Volume 10, Number 10
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7 March 2005 Vol. 10, No. 10
THE MATH FORUM @ DREXEL INTERNET NEWS
Math Forum Discussions
Questions and Answers About Our New Discussion Area | Pi Day
MATH FORUM DISCUSSIONS
http://mathforum.org/kb/
We're pleased to announce our new, improved discussion area.
We've added many popular features, and powered it all with a
database for greater speed and flexibility.
Now you can
- see discussions organized into categories such as
"Education" and "Software"
- look up individual discussants and see what they have
posted
- get alerts of posts ("watches") from the discussants or
discussions you select
- post attachments over the web
- format and spell-check before posting online
- edit your own post if no one else has replied to it yet
- use your own personal Control Panel to choose how many
discussion threads to list on one page, show you the
messages you've written ("watches"), display or hide
your e-mail address, and much more
- get a feed of updates using Really Simple Syndication (RSS),
a time-saving, automated way to collect only the news you
want over the web (for a primer on RSS, we recommend
Lee LeFever's blog post "RSS Described in Plain English,"
http://www.commoncraft.com/archives/000528.html)
In particular, we've made our search engine much more robust,
ready to quickly slice through decades and gigabytes of
discussion posts to find not just keywords, but the keywords
that a specific author wrote during a date range within a
given discussion, or across a category of related discussions,
or over all discussions:
http://mathforum.org/kb/search!default.jspa?advanced=true
This new advanced search lets you look for any combination of
- keywords
- discussants
- dates
- categories and subcategories of discussions
More search tips
http://mathforum.org/kb/searchtips.jsp
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT OUR NEW DISCUSSION AREA
Q. I participate by e-mail with my subscription to a mailing
list. How does this new web interface affect me?
A. It doesn't. You will still get the group's messages in
your in-box, and post directly to other subscribers by
e-mail. But if you want to refer to an archive of past
conversations, or peek at what's happening in a related
discussion, check out the spiffy new site -- searchable by
participant, date range, category of discussion, and more.
Q. I don't want to log in to send messages. Can I still post
anonymously?
A. We ask only for a valid e-mail address. You control what
parts of your profile other people get to see -- including
your e-mail address. Think of it as anonymity that belongs
only to you.
The new discussion area includes an archive of this
newsletter. We invite you to browse or search past issues of
Math Forum Internet News.
http://mathforum.org/kb/forum.jspa?forumID=212
The Forum never sells or rents your name, address, or other
information to third parties for any purpose. To learn more
about how we protect your privacy, please read our Privacy
Policy.
http://mathforum.org/announce/privacy.html
Now, we have a question for you: Have you posted to any Math
Forum discussions before?
If so, we have already reserved an account for you. Please
reset your password by following this link:
http://mathforum.org/kb/accountEmailToken!default.jspa
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The Forum began in 1992 with funding from the National
Science Foundation as an online center for discussing math
education. From that emphasis on building online community,
we've grown to offer many more services and resources; and
today, thanks to Drexel University, we're proud to continue
supporting our communities with this new discussion area.
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PI DAY
http://mathforum.org/t2t/faq/faq.pi.html
From the Math Forum's Teacher2Teacher service, answers to a
frequently asked question: What are some activities I can use
for a Pi Day celebration on March 14 (3.14)?
Suggestions include archived T2T conversations on the subject,
Problems of the Week, Ask Dr. Math resources, literature
connections, and links to relevant Web sites.
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