Presented by:
Ihor Charischak
ihor@clime.org

Council for Technology in
Math Education
(CLIME)
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Come and see examples of how Web 2.0 and dynamic software can transform math learning and teaching. Participants will experience a series of unique and compelling collaborative activities that incorporate significant software environments (spreadsheets, Sketchpad and Web applets) that will help a teacher to engage students in gaining a deeper understanding of powerful mathematical ideas.

 

Resources
Current list
DMC Blog
Dan Meyer's response to digital textbooks
Math 2.0 Group Discussion
Quicktime movie (10:40) of my slide presentation - link


updated: 10/19/13
AMTNJ Conference
Friday, 10/25/2013
9:30am–10:30am
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 Set the Stage: Overview of Math 2.0
Warm-up video: Hans Rosling's dynamic video (4min)
Gapminder - Link
1 Jinx Puzzle
 Pick a number,  Add 11, multiply by 6, subtract 3, divide by 3, Add 5, Divide by 2, Subtract the original number. (Why is this called the Jinx puzzle?) - link
Blog entry - link

2 Average Traveler Activity
 Today we are going to find out who traveled the average distance to get to this conference. First we'll start off with a guess. What do you think is the average distance that the members of this group traveled today?
participant data (2008)
My blog entry about this activity - link
3 The Great Green Globs Challenge
 What is the highest score you can get for this array of Globs? (Link) Globs Blog entry and Video tutorial intro (3:40)
Video: Green Globs meet Parabolas (3:44)
Neil Cooperman - Green Globs Contest (1995) - video (12:30)
4 Measuring the circumference of the Earth
Over 2,000 years ago Eratosthenes made a remarkably accurate measurement of the earth's circumference. This project is a recreation of that measurement and requires collaboration of students in places at different latitudes on the earth to make shadow measurements, share data, use a spreadsheet (optional) to make comparisons, and then replicate and share their results.
In the Spirit of Eratosthenes: Measuring the circumference of the earth - Ihor's article
Starting again in March, 2014 - Noon Day Collaborative Project Website