Previous Additions to the Forum
October - December 2004

December Order your Dr. Math books! (27 December 2004) The Math Forum is proud to announce the publication of Dr. Math Presents More Geometry, the fourth in a series of books based on our popular online math resource, Ask Dr. Math. Dr. Math® Introduces Geometry, Dr. Math® Gets You Ready for Algebra, and Dr. Math® Explains Algebra are also available for purchase through Amazon.com.                   Math Chats for Students (December 24, 2004) In connection with our Virtual Math Teams Project, the Math Forum has been exploring a new service for students to participate in collaborative problem-solving sessions (Math Chats) over the Internet. If you would like to explore the possibility of having your students participate in this research project, please respond as noted on this page.   IAS/PCMI Applications and Information, Summer 2005 (December 13, 2004) The 2005 Summer Session of the IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute will be held in Park City, Utah, from June 26 - July 16, 2005. Deadline for submission of applications is February 15, 2005. The IAS/Park City Mathematics Institute is a program of the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, New Jersey.   TRAILS (December 9, 2004) Suzanne Alejandre and Melissa Running have just finished working with Dr. Frank Lee and Yelena Kushleyeva in the Drexel University course. "Educational Game Design" is a new course for the TRAILS (Training and Resources for Assembling Interactive Learning Systems), a project led by SRI International's Center for Technology in Learning.   November Temple Partnership (November - December, 2004) Stephen Weimar, Annie Fetter, and Suzanne Alejandre are regularly visiting teachers at Duckrey, Dunbar, Ferguson, and Meade Elementary Schools to support the implementation of the curricula adopted by the Philadelphia School District, Everyday Mathematics and Math in Context.   Christa McAuliffe Technology Conference (30 November 2004) Claire Mead took participants on a "Field Trip to The Math Forum" at this New Hampshire conference held in Nashua November 30 through December 2. Claire's presentations highlighted the Forum's Math Tools project as well as the Problems of the Week. Receptive audiences were looking for meaningful ways to use technology in meeting curricular goals and to provide enriching problem solving experiences for their students.   California Mathematics Council Conference (5 November 2004) Suzanne Alejandre presented "The Math Forum @ Drexel's Problems of the Week" in two sessions at CMC-South's 45th Annual Fall Conference.   Vermont Fest (4 November 2004) Claire Mead took participants on a "Field Trip to The Math Forum" at this year's Vermont Fest, an annual conference on technology in education held in Killington, VT, on November 4 and 5.   October T2T Lesson Ideas: Mathematics and Elections (25 October 2004) Classroom resources for studying and explaining the mathematics involved in the election process.   SAT Chats at the Math Forum (19 October 2004) The Math Forum, as part of the Virtual Math Teams project, will experiment with a new type of interactive student problem solving session this fall. These SAT Chats will give students a chance to solve SAT-type problems and discuss their strategies with other students. Students will access the chats via a web page running on the Math Forum's servers, and will need to have java enabled on their computer. If you are interested in participating or learning more about SAT Chats, please contact the VMT team   Temple Partnership (October 12, 2004) Stephen Weimar, Steve Risberg, Claire Mead, Annie Fetter, Cynthia Lanius, and Suzanne Alejandre facilitated four half-day sessions (third, fifth, and eighth grade) using the curricula adopted by the Philadelphia School District, Everyday Mathematics and Math in Context and the online resources that they've been developing aligned to the curricula.   In Memoriam, Terrel Trotter, Jr. 1941-2004 (6 October 2004) Our friend Terry, a teacher at El Salvador's Escuela Americana, joined the Problem of the Week staff in 1999. He created many Algebra Problem of the Week puzzles, and mentored thousands of students who participated in that and other PoW services. 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