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Cal Stanley: we don't have the ability to share equations with students, nor do students have a
way to share equations with us
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Maria H Andersen: how about an object around which a conversation forms ... an interactive
applet, a video, or an engaging blog post
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: Please give an example of this in Elementary school.
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Andrew Forgrave: Sounds like a "learning artifact" that is extended with discussion transforms
into a "social object."
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martakcalvo: So, do you mean the results of the social meeting? Or the communication that
occurs around it?
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Andrew Forgrave: So is the "no trace" important, or is the "trace" important?
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Cal: @Deb-Portsmouth ... definitely Voicethread
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: Fractual makers on the web?
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kim caise: @cal stanley, what do you mean that we dont have a way to share equations with
students?
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Shamblesguru: My quote above from http://tr.im/rtMV
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Cal Stanley: in this environment, show me a square root function
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greg limperis: Thanks shambles
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Cal Stanley: you can't here nor can you on wikis blogs or twitters
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Fred Feldon: sqrt(16) = 4
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: http://www.dangries.com/Flash/FractalMaker.html
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Maria H Andersen: @Cal I can
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kim caise: sure you can in here
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greg limperis: What is Scratch?
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Cal Stanley: Fred I understand what you did, but its not mathematical correct
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kim caise: you can in words or on the whiteboard
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George Mayfield: i agree that math instruction typically not object oriented
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Kathy Goins to Barb from Oz: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/fishbone/
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Cal Stanley: it is only correct as code
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Fred Feldon: sqrt(16) = +/-4
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martakcalvo: Why is technology necessary, or helpful?
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Andrew Forgrave: Second Life, Scratch, Geometer's Sketchpad let students construct, but do they
support "social objects" without an add-on conversational environment?
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Maria H Andersen: @cal http://www36.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Solve+sqrt(x-3)%3D4
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Andrew Forgrave: Okay -- the Scratch site supports sharing and collaboration ...
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Laura Schaffer: which web 2.o apps best to create math social objects?
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Maria H Andersen: @cal http://www36.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=plot+x^2-4%2C+2x-3
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Cal Stanley: wolfram alpha is great if you know the code, not typical for 8th graders
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Cal: @maria/cal : would you use elluminate with your kids... it would show in GDocs, which you
would use in class
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George Mayfield: math playground a great site
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Maria H Andersen: @cal http://screencast.com/t/PkFmEjBY
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Maria H Andersen: @cal also I use vyew and wiziq (both free)
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Cal Stanley: you all are giving good examples, but they are not social networking tools
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: http://illuminations.nctm.org/
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mbteach: I don't think these tools have to be social networking. They have to be collaborative.
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Shamblesguru: Is this list of urls available .... I cannot type fast enough .... and eat breakfast at the
same time
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Maria H Andersen: I've got most of these archived on my mindmap of Internet tools for math:
http://tinyurl.com/7rdr33
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Cal Stanley: social means that all parties involved can enter equations
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: instructables
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: escher's
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Maria H Andersen: @Cal I think that W|A is starting to give us that easy ability to share equations &
graphs via a hyperlink
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Cal: @calstanley ... my students develop solutions on GDocs with equation collaboratively (and
teachers are doing it now at PCMI math camp)
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colleenk: Maria, there seem to be a lot of examples of Math 2.0. Are you hoping to see more?
Different kinds?
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sdreyer: You can also use Google docs for sharing and collaboration of math problems.
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DanR 2: It seems that environments such as LearnCentral could lend themselves to the evolution of
a Math 2.0 environ, where mathematical discussions and collaborative problem solving takes place
among teachers, students and parents in an ongoing fashion. Imagine shared whiteboards and Web
2.0 tools that could be employed in such environments.
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: I think children early development and playing doing early puzzles etc..are
missing in our children.
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Tammy Moore: My kids make games too
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Maria H Andersen: @andrew forgrave ... um, can't say how, but give it a year
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Cal Stanley: Exactly they need a palette to create mathematical objects
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Andrew Forgrave: We need to re-think math education in the new context of learning with
technology ...
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George Mayfield: yes, it worries me it is a problem
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colleenk: Yes, I understand.
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david hoo: http://math247.pbworks.com Mathtv.com
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: I love to have children discover area with geoboards and smartboards.
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Andrew Forgrave: Voicethreads seems like a natural for exploring "social objects" for students with
math ..
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martakcalvo: Children first need to be given math tools, and then use them. Than happens most in
one on one interaction. Does it have to leave a trace on-line? It woiuld be nice if it did, but is it
necessary?
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barbarawp: graphic organizer tools and drawing tools that are collaborative could be used.
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George Mayfield: LearnCentral Group would be excellent. I have joined already
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Cal Stanley: We need to get support from NCTM, AMATYC, MAA
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: Guess the rule...in algebra
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Deb-Portsmouth, NH: I love graphing calculators and excel for algebra
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Jeff Cooper: I host Math Resources K-20+ at Tapped In http://www.tappedin.org ...first Tuesday
fromn 5-6p.m. Pacific.
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Jeff Cooper: the trouble is... systems like elluminate don't have math symbols... systems like
mathway have the symbols, but not the collaborative possibilities.