Friday
Afternoon Professional Development Activity
MyMathLab
Workshop
October
9, 2009 at HFCC
11:30
am- 12:30 pm
Registration
and refreshments
Room 311(Faculty Lounge), Reuther
Liberal Arts Building
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ROOM
1 ( Sam Bazzi & Scott Barnett)
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ROOM
2 (Irene Doo)
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SESSION 1
12:45
pm – 1:45 pm
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Getting Started
with MyMathLab
This
beginning workshop is designed to
give participants
an overview of MyMathLab/MathXL
from a student's perspective, as well as instruction in setting up
their
first MyMathLab/MathXL
course. In addition, participants will learn about the main components
of the MyMathLab/MathXL
management system, along with basic customization techniques.
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Getting More out of
Your MyMathLab
Gradebook
This
session is geared to help
experienced users of MyMathLab
and MathXL
explore
all of the features of the gradebook,
such
as
searching by criteria, dropping lowest scores, adding grades from
in-class
assignments, and setting gradebook
weights.
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SESSION 2
2:00
pm- 3:00 pm
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Creating Homework,
Quizzes, and Tests in MyMathLab
Learn
how create homework assignments,
quizzes, and tests
in MyMathLab,
andcustomize
the assignment settings to create a unique learning plan for your
course.
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Things you never
knew you could do with MyMathLab
As
users, you know the basic story of MyMathLab.
But did you know that the program is upgraded twice a year as a direct
response to what you have asked for? Come to this session to discover
the
cool features and hidden gems in MyMathLab.
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SESSION 3
3:15
pm- 4:15 pm
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Exploring the MyMathLab
gradebook
This
workshop will show you how to
utilize the MyMathLab
gradebook
to manage
student results efficiently.
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Teaching Calculus
with MyMathLab
Find
out how MyMathLab
can help
you enhance and enrich your Calculus courses, with features such as
animations, step-by-step solutions, and Java applets in a MyMathLab
Calculus course.
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6:30
pm Dinner
and Museum Tour at the new Arab
American National Museum in
Dearborn
Map
to campus: http://www.hfcc.edu/contact/locations.asp
Campus
Map: http://www.hfcc.edu/contact/Map_Directions_Jan2008.pdf
Friday
Evening Social Activity:
On
Friday October 9, 2009 from 6:30-9:30 PM
we will enjoy
dinner at the Arab
American
National
Museum
in downtown Dearborn,
Michigan
on
the east side.
The entire event
including dinner, self-guided tours and docent led tours will cost only
$25 per
person.
The Arab
American
National
Museum
is the first museum in the world devoted to Arab American history and
culture.
Arab Americans have enriched the economic, political and cultural
landscape of
American life. By bringing the voices and faces of Arab Americans to
mainstream
audiences, we continue our commitment to dispel misconceptions about
Arab
Americans and other minorities. The Museum brings to light the shared
experiences of immigrants and ethnic groups, paying tribute to the
diversity of
our nation. The Arab
American
National
Museum
is a proud
Affiliate of the
Smithsonian Institution in Washington,
D.C.
and the only Smithsonian Affiliate in
southeastern Michigan
to date.
Find
out more about the museum including its
exhibits and
its location by visiting its website: http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/
For additional
information about the conference, please
contact Jeff Morford (jmorford@hfcc.edu)
or Sam Bazzi (sbazzi@hfcc.edu).
To learn more about The
Michigan Mathematical Association of
Two-Year Colleges (MichMATYC), please visit www.michmatyc.org.
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