{"id":809,"date":"2010-05-20T07:49:31","date_gmt":"2010-05-20T11:49:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/?p=809"},"modified":"2010-05-16T23:17:26","modified_gmt":"2010-05-17T03:17:26","slug":"animations-as-teaching-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/graphicsociology\/2010\/05\/20\/animations-as-teaching-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Animations as teaching tools"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Fibonacci<\/a>
Fibonacci sequence | Still<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fibonacci<\/a>
Fibonacci sequence | Still 2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What Works<\/h3>\n

The above images are stills from a flash animation<\/a> by textist. It is worth watching and blissfully silent. It does a great job of bringing dynamism to an online lesson. I have often thought about how Open Course Ware projects could be improved. Flash animations are one step above static content – here’s another that helps visually explain the sine curve<\/a>. Good for teaching trigonometry.<\/p>\n

\"Graph<\/a>
Graph of the sine curve | Emerson and Talman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What Needs Work<\/h3>\n

I realize that sociology doesn’t always lead itself to animations in the same ways that math and physics do. What needs work, in this case, is that I need to find a way to use animations to help understand social science teaching best practices, not math and engineering teaching best practices. Even though I wasn’t able to find something a bit more relevant to sociology, the increase in online and remote digital teaching is moving fast enough to warrant a post even though it’s not directly sociological yet. <\/p>\n

References<\/h3>\n

Emerson and Talman. (1999) The Graph of the Sine Curve”<\/a> at Mathematics Animated<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Allen, Dean (Texist). Fibonacci Sequence<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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