Two Math Websites: PhET & Mathigon

PhET is a collection of approximately 100 interactive simulations in science and math developed and maintained at the University of Colorado at Boulder.  You can find PhET at https://phet.colorado.edu/ I’ll focus on the math simulations which make up less than half of the simulations. If you're interested in STEM applications, the 'other' simulations can help …

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THOUGHTS ON THE NEW SCHOOL YEAR – 2020

First of all, most of the courses I teach are fully online, and most of my students are graduate students who ‘attend’ our university while juggling their full-time jobs as teachers and about half are parents too.  Expecting them to place my courses as their highest priority every day is unrealistic Most of these K-12 …

Social Justice Mathematics

I’m providing information and access for two websites which can help you use mathematics to make ‘sense’ of the ‘perfect storm’ of current events. Perhaps you’ve completed this spring’20 semester and are wondering how you can begin the new term in September without ignoring what happened the preceding semester. I suggest you explore SlowRevealGraphs (yes, …

Focus on Early Childhood

In a recent blog post I discussed 3 websites which can (should ?) be used by parents to engage their children in mathematical activities. I suggested that classroom teachers urge parents of their students to use these websites to build their own confidence and reduce their reluctance to help their own children. Parents, without formal …