Calculus Tweetwars: The End
We hope you’ve enjoyed the production of “The Calculus Tweetwars” and...
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Category: Digital Age Projects
Calculus Tweetwars: 1676-1698
In case it’s difficult to follow the events in “real time” … The Calculus...
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The Calculus Tweetwars (1661-1675)
Installment #1 The Calculus Tweetwars: Act 1 from Maria Andersen
Read MoreThe Calculus Tweetwars
I wanted to wait until I was SURE that this was going to happen before I mentioned it here. My Honors Calculus II students have decided to “tweet” The Calculus Wars for modern times. Their assignment was to read...
Read MoreThe Projects Get BETTER
The second unit in Math for Elementary Teachers (MathET) is on numeration systems and operations on whole numbers. Again, the students had to complete a “learning project” for the unit. Some blogged, some mapped...
Read MoreHow to Study for a Math Test
The Fall 2009 Calculus class at Muskegon Community College was tasked (by me) with learning how to study for a math test and then making presentations or videos to help other students. The students started by doing their own...
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 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 MoreTeaching and Learning in the Digital Age
Two years ago at the beginning of the fall semester, I was given the chance to speak to the faculty on my campus about technologies for teaching and getting organized, which is how the mindmaps Web 2.0 for You and Organize Your...
Read MoreIntriguing Inverses
Finally, I’ve made a sequel to Funky Function Notation. Here is Intriguing Inverses. Feel free to use it in online courses or use in the classroom. Enjoy.
Read MoreMath and Technology Video Adventure
You’ve got to love the Internet. The photos are all from my old Teaching College Math Blogger account, which sends them to Picasa. Animoto compiles the video based on the song you choose. Animoto can get the images...
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