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July 30, 2010 Vol. 15, No. 31

THE MATH FORUM @ DREXEL INTERNET NEWS

Khan Academy | Walpha Wiki
Uber Fan

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KHAN ACADEMY

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Salman Khan has recorded over 1400 YouTube videos on a variety
of topics, largely math and finance:

- Algebra
- Arithmetic
- Banking and Money
- Calculus
- Credit Crisis
- Current Economics
- Differential Equations
- Finance
- Geithner Plan
- Geometry
- Linear Algebra
- Paulson Bailout
- Pre-algebra
- Precalculus
- Probability
- Statistics
- Trigonometry
- Valuation and Investing
- Venture Capital and Capital Markets

Khan received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He also
holds a Masters in electrical engineering and computer science,
a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and a BS
in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Khan Academy, which he founded, is a not-for-profit
organization with the mission of providing a high quality
education to anyone, anywhere.

To keep abreast of new videos, subscribe to the Khan Academy
channel on YouTube.

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WALPHA WIKI

http://walphawiki.wikidot.com/introduction

Derek Bruff and others have started this collaborative site to
record how secondary and undergraduate math educators use
Wolfram|Alpha, or Walpha as it's called here, in the classroom.
In particular, the authors are interested in how students might
use Walpha themselves, as well as how teachers might use Walpha
as an instructional tool.

If you're interested in contributing, request to join the site.
You can also talk about Walpha in education on the site's Forum,
and comment on particular pages by clicking on the "discussion"
link at the bottom of each page.

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UBER FAN

http://www.uberfan.com/

"The fan's electronic baseball card," UberFan.com compares
statistics from the events you see side-by-side with all that
team or player's official MLB stats. UberFan.com will show you
differences between the stats you've witnessed and the stats
you haven't--is your favorite pitcher really on his game on the
nights you're watching? Or is his ERA for games you haven't
seen even lower? Create a free account; identify the ballgames
you watch at the ballpark, on TV, or over the Internet, or
listen to on the radio; and then view and filter the stats
related to those games, automatically tracked in your
personal profile.

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<a href="http://mathforum.org/pd/movingstudents/">Moving Students from Arithmetic to Algebra</a>

<a href="http://mathforum.org/pd/mic/">Resources & Strategies for Effective Math in Context (MiC) Implementation, Courses 1, 2, 3, and 4</a>

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Khan Academy

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Salman Khan has recorded over 1400 YouTube videos on a variety of topics, largely math and finance:
<ul>
<li>Algebra</li>
<li>Arithmetic</li>
<li>Banking and Money</li>
<li>Calculus</li>
<li>Credit Crisis</li>
<li>Current Economics</li>
<li>Differential Equations</li>
<li>Finance</li>
<li>Geithner Plan</li>
<li>Geometry</li>
<li>Linear Algebra</li>
<li>Paulson Bailout</li>
<li>Pre-algebra</li>
<li>Precalculus</li>
<li>Probability</li>
<li>Statistics</li>
<li>Trigonometry</li>
<li>Valuation and Investing</li>
<li>Venture Capital and Capital Markets</li>
</ul>

Khan received his MBA from Harvard Business School. He also holds a Masters in electrical engineering and computer science, a BS in electrical engineering and computer science, and a BS
in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Khan Academy, which he founded, is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere.


To keep abreast of new videos, subscribe to the Khan Academy channel on YouTube.



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Walpha Wiki

<a href="http://walphawiki.wikidot.com/introduction">http://walphawiki.wikidot.com/introduction</a>


Derek Bruff and others have started this collaborative site to
record how secondary and undergraduate math educators use
Wolfram|Alpha, or Walpha as it's called here, in the classroom.
In particular, the authors are interested in how students might
use Walpha themselves, as well as how teachers might use Walpha
as an instructional tool.
If you're interested in contributing, request to join the site.
You can also talk about Walpha in education on the site's Forum,
and comment on particular pages by clicking on the "discussion"
link at the bottom of each page.


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Über Fan



<a href="http://www.uberfan.com/">http://www.uberfan.com/</a>


"The fan's electronic baseball card," UberFan.com compares
statistics from the events you see side-by-side with all that
team or player's official MLB stats. UberFan.com will show you
differences between the stats you've witnessed and the stats
you haven't--is your favorite pitcher really on his game on the
nights you're watching? Or is his ERA for games you haven't
seen even lower? Create a free account; identify the ballgames
you watch at the ballpark, on TV, or over the Internet, or
listen to on the radio; and then view and filter the stats
related to those games, automatically tracked in your
personal profile.



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