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By now, you’ve probably heard of the Khan Academy. It started as a few youtube videos that offered help on math homework and it’s grown to a phenomenon that caught the attention (and money) of Bill Gates. Most of us have been burned by the push to use technology in the math classroom, and honestly the Khan Academy is not free from danger; however, it does offer us pedagogical opportunities that were impossible before. I have used the site extensively, and I would like to share some of my experience to help you use it effectively and smoothly. Continue reading
Taken from http://www.qualtrics.com/blog/are-you-practicing-random-selection/
In some situations, one person might desire to know something about some other people, whether it be the amount of money they make, the number of books they have read, the percentage of them who buy a certain product, or whatever this person might fancy to know. If the population considered is small enough and can be divided into groups with names that do not call for more clarification, it might not be too much of a problem to go and find this information by asking each person, assuming he or she tells the truth, and make claims about these groups.
Today is Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz’s 366th birthday. Thanks to him for his mathematical contributions.
How has Leibniz impacted your life?
When a truth is necessary, the reason for it can be found by analysis, that is, by resolving it into simpler ideas and truths until the primary ones are reached.
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz (1646-1716) one inventor of the Calculus, invented the Stepped Reckoner, was born 1 Jul http://t.co/C5OV162N
— Maths History (@mathshistory) July 1, 2012
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Today I began assisting and sitting in on a one-week Advanced Placement Summer Institute at Western Kentucky University. I am helping in the beginning and experienced Calculus AB teachers’ workshop led by Benita Albert from Oak Ridge in Tennessee. Even though the workshop is geared towards helping high school teachers convey the material better, I have learned a lot of new techniques for teaching my own college students.
Benita claims she is crazy for many reasons. One of the most interesting I heard from her today is how she looks at students and people and sees functions. It has gotten me to thinking, what type of function do I want her to see me as. Have you ever associated functions with people? What would you like the characteristics of your function to be?
