I'll be speaking about "the geometry of conic sections" at an upcoming conference*. Perhaps I'll see some of you there?I added the info to my Talks page, but have not yet uploaded all the corresponding materials. The site so far only includes the geometry of the parabola. I'll be adding bits about the ellipse and… Continue reading Asilomar talk
Tag: Technology
Worksheet Tweaks
Because of feedback from participants in my "No Limits!" workshop last summer, I tweaked some worksheets:- Graphing Square Roots- Quadratic Forms- A Different Approach to the Quadratic Formula(The latter two can be found on the Parabolas and Quadratics page.)--Henri
TI-nspire
A correspondent asks whether I plan on posting TI-nspire activities on my site.I certainly don't rule it out. I have a TI-nspire CAS, which I intend to explore as a possible standard for my school. (We've been using the TI-89.) As I learn how to use it, I may well translate some of my TI-83-84-89… Continue reading TI-nspire
The Final Frontier
I updated the page on my Space post-algebra 2 advanced geometry elective. I added a fair amount of additional details based on this year's iteration of the course.I also gave a talk about the course today, which suffered from a bit of a tech meltdown at the end, as I had trouble going back and… Continue reading The Final Frontier
Logo Math
I removed the book / software package Logo Math: Tools and Games from my publications page, as it has been out of print for some time.The vision it manifested, articulated in "The turtle in the age of the mouse", is nearly defunct as well -- I know of no currently available programming language that can… Continue reading Logo Math
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