MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - SEPTEMBER 6, 2003 - No. 6 In preparing to teach his autumn calculus course, Professor Gene Klotz has started to keep a journal about which math tools he plans to use with students. Gene has used the entries in his journal, including a brief description of the course and notes about specific tools, to post to the discussion area of Math Tools. Gene invites other Math Tools registrants to comment on the tools he's chosen and on how he uses them in his class, and to suggest other tools. Read and respond to Gene's thoughts online at http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?msg=_____round-38&do=r Use the "next message" link to see specific posts about tools Gene is using. Interested in doing something like this for a course you're teaching? The Math Forum invites other teachers to share their own journals about math tools. Contact us if you are considering this invitation so that we can discuss ways our research funding might support your effort. Please reply to this newsletter, sending a message to mtoolscomments@mathforum.org, and include your course's name and your special interests. If you would like to indicate some of your favorite tools that you use in a course, post to http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html If you would have a particular story to tell about how you use a tool, please use this page to "Write a Story" http://mathforum.org/te/exchange/enter.story.html ***FEATURED DISCUSSIONS (secondary level) Discussion for Tool: GraphApplet http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?do=m&thread=c____1075_g Developer Patrik Lundin has started a discussion for his tool, GraphApplet. If you or your students try the tool and have questions for Patrik, he'll be happy to respond. http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=1075 Discussion for Tool: SimplePlot http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?do=m&thread=___disc_1074_g Tool: SimplePlot http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=1074 Discussion for Tool: Newton Raphsons Method http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?do=m&thread=___disc_1073_g Tool: Newton Raphsons Method http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=1073 ***FEATURED DISCUSSION (elementary level) Discussion for Lesson Plan: Investigating Tessellations Using Activity Pattern Blocks http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?do=m&thread=m1_ca__lesson_70_g Join teachers Helen and Cathi in their discussion about ideas for teaching primary students geometry. Have your students used interactive tools, such as the Patterns Applet? http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=471 ***RESEARCH AREA DISCUSSION Teacher adoption and adaptation http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?do=r&msg=_____ra-10 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?do=r&msg=_____ra-10 Joel Duffin is interested in having exemplary research suggestions that relate to the questions he is asking in his dissertation. CHECK OUT THE MATH TOOLS SITE: Math Tools http://mathforum.org/mathtools/ Register http://mathforum.org/mathtools/register.html Discussions http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html Research Area http://mathforum.org/mathtools/research/ Developers Area http://mathforum.org/mathtools/developers/ Newsletter Archive http://mathforum.org/mathtools/newsletter/ \`. .--------------.____________) \ |//////////////|____________[ ] `--------------' ) ( '-' The Math Forum -- 6 September 2003