Category: Math in Various Careers

Where’s the Math in Computer Science?

by busynessgirl | Feb 3, 2009 | Math in Various Careers, Teaching Math | 0 |

Today’s guest blogger is Kenrick Mock, Associate Professor of Computer Science from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Kenrick writes a blog called Teaching, Technology, and Learning.As a computer science instructor...

New SIAM Brochure on Careers in Math

by busynessgirl | Dec 7, 2008 | Math in Various Careers, Teaching Math | 0 |

SIAM has published a new PDF full-color brochure on Careers in Math. I think I’m going to put a link to this inside my online course shell for Calculus towards the end-of-the-semester material. I was particularly pleased...

Technology Trip to Hope College

by busynessgirl | Nov 7, 2008 | Conference Travels, Interdisciplinary Studies, Math in Various Careers | 0 |

Last week our new Computing & Technology Club (plus a couple faculty) went on a field trip to Hope College to see some of their coolest technology. We saw lasers, their cluster supercomputers, their 3-D projector, and the...

Insert Changing Math Content in your LMS

by busynessgirl | Oct 19, 2008 | eLearning, Math in Various Careers, Teaching Math, Teaching Math Online | 0 |

Did you know that MathDL and MAA have RSS feeds for some topics that change daily? Wouldn’t it be cool if you could have the problem of the day show up in the online platform for you class every day? Well, you can! You can...

Large Hadron Rap

by busynessgirl | Sep 3, 2008 | Math in Various Careers | 0 |

Today I want to be a Physicist … just to use this video on the first day of class! Video: Large Hadron Rap Possibly Related Posts: Where’s the Math in Computer Science? New SIAM Brochure on Careers in Math Technology...