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Interactive Math Assessments

Jacquie Henry — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:31:51 +0000

Track percentage of correct and incorrect responses.

Changing math education

Jacquie Henry — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:23:04 +0000

Arthur Benjamin’s formula for changing math education

About this talk

Someone always asks the math teacher, “Am I going to use calculus in real life?” And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.

Environmental Photo Essays + Images of Protest

Jacquie Henry — Tue, 26 May 2009 12:47:42 +0000

Free Technology recently posted Remarkable Images of Protest. The post might lead to some useful resources for environmental, social studies classes & art classes. There is at least one link of interest to math teachers – Fibonacci Sequence Illustrated by Nature

The site is blocked by BESS – but you can check it in the library or at home. Some of the content is definitely PG-13. 10 Most Suggestive Cacti On Earth for example =) Still – there are many interesting articles/phot essays such as:

5 Deadliest Effects of Global Warming
8 Incredible Green Roofs
Remarkable Images of Activism from the Last Fifty Years
Fibonacci Sequence Illustrated by Nature
The Birth of Stars

New Search Engine

Jacquie Henry — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:51:41 +0000

Seems as if this will be particularly good for mathematics. The site will be up and running some time next week.

New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google

The beautiful math that links coral, crochet and hyperbolic geometry

Jacquie Henry — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:29:23 +0000

TEDTalks : The beautiful math that links coral, crochet and hyperbolic geometry – Margaret Wertheim (2009)

The mathematics of war

Jacquie Henry — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:29:41 +0000

TEDTalks : The mathematics of war – Sean Gourley (2009)

from TEDTalks (video)

By pulling raw data from the news and plotting it onto a graph, Sean Gourley and his team have come up with a stunning conclusion about the nature of modern war — and perhaps a model for resolving conflicts.
Original video source (SeanGourley_2009U.mp4)

If you MUST know….

Jacquie Henry — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:03:52 +0000

Statistics – from the sublime to the ridiculous. Find out everything from education and health care expenditures in the world to the number of toilets flushed.

Worldometers

Protected: Even Small Lesson Tweaks Can Improve Literacy

Jacquie Henry — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:38:28 +0000

Mind Mapping

Jacquie Henry — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:51:55 +0000

Mindomo! www.Mindomo.com

This free tool creates mind maps which can be edited and shared By all accounts, it is quite easy to use. Best of all – not blocked by BESS! At least not at the moment……

Good source of statistical & multi-media information

Jacquie Henry — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 20:26:04 +0000

I was working with a student today who needed charts/graphs on the issue of cloning. Basically opinion poll results.

We found some great material on one of the databases the library pays for. I know many (most) of you can’t get to the library page right now – but Christmas is coming folks!! We hope that Santa will be visiting your rooms and leaving behind actual functional computers in place of the abacus you have right now.

So – here is the direct link to this source. I hope you find it useful.

Opposing Viewpoints

Basically – if you are looking for statistics, you just type your topic in the search box. It will retrieve magazines, newspapers, books etc. Click the tab on the top that says “Statistics”. Depending on the topic – you might find some useful charts and graphs.

Another useful database to try is PowerSearch.

When using this source, click on the tab that says “multimedia”. The things that come up here will be a mixture of pictures, audio files etc., as well as statistics.