Desmos Activity Builder: Technology for the Promotion of Active Learning

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Presentation Abstract

Presentation Date

1-24-2022

Abstract

Desmos Activity Builder is a free, online platform that can be used to facilitate active learning in mathematics. The platform takes the tools of Desmos, a popular online graphing utility, and places them in a classroom-like environment where tasks can be sequenced like cards in a deck and then paced and controlled by the instructor. The environment enables the collection and sharing of students’ mathematical ideas: verbal responses, graphical overlays, aggregate data displays and more. In this talk you will first experience a Desmos Activity Builder lesson as a student. Then, we will demonstrate how an activity can be controlled by the teacher. We will review a library of publically available activities and then briefly explain how to author your own activities. We will conclude by reflecting upon our own use of Desmos Activity Builder as a tool to encourage active learning in remote and hybrid instructional settings in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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January 24, 2022 at 3:00 p.m. Math 103 & Zoom

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