Northwest Mathematics Conference resources

I’m presenting twice at the Northwest Mathematics conference, once on computers in math, and the other on programming in math. Here are my resources from the day, which you are welcome to adapt and share (for non-commercial purposes) provided you give me attribution. Despite the titles, both of these presentations are focused on the use of computers in mathematics education, rather than the more general topic of computers in mathematics itself.

Computers in Mathematics

• Download presentation: PPTX PPT
  
  
  
• Links in presentation:
  • http://wees.it/flickrgroup
  • http://wolframalpha.com
  • http://wees.it/video1
  • http://wees.it/video2
  • http://wees.it/video3
  • http://wees.it/video4
  • http://mathtrain.tv
  • http://sketchup.google.com/download/
  • http://scratch.mit.edu/
  • http://calculize.com/
  • http://geogebra.org/
    
    
    
• Further reading:
  • Mathematics, A Way Forward
  • A Fundamental Flaw in Math Education
  • Free Tools for Math Education

     

Programming in Math

• Download presentation: PPTX PPT
  
  
  
• Paper programming resources: PDF DOCX
  
  
  
• Programming languages for kids
  
  
  
• Links in presentation:
  • http://wees.it/logo
  • http://wees.it/maze
     
• Further reading:
  • Programming with kindergartners
  • Programming in grade 3
  • An article by Jeremy Shuback: Learning math through programming
       

Resources shared by participants

Lightbot 2.0 – A game which introduced programming concepts

Star Logo TNG – A 3d programming environment which uses the block system made popular in Scratch & Turtle Art.