Contemporary Algebra Collection (new resources 2/4/2019)
The Contemporary Algebra Collection now contains 28 activities spread from basic math to...
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Add Graphs In The World to Courses
Now you can add Graphs in the World to your courses in the LMS! Create a new “page” in...
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Bringing the Real World to Your Math Class Every Day
I’ve been spending the first 5-10 minutes of every 2-hour math class discussing graphs in...
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Data Sleuthing
Khan Academy Idaho is a grant-funded initiative to help K-12 teachers in Idaho integrate digital...
Read MoreWolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning
For at least a decade, we have had the ability to let CAS software perform computational mathematics, yet computational skills are still a large portion of the mathematics curriculum. Enter Wolfram|Alpha. Unlike traditional CAS...
Read MoreImplications for Math Instructors
They say a picture is worth 1000 words. Then here are about 15,000. I’ve taken screenshots of several examples of the algebra through calculus that WolframAlpha will do. You can see the album of screenshots here....
Read MoreNew Math: A Formula for Everything
I think that I will have to start (or end?) every class session next fall with one of these fabulous formulas from New Math. Some of them are obvious (once you see them) and some of them just have me laughing out loud because of...
Read MoreMetric System in Real World Context
From xkcd: Maybe Common Craft can tackle Metrics in Plain English next? Possibly Related Posts: Contemporary Algebra Collection (new resources 2/4/2019) Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast about ESIL Lens Add Graphs In The World to...
Read MoreGoogle Search Data vs Real CDC Data: Guess who wins?
Google has been using search data to model flu outbreaks for a number of years. Generally, they look at the number of searches for words related to “flu” (graphs) and look for sharp increases in the number of...
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