid
Discussion Rubric to facilitate evaluation of
online discussions
Clickers Assessment/Polling
Mobile Images, video, audio, GPS, and text in
a portable, handheld grid
Ink Submitting diagrams and equations, rather
than text
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from
students (FIE 2005, ITiCSE 2006)
New!
Message Grid
Discussion Rubric to facilitate evaluation of
online discussions
Clickers Assessment/Polling (SIGCSE 2006)
New!
Mobile Images, video, audio, GPS, and text in
a portable, handheld grid
Ink Submitting diagrams and equations, rather
than text (PLT 2007)
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Tablet PCStudent Projects
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OrganicPad A Tablet PC Based Interactivity Tool
for Organic Chemistry
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Various Student Screenshots
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Student Draws Benzene
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Receiving a Student Submission
Instructor receives a student submission of a
methane molecule
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Receiving a Student Submission
One-button evaluation
Instructor receives a student submission of a
methane molecule
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OrganicPad Tutorial
Instructor-developed tutorials guide students
through development of a molecule. To draw
benzene, students are instructed to (a) draw six
carbon atoms, (b) draw single bonds between
adjacent atoms, (c) draw double bonds between
alternate pairs of atoms, (d) bond hydrogen to
each carbon atom.
Lacks one Carbon
Correct Solution
Error Triple Bond
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Students Using OrganicPad
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Sam Bryfczynski ObservingStudents Using
OrganicPad
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Melanie Cooper MentoringStudents Using OrganicPad
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More Tablet PC Student Projects
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Workshop on the Impact of Pen Technology in
EducationWIPTE 2006Purdue UniversityMarch 2007
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Sarah Peck (Senior)Russian/Language Tutor
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Sarah Peck (Senior)Russian/Language Tutor
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Himanshu Kumar (Senior)Mind Map
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Himanshu Kumar (Senior)Mind Map
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Jerry Stasulis (Junior)Graph Algorithms
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Jerry Stasulis (Junior)Graph Algorithms
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Jerry Stasulis (Junior)Graph Algorithms
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Achal Singha (Senior)Math and Statistics Tools
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Achal SinghaMath and Statistics Tools
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Adam Goodbar (Junior)Finite State Automata
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Adam Goodbar (Junior)Finite State Automata
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Workshop on the Impact of Pen Technology in
EducationWIPTE 2007Purdue UniversityJune 2007
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Sam Bryfczynski (Junior)OrganicPad
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Sam Bryfczynski (Junior)OrganicPad
Lacks one Carbon
Correct Solution
Error Triple Bond
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Brandon Kagey (Junior)InkLogic Circuit Simulator
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Brandon Kagey (Junior)InkLogic Circuit Simulator
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Jason Yang (Junior)MusicXML
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Current Projects

• CatBus
• MessageGrid Mobile
• MessageGrid Online Discussion Evaluation
• Campus Map / Directions

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CATBus
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Current MessageGrid Features
Basic Grid Feedback/submissions from
students (FIE 2005, ITiCSE 2006)
New!
Message Grid
Discussion Rubric to facilitate evaluation of
online discussions
Clickers Assessment/Polling (SIGCSE 2006)
New!
Mobile Images, video, audio, GPS, and text in
a portable, handheld grid
Ink Submitting diagrams and equations, rather
than text (PLT 2007)
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Current MessageGrid Features
New!
Message Grid
Discussion Rubric to facilitate evaluation of
online discussions
New!
Mobile Images, video, audio, GPS, and text in
a portable, handheld grid
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Campus Map / Directions
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Thank you for your kind attention.

• Roy Pargas
• Computer Science
• pargas_at_clemson.edu