Carnivals

For a great variety of articles to read on various aspects of Mathematics try the various Blog Carnivals.

Math and Multimedia Carnival#21

Math Teachers at Play 48

Carnival of Mathematics 85

Guillermo Bautista has written about the criteria for selection of articles for Blog Carnivals. Any mathematics article might be accepted, but the following examples show the type of article which will be prioritised.

1. Connection between and among different mathematical concepts

2. Connections between math and real life; use of real-life contexts to explain mathematical concepts

3. Clear and intuitive explanation of topics not discussed intextbooks, hard to understand, or  difficult to teach

 4. Proofs of mathematical theorems in which the difficulty of the explanation is accessible to high school students

 5. Intuitive explanation of higher math topics, in which the difficulty is accessible to high school students


6. Software introduction, review or tutorials

  1. Investigating Polyhedrons with Poly
  2. GeoGebra Tutorial Series

7. Integration of technology (Web 2.0, Teaching 2.0, Classroom 2.0), in teaching mathematics

  1. Using Google Sketchup in Teaching Mathematics
  2. Use of Google Docs in Teaching Mathematics.

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