Tuesday, February 2, 2010

6:07 PM: Nicole Owens has entered the room.
6:07 PM: Nicole Owens has left the room.
6:14 PM: Kenneth Cromwell has entered the room.
6:14 PM: Kenneth Cromwell has left the room.
6:18 PM: John Beck(Ins) has entered the room.
6:19 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Class!
6:20 PM: John Beck(Ins): How are you this fine evening?
6:21 PM: Tajai Alderman has entered the room.
6:21 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Tajai!
6:22 PM: Tajai Alderman: Hello
6:22 PM: Nicole Owens has entered the room.
6:22 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Nicole!
6:22 PM: Nicole Owens: Hello
6:23 PM: John Beck(Ins): How are things back in Baltimore? Getting any snow?
6:23 PM: Nicole Owens: Not at the moment
6:23 PM: Mary Weaver has entered the room.
6:23 PM: Mary Weaver has left the room.
6:23 PM: Megan Walker has entered the room.
6:24 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Mary and Megan!
6:24 PM: Mary Weaver has entered the room.
6:24 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi again, Mary.
6:24 PM: Megan Walker: Hello!
6:24 PM: Mary Weaver: Hello!
6:24 PM: Lauren Blick has entered the room.
6:25 PM: Lauren Blick: hello
6:25 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Lauren!
6:25 PM: Lauren Blick: I have no idea how this works!
6:25 PM: John Beck(Ins): That's why I get paid the big bucks -- to tell you how this thing works.
6:25 PM: Heather Rawls has entered the room.
6:25 PM: Lauren Blick: haha yes
6:25 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Heather.
6:26 PM: Heather Rawls: Hello!
6:26 PM: Heather Rawls: Hi everyone
6:26 PM: Mary Weaver: Hi Heather!
6:26 PM: Lauren Blick: hello
6:26 PM: Tajai Alderman: So where are you Pro. Beck?
6:26 PM: John Beck(Ins): I'm in Jensen Beach, FL
6:26 PM: Tajai Alderman: HOw cold is it there...lol
6:26 PM: John Beck(Ins): It's about 70 and cloudy.
6:27 PM: Heather Rawls: Must be nice
6:27 PM: John Beck(Ins): How's the weather up there?
6:27 PM: Mary Weaver: Really nice........calling for snow
6:27 PM: Lauren Blick: all i see is now
6:27 PM: Lauren Blick: snow
6:27 PM: Nicole Owens: West coast or east coast
6:27 PM: Tajai Alderman: very cold
6:27 PM: John Beck(Ins): East coast -- just north of West Palm Beach.
6:28 PM: John Beck(Ins): How many of you have the chat room and the walkthrough (blackboard) on the screen right now?
6:28 PM: Mary Weaver: I do!
6:28 PM: Megan Walker: I do
6:28 PM: Nicole Owens: i do
6:28 PM: John Beck(Ins): GREAT
6:28 PM: Lauren Blick: what’s the walkthrough screen?
6:28 PM: Tajai Alderman: Me
6:29 PM: John Beck(Ins): Lauren, when you loaded the CD onto your computer you have a new Icon named Walkthrough -- that's my "blackboard" for these chat sessions.
6:29 PM: Lauren Blick: ooh, ok.
6:29 PM: Shantay Williams has entered the room.
6:30 PM: Megan Walker: oh ok. I don't have the walkthrough up then. just the whiteboard above this chat thing
6:30 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Shantay!
6:30 PM: Shantay Williams: Hello!
6:30 PM: John Beck(Ins): You can minimize the whiteboard, Megan.
6:30 PM: Crystal Peddicord has entered the room.
6:30 PM: Michelle Burrell has entered the room.
6:30 PM: Megan Walker: ahhh thank you
6:30 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Crystal and Michelle!
6:30 PM: Crystal Peddicord: hello
6:30 PM: Michelle Burrell: Hi
6:31 PM: John Beck(Ins): Our chat session is fairly short tonight, so I'm not going to start for a few minutes.
6:32 PM: Jamie Baldwin has entered the room.
6:32 PM: John Beck(Ins): In the meantime, if you don't have the walkthrough on your screen, you might try to get it up along with the chat session.
6:32 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Jamie!
6:32 PM: Jamie Baldwin: Hello
6:32 PM: Lindsay Gardner has entered the room.
6:33 PM: John Beck(Ins): HI, Lindsay!
6:33 PM: Lindsay Gardner: Hi Mr. Beck!
6:34 PM: Lindsay Gardner: Are we waiting to start until a to give people a few more minutes to arrive?
6:34 PM: Tynese Harris has entered the room.
6:34 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Tynese!
6:34 PM: Tynese Harris: hello!
6:34 PM: John Beck(Ins): Lindsay, our lesson is fairly short tonight so we'll give everybody a chance to log in.
6:35 PM: Sammy Ibrahim has entered the room.
6:35 PM: John Beck(Ins): How many of you have the chat room and the "blackboard" on the screen right now?
6:35 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Sammy!
6:35 PM: Heather Rawls: I do
6:35 PM: Sammy Ibrahim: Hi Prof beck
6:35 PM: Tynese Harris: I do
6:35 PM: Lauren Blick: i do
6:35 PM: Nicole Owens: I do
6:35 PM: Michelle Burrell: I do
6:35 PM: Mary Weaver: I do
6:35 PM: Megan Walker: I have half.
6:35 PM: Megan Walker: no CD yet
6:36 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay, Megan.
6:36 PM: Crystal Peddicord: i do
6:36 PM: John Beck(Ins): Stay with us for awhile, Megan.
6:36 PM: Lindsay Gardner: Not me how do I do that again?
6:36 PM: Megan Walker: Definitely.
6:37 PM: John Beck(Ins): Lindsay, when you loaded the CD onto your computer you have 3 new Icons on your desktop. You need to double click on the one named Walkthrough to get the "blackboard:".
6:37 PM: Lindsay Gardner: I had some difficulty opening you the attachments that you sent me, and could not quit the instructions
6:37 PM: John Beck(Ins): I posted the steps you need to get both of them on the screen.
6:38 PM: John Beck(Ins): I might need to call you after class, Lindsay.
6:38 PM: Lindsay Gardner: Ok. Do i just click on chapter 1?
6:38 PM: John Beck(Ins): Don't worry, we always have a few problems the first couple of weeks. We'll get it right!
6:38 PM: John Beck(Ins): Yes, Lindsay.
6:38 PM: Shante Jackson has entered the room.
6:38 PM: Lindsay Gardner: If so, I do have the blackboard up
6:39 PM: Michelle Burrell: I think that the Bookstore may have sent me the wrong CD
6:39 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, shante!
6:39 PM: Shante Jackson: hello everyone
6:39 PM: Heather Rawls: Hi Shante
6:39 PM: John Beck(Ins): You should have Liberal Arts Mathematics, Sound Enhanced, 4th Edition.
6:40 PM: Shante Jackson: Yes I do, I was just reviewing it
6:40 PM: Michelle Burrell: Nope, that’s not what the title is of this CD
6:40 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay, Class, I'm going to start the lecture. Hang in there with me and if need be, I'll give you a call after class.
6:41 PM: John Beck(Ins): Right now, we're on CH1_p1.
6:41 PM: John Beck(Ins): Click on "Next Page, please.
6:41 PM: John Beck(Ins): During the course of the semester, we will be working problems like the one on your screen right now.
6:41 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 3, please.
6:42 PM: John Beck(Ins): We won't actually play poker, but we'll be talking about poker hands.
6:42 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 4, please.
6:43 PM: John Beck(Ins): And we won't be playing the Maryland lotto, but we'll give you the facts about whether or not you should play.
6:43 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to the next page, please.
6:43 PM: Anna Oster has entered the room.
6:43 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Anna~
6:43 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Anna!
6:43 PM: John Beck(Ins): Anna, we're on Ch 1_p5
6:43 PM: Anna Oster: Hi Prof
6:44 PM: Anna Oster: ok
6:44 PM: John Beck(Ins): Those little dots on a die are referred to as pips.
6:44 PM: Anna Oster: ok
6:44 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 6, please.
6:44 PM: Anna Oster: ok
6:44 PM: John Beck(Ins): The side facing us has 6 pips.
6:44 PM: John Beck(Ins): The top side has 4 pips.
6:45 PM: John Beck(Ins): When tossing a 6-sided die, we focus on the pips on the top side.
6:45 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 7, please.
6:45 PM: John Beck(Ins): Looks like a pyramid.
6:45 PM: John Beck(Ins): A 4-sided pyramid.
6:46 PM: John Beck(Ins): For a 4-sided pyramid, we focus on the number of pips on the bottom side.
6:46 PM: John Beck(Ins): Notice that I've drawn a "product table"
6:47 PM: John Beck(Ins): Thes grid (product table) has 6 rows and 4 columns.
6:47 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to side 8, please.
6:47 PM: John Beck(Ins): 1 + 1 = 2
6:47 PM: John Beck(Ins): 1 + 2 = 3
6:47 PM: John Beck(Ins): Got the pattern?
6:47 PM: Heather Rawls: Yes
6:47 PM: Crystal Peddicord: yes
6:47 PM: Jamie Baldwin: yes
6:47 PM: Mary Weaver: yes
6:47 PM: Shante Jackson: yes
6:47 PM: Lindsay Gardner: yep
6:47 PM: Lauren Blick: yes
6:47 PM: Nicole Owens: yes
6:47 PM: Tajai Alderman: yeah
6:47 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 9, please.
6:48 PM: John Beck(Ins): 2+1 = 3
6:48 PM: John Beck(Ins): 2 + 2 = 4
6:48 PM: John Beck(Ins): etc.
6:48 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 10, please.
6:48 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 11, please.
6:48 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 12, please.
6:49 PM: John Beck(Ins): Notice I've highlighted the 2 in blue
6:49 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 13, please.
6:49 PM: John Beck(Ins): Here I've highlighted both of the 3s in blue.
6:49 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 14, please.
6:49 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 15, please.
6:50 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 16, please.
6:50 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 17, please.
6:50 PM: John Beck(Ins): There are 4 columns and 6 rows so we multiplied 4 x 6
6:51 PM: John Beck(Ins): There are 24 possible outcomes. Notice I did not say there were 24 UNIQUE outcomes.
6:51 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 18, please.
6:51 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay, let's pause for a minute.
6:51 PM: John Beck(Ins): This is how I'll be conducting these chat sessions.
6:52 PM: John Beck(Ins): If I were in a classroom, I'd be talking and I'd be writing on the blackboard.
6:52 PM: John Beck(Ins): And periodically I'd pause and solicit questions.
6:52 PM: John Beck(Ins): In this chat session, my talking is the typing.
6:52 PM: John Beck(Ins): My blackboad is the wakthrough.
6:53 PM: John Beck(Ins): And periodically I'll pause to ask for questions.
6:53 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay?
6:53 PM: Lindsay Gardner: yep
6:53 PM: Tajai Alderman: yes
6:53 PM: Jamie Baldwin: k
6:53 PM: Shantay Williams: yes
6:53 PM: Megan Walker: yup
6:53 PM: Michelle Burrell: got it
6:53 PM: Tynese Harris: yes
6:53 PM: Anna Oster: yes
6:53 PM: Crystal Peddicord: yes
6:53 PM: Shante Jackson: ok
6:53 PM: Mary Weaver: yes
6:53 PM: Lauren Blick: yes
6:53 PM: Nicole Owens: okay
6:53 PM: John Beck(Ins): OKay, let's go to page 19, please.
6:53 PM: Heather Rawls: Yes, well if we have questions during the instruction, due to confusion can we interupt?
6:54 PM: Megan Walker: Prof Beck - I am going to jump off since I cam'
6:54 PM: John Beck(Ins): Yes, you can, Heather.
6:54 PM: Heather Rawls: thanks
6:54 PM: Megan Walker: can't follow along. But I will be back next week. Thanks for the
6:54 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay, Megan.
6:54 PM: Megan Walker: the description tonght. Night Everyone!
6:54 PM: Michelle Burrell: night Megan
6:54 PM: Heather Rawls: Good night all!
6:54 PM: Megan Walker has left the room.
6:54 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 20, please.
6:54 PM: Jamie Baldwin: night
6:54 PM: Lauren Blick: night
6:55 PM: John Beck(Ins): Notice I've sketched a "product table"
6:55 PM: John Beck(Ins): Our first card could be A, K, Q, or J
6:55 PM: John Beck(Ins): Our second card could be A, K, Q, or J
6:55 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 21, please.
6:56 PM: John Beck(Ins): AA is the event of Ace followed by Ace
6:56 PM: John Beck(Ins): AK is the event Ace followed by King
6:56 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 22, please.
6:56 PM: John Beck(Ins): KA, KK, KQ, and KJ are possible outcomes.
6:56 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 23,please.
6:57 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 24, please.
6:57 PM: John Beck(Ins): Notice that 4 x 4 = 16
6:57 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 25, please.
6:57 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 26, please.
6:58 PM: John Beck(Ins): Product tables are a handy tool for determining the possible outcomes of an experiment.
6:58 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 27, please.
6:58 PM: Lindsay Gardner: can we pause a minute so I can catch up?
6:58 PM: John Beck(Ins): Sure.
6:58 PM: Lindsay Gardner: Should we be writing these problems down?
6:59 PM: John Beck(Ins): Probably not, Lindsay. You'll have a chance to write all of this down when you go through the lectures on the Lessons portion of the CD.
6:59 PM: Lindsay Gardner: oh ok
7:00 PM: Lauren Blick: what’s the difference between the lectures and the walkthroughs?
7:00 PM: John Beck(Ins): I think the chat sessions give an overview of the week's topics. The lectures give you the opportunities to TAKE GOOD NOTES.
7:00 PM: Lauren Blick: oo ok gotcha
7:01 PM: John Beck(Ins): The lectures also give you the opportunity to use another part of your senses - hearing.
7:01 PM: Lauren Blick: awesome
7:01 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 28, please.
7:01 PM: Heather Rawls: I love the CD, I think that it is explained very well
7:01 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 29, please.
7:02 PM: John Beck(Ins): Notice that if the player misses his/her first free-throw he/she does not get another shot!
7:02 PM: John Beck(Ins): This is referred to as an asymmetric tree diagram.
7:02 PM: Melissa Riefler has entered the room.
7:03 PM: John Beck(Ins): HH which means he/she scored two points is an outcome.
7:03 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Melissa!
7:03 PM: Melissa Riefler: Hi
7:03 PM: John Beck(Ins): Melissa, we're on Ch1_p30
7:03 PM: Melissa Riefler: thanks
7:03 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 31, please.
7:03 PM: John Beck(Ins): HM is a possible outcomes which means he/she scored one point.
7:03 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 32, please.
7:04 PM: John Beck(Ins): M is a possible outcome -- he/she missed the first free-throw and did not score any points.
7:04 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay?
7:04 PM: Lauren Blick: yes
7:04 PM: Tynese Harris: got it
7:04 PM: Jamie Baldwin: yes
7:04 PM: Mary Weaver: ok
7:04 PM: Heather Rawls: Yes
7:04 PM: Crystal Peddicord: yes
7:04 PM: Lindsay Gardner: right
7:04 PM: Tajai Alderman: got it
7:04 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 33, please.
7:05 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 34, please.
7:05 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 35, please.
7:05 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 36, please.
7:06 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 37, please.
7:06 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 38, please.
7:06 PM: John Beck(Ins): This is called a "false negative"
7:06 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 39, please.
7:07 PM: Jamie Baldwin has left the room.
7:07 PM: John Beck(Ins): This is called a "false positive."
7:07 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 40, please.
7:08 PM: John Beck(Ins): I'll bet a penny you'll get to work with this concept on both Test 1 and Test 2.
7:08 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 41, please.
7:08 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 41, please.
7:08 PM: John Beck(Ins): Oops, go to page 42, please.
7:09 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 43, please.
7:09 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 44,please.
7:09 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 45,please.
7:09 PM: John Beck(Ins): Go to page 46, please.
7:10 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay, Class, we've had our first of 14 chat sessions!
7:10 PM: John Beck(Ins): Now what do you need to do?
7:10 PM: John Beck(Ins): You need to go listen to the lectures for Chapter 1.
7:10 PM: Tynese Harris: Review and practice
7:10 PM: Heather Rawls: Review the lesson
7:10 PM: John Beck(Ins): You need to take good notes on those lectures.
7:10 PM: Anna Oster: can the tree have four labels if there will be possible four outcomes
7:10 PM: John Beck(Ins): Treat them as if you were in a regular classroom.
7:10 PM: John Beck(Ins): Yes, Anna.
7:11 PM: John Beck(Ins): Those can get very big very fast!
7:11 PM: Anna Oster: ok
7:11 PM: John Beck(Ins): when listening to my lectures you should take notes and you can even go backwards when you think you've missed something.
7:12 PM: John Beck(Ins): After you've listened to the lectures there are some practice problems.
7:12 PM: John Beck(Ins): Work through all of those practice problems.
7:12 PM: John Beck(Ins): Then you'll see that I also have the worked-out solutions for those practice problems.
7:12 PM: John Beck(Ins): Take good notes on the practice problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:12 PM: Lindsay Gardner: ok
7:12 PM: Crystal Peddicord: ok
7:12 PM: John Beck(Ins): I'm big on taking notes.
7:12 PM: Lauren Blick: are they like the questions on the tests?
7:12 PM: Michelle Burrell: ok
7:13 PM: John Beck(Ins): After you've worked the practice problems you are ready to work the homework assignment for the week.
7:13 PM: John Beck(Ins): Work those problems and send me just your answers.
7:13 PM: John Beck(Ins): I don't need to see your work.
7:13 PM: Lindsay Gardner: How do we go about sending you the answers? Via e-mail?
7:13 PM: John Beck(Ins): I give partial credit, so try every problem!
7:13 PM: John Beck(Ins): Send me an email with just the answers.
7:14 PM: Lindsay Gardner: ok
7:14 PM: Nicole Owens: not a problem.
7:14 PM: Crystal Peddicord: ok
7:14 PM: Lauren Blick: sounds good
7:14 PM: John Beck(Ins): You'll find that the practice problems are very similar to the weekly homework problems, Lauren.
7:14 PM: Lauren Blick: oo ok good
7:15 PM: John Beck(Ins): Four times this semester you get to go to one of the testing centers to take a proctored exam.
7:15 PM: Shantay Williams has left the room.
7:15 PM: Lindsay Gardner: what about test and quizzes? How are they administered?
7:15 PM: John Beck(Ins): And once again, there are practice problems on the CD that are very, very similar to those proctored exams.
7:15 PM: Anna Oster: Ok, Thank you Prof. Beck
7:15 PM: John Beck(Ins): Homework assignments are not proctored.
7:15 PM: Heather Rawls: Will we know how many questions and about how much time is allowed for each of the tests?
7:15 PM: John Beck(Ins): The four exams are proctored.
7:15 PM: Shantay Williams has entered the room.
7:16 PM: Anna Oster: Bye
7:16 PM: John Beck(Ins): You'll have 2 hours to complete each of the on-campus exams.
7:16 PM: Shantay Williams: ok
7:16 PM: Lindsay Gardner: So the tests and quizzes are the exams...?
7:16 PM: John Beck(Ins): Once again, my practice exams (on the CD) are very, very similar to the real exams!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
7:16 PM: Crystal Peddicord: ok
7:16 PM: Lauren Blick: ok
7:17 PM: Mary Weaver: ok
7:17 PM: Michelle Burrell: got it
7:17 PM: John Beck(Ins): There are 14 weekly homework assignments and 4 on-campus exam.
7:17 PM: Lindsay Gardner: ok. I see
7:17 PM: Heather Rawls: ok thank you!
7:18 PM: Anna Oster has left the room.
7:18 PM: Nicole Owens: thanks, have fun with the sun. Bye to everyone.
7:18 PM: John Beck(Ins): Are there any questions.
7:18 PM: Heather Rawls: good night all! See you next week
7:18 PM: Lauren Blick: nope thank you!
7:18 PM: Mary Weaver: not yet
7:18 PM: Crystal Peddicord: bye everyone!
7:18 PM: Tynese Harris: thank you!
7:18 PM: Heather Rawls has left the room.
7:18 PM: Michelle Burrell: no questions
7:18 PM: Michelle Burrell: thank you
7:18 PM: Crystal Peddicord has left the room.
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7:18 PM: Lindsay Gardner: Thank you for your time Professor Beck
7:18 PM: Tynese Harris has entered the room.
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7:19 PM: Shantay Williams: NO. thank you professor! Goodnight everyone!
7:19 PM: John Beck(Ins): Hi, Tynese!
7:19 PM: Lauren Blick: goodnight everyone!
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7:20 PM: John Beck(Ins): Okay, Class, that's it for tonight. Email me if you have questions.
7:20 PM: Tajai Alderman: Good night
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7:20 PM: Shante Jackson: good night
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7:46 PM: Michele Potter: is anyone in here still?
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