Student Blogging in an Student Blogging in an Online Math CourseOnline Math Course

Jodi CottenSUNY Westchester Community CollegeAMATYC Distance Learning Committee

How this idea started…How this idea started…Online journal.Journals were private.I learned a lot about my students

and learning mathematics from reading these journals.

I wanted my students to learn this from each other.

First idea…First idea…

Online website: www.blogger.com

Blogger.comBlogger.com

Good: *Easy to set up and use.*It’s the ‘in’ thing to do.

Bad: *Another website to log in andcheck for the student and

instructor.*Technical issues.

Back to the journal…Back to the journal…Back to WebCT

Opened up the journals to the entire class

Added detail to the journal requirements.

The Journal Details…The Journal Details…

Your journal will include:Week 1: Your personal math biography.

Weeks 2 – 13: Journal entries from the list of topics given below.

Week 14: Reflection on “The Proof”.

Week 15: Last entry: Reflection on the course.

Journal ExamplesJournal Examples

MATH 120 and MATH 120H

Contact InformationContact Information

Jodi CottenSUNY Westchester Community CollegeAssociate Professor of Mathematics75 Grasslands RoadTechnology Building 119Valhalla, New York 10591

914-606-6786Jodi.Cotten@sunywcc.edu