Mathematics Bloggers

Today I saw a great collection of Mathematics bloggers. All of them not to miss type. Mathematics teachers/educators are using different techniques/tools/methods/strategies in their day to day teaching routines and sharing their reflections on their blog.

Edublog Awards 2009

I am glad to share here my nominations for Edublog Awards 2009. The list is endless...
Best Individual Blog Mathematicslearning
Best Teacher Blog Planet Infinity
Best Educational use of Social Network Mathematics24x7.ning.com
Best Resource sharing Blog Free Resources for education
Best Class Blog Planet Infinity
Best e learning blog Move2OS
Life time achievement Jane's e learning pick of the day

Best Wishes!

Learning through Video

I showed this video on History of Mathematics to my students . They were excited to see what they read in their textbooks. Visualisation plays an important role in explaining a concept . Through these knid of videos learning has become exciting . Students ask related questions leading to creative discussions .

Play Sudoku

Mathematics learning involves a blend of many skills. Be it calculative, logical , understanding , interpretation, analysis or application . There are a number of ways in which these skills can be inculcated. One way is playing games and solving puzzles.
Sudoku is an interesting addictive Mathematical puzzle .
How to Play?
Play Sudoku Online.
Mathematics of Sudoku.
Make your own puzzle using Sudoku Puzzle Maker (Free)

For teachers of India...

I am happy to share with you this new launch...
CII-Shiksha is happy to announce another free initiative on e-Teaching for school teachers of India, eShiksha Academy, http://www.eshikshaacademy.in/ .

Shiksha India Website
Shiksha India Portal

Math online HTML tool

I am happy to get these symbols here on my blog.
Thanks to this online formula generating tool. Just type in and you will get an HTML code. Use it to make your posts Mathematical.
symbol of triangle , square root ,Pi ... D , Ö,Õ

Mathematics 24x7..on Pi Day

Today is Pi Day. On this special Mathematical Day, I joined a special network of Math teachers "Mathematics 24x7" .I am happy to be a part of this network.

Mathematics 24x7 - There is no escape...believe it or not. Mathematics is everywhere. via kwout

Exploring Probability using Applets

Probability is one of my favourite area for exploration. I love to do probability experiment with my students of class 10. In my earlier years of teaching I used to actually experiment using a dice , a pair of die ,rolling them 200 times , 500 times. It was time consuming. But now, with the available applets on web, it has become easier and far more interesting . One may take as many readings on just clicking a mouse. Here is list of my favourite Applets.

• Birthday Applet - Try it... In a group of 23 (or more) randomly chosen people, there is more than 50% probability that some pair of them will have the same birthday. For 57 or more people, the probability is more than 99%, tending toward 100%.
• Tossing a coin Applet - Toss a coin as many times and calculate the probability of getting a Head or a Tail.
• Spinner Applet - An interesting one to experiment on probability of spinning.
• Racing Game with two dice
• Marbles Applet

ETeachers of India

I am glad to share about a new network of upcoming e teachers of India http://eteachersofindia.ning.com/ . Bringing e teaching is not so easy. Teachers have to learn all concepts in new ways...e ways. I believe if we learn and share together , any big project can be handled with ease.
I am proud to put this badge here.

Making a dice

Dice is an interesting tool for playing and learning as well. In my classroom, we use different types of dice. Students make their special dice using an online tool Dice Maker.

Then we do lot of dice based activities.

• Doing probability based experiments
• Games involving math calculations

Try making your own dice.