Reimagining Calculus Keynote
Yesterday I gave the keynote at the Reimagining Calculus Conference held at Stevens Institute of...
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Category: Future of Math
Recorded Webinar: Teaching Math in 2020
Just realized I never shared this webinar video from 2014 (you know, back when 2020 still seemed...
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What does Math Teaching look like in 2020?
This is from a presentation today looking at the future of teaching math from a K-12 perspective....
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WolframAlpha Facebook Report
This is a delightful exercise that everyone seems to love. WolframAlpha will provide you with an...
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Khan Academy Idaho is a grant-funded initiative to help K-12 teachers in Idaho integrate digital devices and the Khan Academy program into their math classrooms. Yesterday I gave a keynote there called “Between a Rock and...
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Giving up Calculation by Hand
This is scary stuff for math professors, but with the arrival of amazing programs like Wolfram...
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Are Math Instructors the next to be outsourced?
Have I mentioned lately that math instruction will be outsourced to technology? (oh yeah, pretty...
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TED Talk on Wolfram Alpha
The talk is titled “Computing a Theory of Everything”
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 MoreMath ELITEs (Classrooms for Active Mathematics)
Thanks to Diane, Gary, and Tom … who also contributed ideas to this classroom redesign project idea. Objective: Create classroom spaces specifically for a) actively learning mathematics and b) using technology to...
Read MoreWhat we’re doing with WolframAlpha
Originally, I started this post with the title “What I’m doing with Wolfram|Alpha” and then I revised it, because it’s not just me using Wolfram|Alpha. My students are using it too. Here are some of the...
Read MoreMoving Math from Analog to Digital
Arthur Benjamin has been on TED in the past (see Mathemagics) and has done a really phenomenal job. Here’s his latest 3-minute appearance: TED Talks | Arthur Benjamin’s formula for changing math education The problem...
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