Faculty will immediately be able to bring new application examples into their courses and find resources on a continual basis. The free resources provided give faculty a way to take ownership of the responsibility of providing more relevant examples for students.

1. MATH
APPLICATIONS
NOT PAST
THEIR “USED
BY” DATE
MARIA H. ANDERSEN, PH.D.
WESTMINSTER COLLEGE
CEO, COURSETUNE

2. WORD PROBLEMS NO LONGER MAKE A LOT OF SENSE

3. WE USE APPS TO DO THINGS WE USED TO
CALCULATE

4. I STARTED
SHARING
GRAPHS EVERY
DAY
OF CLASS

5. WHICH
GRAPHS?
WHATEVER
WAS IN THE
NEWS

6. DID YOU KNOW
STUDENTS
DON’T PAY ANY
ATTENTION TO
THE NEWS?

7. “WE GET THE
NEWS IN THIS
CLASS”

8. “UH OH”

9. INSTAGRAM
instagram.com/
graphsintheworld

11. FACEBOOK
facebook.com/
graphsintheworld

12. CONTEMPORARY
ALGEBRA
COLLECTION
http://bit.ly/ContempAlgebra

13. ONE PAGE
ACTIVITIES
BASED ON
GRAPHS IN THE
WORLD

14. DATA
EXTRACTORS
(GET THE DATA
FROM THE
GRAPH)
Graph Grabber (Quintessa)
Engauge Digitizer
WebPlot Digitizer (Automeris)
Plot Digitizer
16 ways to digitize your data

15. YOUR TURN
WHAT
QUESTIONS
COULD WE ASK
ABOUT THIS
GRAPH?

16. YOUR TURN
WHAT
QUESTIONS
COULD WE ASK
ABOUT THIS
GRAPH?

17. WHY BUILD A
NEW ALGEBRA
CURRICULUM?

18. WHY BUILD A
NEW ALGEBRA
CURRICULUM?

19. FIRST, I HAD TO
THROW OUT
SOME THINGS

20. CONTEMPORARY
ALGEBRA
CURRICULUM
(OER)
WHAT DID I TAKE
OUT
 Factoring (but not factored form)
 Completing the square (but not vertex
form)
 Log sum and difference rules (but not
solving with logarithms)
 Solving radical equations with two radical
expressions using algebra
 Rational expressions (as a general topic)
 Polynomials (as a general topic)

21. CONTEMPORARY
ALGEBRA
CURRICULUM
(OER)
WHAT DID I
CHANGE?
 Technology is Desmos
 Function algebra and compositions are
introduced with graph transformations as the way
you do graph transformations
 Piecewise functions have a much heavier
emphasis now
 Solving with technology is a real technique
 Data modeling and applications (lots) from the
last decade
 Logarithms are taught as an inverse exclusively
(not where students convert between equations)
 Logarithmic Scale
 Periodic Functions and Basic Trigonometry is
included

22. WHAT ELSE?
Curriculum is
“Guided
Notes” not a
text
Videos with
narration for
the blind (all
the tables are
read aloud, all
graphs are
described)
Picture-in-
picture to put
a “friendly
face” on the
math
Captioning for
the deaf and
hearing-
impaired (with
instructional
notes and
math
adjustments)
Suitable for
Flipped
Classroom and
Online
curriculum

23. WHAT DOES THIS CURRICULUM INCLUDE?
Guided
Notes
Videos Problem Sets Graphs In
The World
Learning
Objectives
More information: http://bit.ly/CAC-Form

24. QUESTIONS?
Contact
Maria Andersen, PhD
Westminster College
CEO, Coursetune
Email: busynessgirl@gmail.com
Twitter: @busynessgirl
Website: busynessgirl.com
GraphsInTheWorld
facebook.com/graphsintheworld
instagram.com/graphsintheworld
(or follow Maria on LinkedIn or Twitter)
More information about Contemporary
Algebra Curriculum: http://bit.ly/CAC-Form