Integrating the Internet into the Mathematics Classroom

1. Integrating Internet Tools into the Mathematics Classroom Steve Spengler [email_address] Coordinator of Educational Technology Colonial Intermediate Unit 20

2. A Little Humor First… A wise school teacher sends this note to all parents on the first day of school: "If you promise not to believe everything your child says happens at school, I'll promise not to believe everything he says happens at home." Little Johnny had finished his summer vacation and gone back to school. Two days later his teacher phoned his mother to tell her that he was misbehaving. "Wait a minute," she said. "I had Johnny with me for three months and I never called you once when he misbehaved." Teacher: Where is your homework? Pupil: I lost it fighting this kid who said you weren't the best teacher in the school

3. Top Ten Excuses for Not Doing Math Homework #10 - Galileo didn't know calculus; what do I need it for? #9 - "A math addict stole my homework. When they arrested him, they discovered Mr/Miss/Ms/Mrs [fill in the blank] had been his teacher." #8 - I'm taking physics and the homework in there seemed to involve math, so I thought I could just do that instead. #7 - I have the proof, but there isn't room to write it in the margin. #6 - I have a solar powered calculator and it was cloudy. #5 - I was watching the World Series and got tied up trying to prove that it converged. #4 - I could only get arbitrarily close to my textbook. I couldn't actually reach it. (I reached half way, and then half of that, and then ...) #3 - I couldn't figure out whether i am the square root of negative one or i is the square root of negative one. #2 - It was Einstein's birthday and pi day and we had this big celebration! (This only works for March 14) #1 - I accidentally divided by zero and my paper burst into flames.

4. Online Automatic Citations http://citationmachine.net Riddle, Larry (1996). Dusa McDuff. Retrieved August 7, 2006, from Women in Mathematics Web site: http://www.agnesscott.edu/Lriddle/women/mcduff.htm

7. Internet-based Learning Applications

10. What fraction of the cake would you rather eat? Why? www.unitedstreaming.com

11. www.pims.math.ca /

12. UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Math – Likely and Unlikely Events – Grades 3 - 5

13. UnitedStreaming.com www.unitedstreaming.com Math – Solving for Values With Defined Relationships – Grades 6 - 8

14. UnitedStreaming.com – Thematic Focus www.unitedstreaming.com Differentiated Math Focus – Grades 2 - 12

16. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men http://www.improb.com/archives/classical/cat/cat/html

17. Feline Reactions to Bearded Men (UPDATED) http://www.improb.com/archives/classical/cat/cat/html

18. Joan Berger’s Scenarios http://users.adelphia.net/~jberger5/Activitiesindex.html Are We Martians? (Space Science, Astronomy) The Big Apple (Geography, History, Art, Social Science, Cartography) The Cassini Mission (Space Science, Astronomy) Faster Than a Speeding Bullet (Neuroscience, Recording and Analyzing Data) How Far Is Far (Maps and Distances) Intergalactic Explorers (Astronomy, Space Studies) Lights! Camera! Action! (History, Technology, Science) Rescue At Sea (Geography, Meteorology, Astronomy, Mathematics) Stories in Stone (Mayan Culture, Language, Mathematics, Archaeology) Touchy! Touchy! (Neuroscience, Recording and Analyzing Data)

21. Webmath.com http://www.webmath.com

22. Ask Dr. Math – The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/

23. NY Regents Exam Prep Center http://regentsprep.org/Regents/math/math-a.cfm#1

24. SOS Math http://www.sosmath.com/

25. Algebra Help http://www.algebrahelp.com

26. Culturally-Situated Math Design Tools http://www.rpi.edu/~eglash/csdt.html

27. Grey Labyrinth http://www.greylabyrinth.com

28. Smart Skies http://quest.nasa.gov/projects/smart_skies/

29. Enigma and the Code Breakers http://www.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/10/enigma/index.htm

30. Road Sign Math http://www.roadsignmath.com/

31. Numb3rs http://www.cbs.com/primetime/numb3rs/ti/

32. Rec Puzzles Archive http://rec-puzzles.org /

34. Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles http://www.cut-the-knot.org/index.shtml

35. Math in Daily Life http://www.learner.org/exhibits/dailymath/

36. Escape from Knab – The Adventure http://www.escapefromknab.com/

37. Math Tutorials http://www.math.hmc.edu/calculus/tutorials/

38. Absurd Math http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/

39. Challenge of the 7 Cups http://www.learningwave.com/abmath/7cups/index.html

40. Wolfram MathWorld http://mathworld.wolfram.com/

41. Discovery’s Brain Boosters http://school.discovery.com/brainboosters/

42. The Story of Elizabeth Whitney Williams http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/facts_for_features/

43. The National Math Trail http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/

44. Teachers’ Lab http://www.learner.org/teacherslab/

45. AAA Math http://www.aaamath.com/index.html

46. Teachers.Net Lesson Bank http://teachers.net/lessons/browse.html

47. A to Z Teacher Stuff http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/Lesson_Plans/Mathematics/index.shtml

48. Ask Eric Lesson Plans http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/lessons.cgi/Mathematics

49. Math Forum Lesson Plans http://mathforum.org/teachers/high/lessons-individual.html

52. Math.com Calculators and Tools http://www.math.com/students/tools.html

53. Calculators Online http://www.martindalecenter.com/Calculators2.html

54. Visual Fractions http://www.visualfractions.com/

55. Project Interactivate http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

56. Gizmo Catalog http://www.explorelearning.com/index.cfm?method=cResource.dspResourceCatalog

57. USA Today Online Calculators http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/calculators/calculator.htm

58. Math Online http://www.univie.ac.at/future.media/moe/onlinewerkzeuge.html

59. Online Woodworking Tools http://www.woodbin.com

61. Teacher Resources

62. Dictionary.com http://dictionary.reference.com/

63. Erich’s Packing Center http://www.stetson.edu/~efriedma/packing.html

64. Jobs and Guidance in Mathematics http://www.phds.org/

65. Pi in the Sky http://www.pims.math.ca/pi/current/

66. Purple Math http://www.purplemath.com

67. Research on Virtual Manipulatives http://otec.uoregon.edu/virtual_manipulatives.htm

68. Mathematically Appropriate Uses of Technology for Instruction http://my.nctm.org/eresources/view_article.asp?article_id=2264

69. Math Forum’s Teacher 2 Teacher http://mathforum.org/t2t/

70. Connected Mathematics Project http://www.math.msu.edu/cmp/

71. netTrekker http://www.nettrekker.com

72. Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

73. The Online Journal of Mathematics http://my.nctm.org/eresources/journal_home.asp?journal_id=6

74. THE Journal Educator’s Web Roadmap http://www.thejournal.com/highlights/roadmap/

75. K12 Teaching & Learning Center http://www.k12tlc.net

76. Children of Dreams http://www.gsn.org/programs/dreams/lessonplan.html

77. KidLink.org http://www.kidlink.org

80. The WebQuest Page http:// webquest.sdsu.edu /

81. TechTrekkers WebQuests http:// www.techtrekers.com/webquests

82. Probability and Statistics WebQuest http://stickware.home.comcast.net/probability/index.html

83. Math Models and Economics http://www.amaisd.org/nheights/zennadi_&_james_project.htm

84. Geometry and the Pythagorean Theorem http://www.public.iastate.edu/~nelehita/Geometry%20Project/

85. Strategies for Internet Integration

87. BackFlip http://www.backflip.com/

88. Bookmark Tracker http:// www.bookmarktracker.com /

90. Filamentality http://www.filamentality.com/wired/fil/index.html

91. Mathematics Hotlist http://www.kn.sbc.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathmr48.html

92. A Hotlist of Math Links http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathlinpa.html

93. Writing in the Math Classroom http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listmathemattr.html

95. Cyberbee Treasure Hunt http://www.cyberbee.com/mathhunt.html

96. Paper Airplanes http://phoenix.gov/AVIATION/kids/airplanes.html

98. Quadratic Equations Subject Sampler http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/samquadratida.html

99. NASA: Centennial of Flight http://quest.arc.nasa.gov/projects/aero/centennial/sampler.html

100. Putting it Together

108. Integrating Internet Tools into the Mathematics Classroom Steve Spengler [email_address] Coordinator of Educational Technology Colonial Intermediate Unit 20