Thanks for coming to my session last Tuesday at the AMTNJ conference. As promised I've updated my website to include links and other related references.
Here's some follow up notes:
- I never really answered the question: "What are some great websites for math learning with technology?" You'll find links to them here. I can't vouch for them being "great," but they are some of my favorite activities that I have used with kids.
- I'm sorry that I got you thinking about who the average traveler was in our group at our session but wasn't able to complete it with you. So here's what I did yesterday. Since I don't have your home addresses, I used your school address to determine which school was the closest to the average distance from all the schools that each of you is associated with as was indicated on the contact sheet you filled out. I used the distances that came up on Google Map. See results. (See chart below for sorted distances.)
- Based on the intial data, Bernadette Fash from North Arlington HS was our "winner" with her school distance closest to the average of the group. Please check the data and let me know If I'm really off on your entry and I'll change it! Also see the google earth map of your locations. It's an interesting way to present our data. Can you tell from the map that North Arlington was our "average school?" Why or why not? I welcome you to comment below!
- I misstated that I was furthest away. It turns out that our "outliers" are our two colleagues from Atlantic City.
Please let me know if have any questions or comments about the session by email or comment below . Also I'll keep you posted on this theme with occasional updates.
In addition to Dan Meyer's blog (http://blog.mrmeyer.com) I also recommend Kate Nowak's blog (http://function-of-time.blogspot.com) She is a high school math teacher.
Best wishes,
Ihor
Ihor Charischak
Council for Technology in Math Education
White Plains, NY
