Educational Origami » mathematics

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andrewch — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:16:46 +0000

In this weeks catch from the net we have Mathematics and data sources, infographic maps, web 2.0 tools and more.

1. The Maths Apprentice - http://www.mathapprentice.com/Activity/explore.html – this is a fun primary and middle years site for mathematics. Directed at the younger audience. Worth considering using with an IWB.

2. Kids online – me and mymaths - http://www.kidsolr.com/math/math.html – again for the yiounger middle years audience, but a useful amth site with potential for IWB use too.

3. Dan’s Maths - http://www.dansmath.com/ – this sit is directed at the more senior school audience but is still applicable to midle school students

4. Maths helpAtube - http://www.mathatube.com/ – Video tutorialsa dn resources for mathematics – this is a great site well worth a forage. While not directly associated but worth investigating is teachertube – http://www.teachertube.com

5. US Government Data - http://www.data.gov/ this is a great source of accurate information and statistics. Applicable to mathematics, humanities and many other subject areas. This is a great resource.

6. Infographic Maps – http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/10/30-superb-examples-of-infographic-maps/ Web designer depot is a blog I subscribe to and it provide a wide range of interesting sites and resources. This one has some excellent examples of inforgraphics that are well worth looking at.

7. Ofcom report on Children and Media – http://www.ofcom.org.uk/consumer/2009/10/more-children-have-broadband-in-the-bedroom/ OfCom is the Office of Communication in the UK. This offering is a report on Media and children. Here is one statistic worth considering “35 per cent of 12-15s and 16 per cent of 8-11s now have web access in their bedrooms“. Worth also visiting is the mashable post on net usage http://mashable.com/2009/10/14/net-usage-nielsen/

8. Online comic creation tool – Howtoons – http://www.howtoons.com/ – A nice online cartoon/comic tool which allows you to export as a PDF file. Free

9. How to give a lousy presentation – http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/aug2009/sb20090825_379576.htm This is one of those time to refelct articles. As you read through this post do you cringle a little?

As always these sites are also posted on my Delicious account - http://del.icio.us/achurches

On The wire

andrewch — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:18:40 +0000

The one problem with attending a conference is catching up after. ULearn has been no exception, I have spent this week in catch up mode.

Here is my weekly catch from the net.

1. Alternative to – http://alternativeto.net/desktop this website is present you with alternative application to common or popular software and web based tools. This is an excellent tool for those of us with limited budgets.

2.Science visualisations – http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/visualizations/all/1# This is a wired science sumamtion of the best visualisation videos of 2009. This is an excellent resource for science teachers and can add variety into your teaching program. This opbviously appeals to the visual learner

3. How are maps made up from aerial and satellite images – http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/topographic-maps-created-aerial-and-satellite-photographs-78979.html – this is an article I found recently which explained how topo maps use images. very interesting and useful for the humanities students and particulalry the geographers.

4. What browser – http://www.whatbrowser.org/ this is a useful resource site for IT classes and also for explaining about a web browser. This site looks at trhe web btrowser youa re using and provides you with some insights into it. For those who are interested it also links to a time line for web browsers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_web_browsers#Graphical_Timeline

5. e-Glossary http://www.glencoe.com/apps/eGlossary612/grade.php this site produced by McGraw-Hill provides a useful and age specific glossary of mathematical terms. A useful learning aid for teachers and students alike.

Hope these are useful – As always I ave posted these to my Del.icio.us account - http://delicious.com/achurches

On the wire – Mathematic sites

andrewch — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 00:43:36 +0000

Here are a couple of math sites I have come across recently (Thanks Derek)

1. http://www.brightstorm.com/d/math Brightstorm this is a nice clean site – well worth a visit

2. http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/mathmovies/index.html this is mathematics in the movies. These are short clips from various movies which contain mathematics. You want to pick and choose but some great stuff here

On the wire

andrewch — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 18:35:24 +0000

Here are some excellent resources that I have come across recently.

1. 12 essential sites for for free images – http://www.techradar.com/news/internet/web/12-essential-sites-for-great-free-photos-624818

This is a must for presenters. There are excellent images available across these sites. Visit, enjoy, use and acknowledge

2. Science books online - http://sciencebooksonline.info/

This is another useful resource. You may have to pick and choose, but that is the same with anything.

3. Resources for Autograph - http://www.tsm-resources.com/autograph.html

The math teachers love autograph and for good reason too. This site has selection of resources.

4. The Flash card machine - http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

This is a web based flash card generator – great for the read write learner who likes flash cards as a revision tool or the teacher helping their students prepare for assessment.

5. Snagfilms – http://www.snagfilms.com/films/

Watch documentries online – this is an interesting site with a wide selection of videos available to view.

On the wire – education videos

andrewch — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:07:37 +0000

The internet has masses of resources that we can use for education. Increasing there are sites dedicated to educationally focused videos. Here are six that I come across:

1. Teachertube – http://www.teachertube.com/ This is a great sharing site for teacher developed content and some professional material.

2. Teacher TV – http://www.teacher.tv This is a brilliant British site with vast resources most professionally developed.

3. MBAvid http://www.mbavid.com This is business education related video site.

4. Lectr http://www.lectr.com/ The Knowledge sharing community

5. Academic Earth – http://academicearth.org/ A more tertiary focused site but some good stuff here.

6. Watch Know http://watchknow.org/ Similar to Teachertube. Lots of resources requires a sign up

Can you add any sites to this list?

On the wire

andrewch — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:38:35 +0000

1. Graphic Organisers – http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/ncac_go.html

This is an excellent resource for Graphic organisers prepared by Tracey Hall & Nicole Strangman – good examples and explanantions

Also useful is – http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/blooms%2C+learning+styles+and+thinking+organisers

2. The mathEbook – http://www.mathebook.net/

An online mathematics resource – nice.

3. APA Bibliographies? This harvard site explains the APA bibliography – a must for senior students

http://isites.harvard.edu/icb/icb.do?keyword=apa_exposed

4. Plagarism Checkers – http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/article-checkers-5-free-websites-to-catch-the-copycats/

Sadly this is a good site and worth while reading – its from the excellent blog “make use of”

5. Build your own city – http://myminicity.com/

This is an interesting simulation that is worth while looking at. Build a city onlie – no sign up required.

6. Life – 21 Greatest images from Space – http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/30222/the-21-greatest-space-photos-ever

Perfect timing with the Anniversey of Apollo 11.

On the wire – more math sites

andrewch — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:21:57 +0000

It seems that websites for mathematics are the theme of the week. Here are some more:

1. http://www.myalgebra.com/algebra_solver.aspx

2. http://illuminations.nctm.org/

3. http://www.tutorvista.com/

4. http://www.algebra.com/

5. http://www.math.com/homeworkhelp/Algebra.html

6. http://mathforum.org/students/index.html

On the wire – Mathematics resources

andrewch — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:14:35 +0000

These are the Mathematics resources that have come down the wire in the last couple of days.

1. Graph paper generator – http://incompetech.com/graphpaper/ This site makes graph paper to your specifications using a PDF generator

2. More graph paper generators – http://www.printfreegraphpaper.com/ This site like the last one allows you to dial up your requirements and print as PDF

3. Download pre designed graph paper – http://www.math-drills.com/graphpaper.shtml

4. Mathematics worksheets anyone? Here is a site with free maths worksheets – http://themathworksheetsite.com/

5. Understanding Mathematics through insight, concept and perceptions – Visual Mathematics http://www.visualmathlearning.com/

6. Spark Island – http://www.e-gfl.org/e-gfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/teacher/other/spark/samples.html

7. Waldo maths – http://www.waldomaths.com/

Interesting Websites for this week

andrewch — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 08:18:52 +0000

These are some of the more interesting websites I have some across this week.

1. Science World – URL http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/

Science resources from Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry and Astronomy

2. 12 essentials for technology integration – URL http://content.yudu.com/Library/A18dcc/TwelveEssentialsforT/resources/index.htm?referrerUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F59772%2FTwelve-Essentials-for-Technology-Integration

This is a very interesting article in the form of a e-book. Well laid out and excellent reading

3. Teaching with Smartboard -URL http://www.ncusd203.org/central/html/what/math/smartboard/index.htm

This is a huge set of video clips about using your smartboard.

Some websites to consider

andrewch — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:10:35 +0000

Here is a collection of websites that have come to my attention this week:

1. Emathematics

URL: http://www.emathematics.net/index.php

2. Video – the altas of early printing – http://atlas.lib.uiowa.edu/press-animation.html

This is a video that examines the origins of the printing press

3. Video production resources including a very good storyboarding tool. http://kidsvid.altec.org/index.html

4. Science (and other subjects) Video resource Library

http://www.neok12.com/

5. Generation Yes – free resources. This site has a wide range of resources (whitepapers, video etc) on various IT and edcuation topics including management, laptop programs etc

http://www.genyes.org/freeresources/

6. Gen Y in the classroom. This is a very interesting article and slideshre presentation on Gen Y in the classroom from a marketing perspective. Well worth looking at.

http://www.youthmarketing.com/gen-y-in-the-classroom/