MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - JANUARY 3, 2004 - No. 10

  Our New Year's Resolution is to make it easier to use Math
  Tools. We will

  Cut down on irrelevant postings:
     * only allow posts from registered users
     * let you subscribe to a specific discussion attached to
       an individual tool, lesson plan, story, or other Math
       Tools resource; and list all discussions in a more
       browse-friendly way

  Make it easier for you to find and work with Math Tools:
     * improve our search engine
     * include more information than just the tool name on
       appropriate search and browse pages

  We are also actively seeking folks to facilitate discussions,
  write reviews of tools, help us catalog suggested resources,
  and describe tools that are being successfully used in classrooms.
      * If you'd like to help, please write Suzanne at
        suzanne@mathforum.org

  We hope these improvements will contribute to a happy and more
  productive new year for you! Your further suggestions are most
  welcome. Please send suggestions to mtoolscomments@mathforum.org

  ***FEATURED TOOL - PRIMARY LEVEL
  Count Us In: Game 7
  ABC Learn Online
  http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=1559
  The bus number tells the student how many children they should
  put on the bus.

  ***FEATURED TOOL - ELEMENTARY LEVEL
  Clock Wise
  Shodor: Project Interactivate
  http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=385
  This activity allows the user to input any time through the day
  and see it displayed on the clock. The user can also choose to
  have a random time displayed and try to correctly identify it.

  ***FEATURED TOOL - MIDDLE SCHOOL LEVEL
  Space Blocks
  National Library of Virtual Manipulatives at Utah State University
  http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=497
  Create and discover patterns using three-dimensional blocks.

  ***FEATURED TOOL - ALGEBRA
  Numberline Basic
  Michael McKelvey
  http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=811
  Demonstrates addition and subtraction on a number line.

  ***FEATURED TOOL - GEOMETRY
  Angle Bisector Tool
  Arlen Strader
  http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool.html?id=1271
  Think you already know the rules for drawing out an angle
  bisector? Test yourself with this applet.


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                  The Math Forum -- 3 January 2004