You are invited to an open online meeting of the "Escape from the Textbook!" community, conducted as a part of the Math Future weekly series. You can chat with community members, meet new colleagues, and brainstorm future live meetings for the group.My plan as it stands now is to start by explaining the idea behind… Continue reading Online meeting about Escape from the Textbook!
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Escape from the Textbook! Live stream
The Escape from the Textbook! conference is happening this Saturday, Feb 12, at the Urban School of San Francisco. It is completely sold out.However you will be able to participate remotely via live streaming and a chat room on the Web. Full details (speakers, schedule, etc.) are available on the Escape! Web site.--Henri
My MA thesis
A few weeks ago, I attended a wonderful talk about the real projective plane by Bruce Cohen and David Sklar. This reminded me that 40 years ago, or so, I wrote an MA thesis at UC Berkeley on Topics in finite projective geometry. I just scanned it and uploaded it to my Web site on… Continue reading My MA thesis
But does it work?
I'll be speaking at a conference in New York City on Saturday, January 15, on a panel with three other teachers from the Urban School of San Francisco. The conference sponsor is the Independent Curriculum Group, a network of schools that are working to develop home-grown curricula and to de-emphasize APs.The conference will be held… Continue reading But does it work?
Kinesthetic Page
I combined my blog posts on kinesthetic activities into one page on my Web site. I edited it some, and added links.--Henri
Escape from the Textbook!
I co-presented "Escape from the Textbook!" with Carlos Cabana at the Asilomar meeting of the California Math Council. The turnout was good, and the talk was well received. A bunch of people joined the Escape from the Textbook! community in the following days, and several said they'd come to the February 12 conference. (You should… Continue reading Escape from the Textbook!
Infinity update
I added a Teachers' Guide to the page on Infinity, an elective course I teach at the Urban School.There is also a fair amount of additional information on the course on edWeb, in the Escape from the Textbook! community. (More info.)--Henri
Op ed in The Mathematics Teacher
I had an op ed ("Soundoff") published in the November 2010 issue of The Mathematics Teacher, a special issue on technology. ( I suspect it is only available on line to members of the National Council of Teachers of Math.) The piece is a substantially expanded version of my blog posts about why I use… Continue reading Op ed in The Mathematics Teacher
Responding to e-mail
I do respond to messages I receive through the address on my Web site. If you don't hear from me after ten days or so, check your spam filter.Some schools and districts routinely reject messages from outside as spam. If you work at such a place, you'll have to give me some other way to… Continue reading Responding to e-mail
History of Function Diagrams
A correspondent asks:I am curious if you "invented" the function diagrams, or if you know anything about the history of where they come from.I did not invent them, but I did help to spread them (a little) into secondary education. See my ideas on how to use function diagrams in secondary school, including an overview,… Continue reading History of Function Diagrams
