Learning Mathematics and the Internet
This website for
mathematics teachers has been constructed to explore some of the possibilities
for students to use the Internet for learning mathematics.
Six categories of
opportunities afforded by Internet access are identified below. For each
category, a brief rationale is provided and then a few examples of websites
that have some relevance to the category are linked. The examples are chosen to
suggest possibilities for individual student access, possibly from home or at
school; some of the sites offer advice for teachers and parents as well, but
the focus of the present activity is mostly students themselves.
Of course, no claim is
made that these are the best examples available, and they are certainly not the
only ones available. However, they have been chosen to illustrate the rationale
and to provoke a conversation about whether or not accessing such a site is
likely to be a good use of student time and school or family resources from the
perspective of learning mathematics.
A professional discussion
of this framework is available here.
Workshop instructions:
1. Work with a partner, so
that you can compare your reactions to others. You may do this with a computer
each, or use one computer between two people
2. Select a category from
the six below by clicking on it
3. Read the rationale
offered to get a quick sense of the main idea
4. Examine some of the
examples offered (especially those with which you are not yet familiar) at the
school levels of your interest. Read the description before you start, for
efficient browsing. There will not be time to thoroughly examine all resources;
the idea is to get an impression of the possibilities created by web access.
5. Return to this page
using the Back buttons on your Browser and select another category. Repeat
steps 3 and 4.
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Feedback or comments
on any of this are of course welcome.