MATH TOOLS NEWSLETTER - October 31, 2012 - No. 113 ***A Special Offer from Make It Real Learning (MIRL) http://www.makeitreallearning.com/ MIRL has announced a drawing just for the Math Forum community. No purchase necessary for this chance to win MIRL's Everything Bundle, valued at $84.99. To enter, just click the "Enter to Win!" button and complete the drawing form, leaving the "Payment Method" selection unchanged: http://www.makeitreallearning.com/welcome_math_forum.htm ***The Math Forum at NCTM Regional in Hartford, CT http://mathforum.org/workshops/hartford2012/ Download our booth and session handouts. \|/ 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: Set Puzzles http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/180284/ Daniel Scher Students use logical reasoning skills to determine what numbers go inside three different colored circles to create given sums. Students are informally introduced to the concept of sets. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Sketchpad Explorer http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/133734/ KCP Technologies Inc. The multitouch interface of the Sketchpad Explorer (free) app lets you interact with, and investigate, any document created with The Geometer's Sketchpad. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Reach the Target http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/180286/ Daniel Scher Students use their knowledge of place value to identify the locations of unlabeled tick marks along number lines. These locations are exact to units, tenths, and all the way up to hundred thousandths. ***FEATURED TOOL Tool: Mystery Sums 1 http://mathforum.org/mathtools/tool/180287/ Daniel Scher Students use logic and early algebra reasoning skills to find the secret numerical values of four letters. ***FEATURED DISCUSSION Place Value Chart for iPad/iPhone http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=r&msg=__jb_tool__g-2 Ulli announces "I created an iPhone/iPad app to teach place value in elementary school (and maybe already kindergarden), see https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/id568750442 This is free until November 1st...." ***FEATURED DISCUSSION Online arithmetic exercises http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=m&thread=__hl_tool__g-3 Gerd says, "We have built an open educational resource portal with interactive arithmetic exercises for K-6.... We'd like to collaborate with math teachers...." ***FEATURED DISCUSSION Online programming tool http://mathforum.org/mathtools/discuss.html?&do=r&msg=___tool__g-29 Sporkman announces, "If anybody is interested in having students learn some basic programming, you could have them try writing a Sporkl program on the web." 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 Newsletter Archive http://mathforum.org/mathtools/newsletter/ Twitter Feed http://mathforum.org/pd/twitter.html Blogs http://mathforum.org/blogs/ Facebook http://www.facebook.com/themathforumatdrexel Community http://mathforum.org/community/ \`. .--------------.___________) \ |//////////////|___________[ ] `--------------' ) ( '-' The Math Forum @ Drexel -- 31 October 2012