Navigating WolframAlpha Pro Features
Last week I had to do a workshop about WolframAlpha, and I noticed that there are three different...
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Abandoning Ship on Wolfram Alpha?
I am really getting fed up tired of having to explain Wolfram Alpha graphs to students. For some...
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Shifting Assessment in a World with WolframAlpha
I let my students use Wolfram Alpha when they are in class and when they are doing their homework...
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Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite
This is the Plenary Address from MAA Michigan last week. Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and...
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TED Talk on Wolfram Alpha
The talk is titled “Computing a Theory of Everything” Possibly Related Posts:...
Read MoreNYT Opinionator Series about Math
For a few months now, the NYT Opinionator Blog has been hosting a series of pieces that do a phenomenally good job of explaining mathematics in layman’s terms. The latest article is about Calculus (with a promise of more...
Read MoreLogarithm Graphs in Wolfram Alpha
At the Wolfram Alpha Workshop at ICTCM, there was universal disappointment about the fact that you cannot get a graph of a logarithm that is only over the real numbers. We tried everything we could think of to remove the...
Read MoreWolfram Alpha Discovery
Okay, technically it was a workshop at ICTCM, but with 30 math faculty in one room, all armed with computers, I couldn’t help but make it a discovery and brainstorming session too. I’m a firm believer in harnessing...
Read MoreBest of the Ed Tech Freebies!
In a “pilot” program, we used Camtasia to record several sessions at the 2009 AMATYC Conference in Las Vegas. Several of these recordings are now available on the AMATYC 2009 Conference Proceedings Website. In...
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Wolfram Alpha for Inquiry Based Learning in Calculus
Now that all my Calculus II students know about Wolfram Alpha (I showed them), I have to make sure...
Read MoreTeaching Math with Technology (Discussion Panel)
While I was at Wolfram Alpha Homework Day, I participated in a Panel Discussion about the Myths about Teaching with Technology. The panel ran 30 minutes and was mediated by Elizabeth Corcoran. There were three of us (all women,...
Read MoreMy Interview at Wolfram Alpha HomeworkDay
Believe it or not, it was scarier to watch the video than to do the interview! I think I will tuck my hair behind my ears next time. 🙂 Possibly Related Posts: Navigating WolframAlpha Pro Features Abandoning Ship on Wolfram...
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