MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 10, 2008 - No. 68

***ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES
Designed for teachers who want to implement problem solving
more effectively, these moderated courses led by Math Forum
professional staff take place online using Blackboard Vista
(formerly WebCT) or Blackboard.

All individuals who successfully complete the course will
receive a certificate indicating that they have completed
15 hours of professional development. This is equivalent
to 1.5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs). Current prices
for each course start at $149.

                http://mathforum.org/pd/

  Moving Students from Arithmetic to Algebra, One Step
    at a Time
  led by Ellen Clay
  October 22 - December 2
  http://mathforum.org/pd/movingstudents/

***ONLINE PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS
 For teachers of students in grades 5-9, we offer online workshops:

   Technology and Algebraic Reasoning
   http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/overview.html

   Tools for Thinking about Probability
   http://mathforum.org/nsdl_mathtech/online/overview.prob.html

 The $100 workshop fee is currently covered by a grant from
 the National Science Foundation. Next sessions start
 October 27, 2008.

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As you browse the catalog, please take a moment to rate a
resource, comment on it, review it -- join an existing
conversation, or start a new discussion!

 ***FEATURED TOOL
 Tool: eCalc Online Calculator
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/62707/
 eCalc
 eCalc is a free interactive online calculator. eCalc
 runs completely in your browser without requiring any
 special plugins.

 ***FEATURED TOOL
 Tool: eCalc Online Scientific Calculator
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/62691/
 eCalc
 eCalc is a free interactive online calculator that is
 suitable for university students and professionals. It
 contains many advanced features, including support for
 complex numbers, unit conversion, and base conversion. eCalc
 has a built in equation solver, and runs completely in your
 browser without requiring any special plugins.

 ***FEATURED TOOL
 Tool: Euler line - Math Open Reference
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/62433/
 John Page
 An interactive applet and associated web page that
 describe the Euler line. It shows a triangle whose
 vertices can be dragged. As you drag them, the centroid,
 circumcenter and orthocenter move appropriately, showing
 that they are always collinear, always lying on the
 Euler line.

 ***FEATURED ACTIVITY
 Activity: Chirp Chirp: Doing it Wrong
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/activity/64536/
 Lillian Ray
 A TI-Nspire file that students can use to reflect on the
 "Doing it Wrong" Activity from the Math Forum's new
 Problem Solving and Communication Activity Series. This is
 designed to be used with the TI-PoW Chirp! Chirp!

 ***FEATURED ACTIVITY
 Activity: Chirp Chirp: Noticings and Wonderings
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/activity/48610/
 Lillian Ray
 A TI-Nspire file that students can use to reflect on the
 "Noticings/Wonderings" Activity from the Math Forum's new
 Problem Solving and Communication Activity Series. This
 is designed to be used with the TI-PoW Chirp! Chirp!

 ***FEATURED DISCUSSION
 Tag Game
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=m&thread=___disc_13171_g-49
 dmt writes, "I think a fun game for younger students would
 be to play 'tag' with the runners and have the students
 determine at what starting positions and step size the runners
 will intersect or 'tag' each other (while running in the
 same direction)."

 ***FEATURED DISCUSSION
 Secondary Math Posters
 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=r&msg=64409
 Mathsoul adds to a discussion, "I read your post some time ago
 now, and amongst other things your message encouraged me to
 have a range of educational math motivational posters
 professionally designed and made available for teachers."


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        The Math Forum @ Drexel -- 10 October 2008