Monday, April 28, 2008

Wiki resources for mathematics education

Today, in celebration of Math Education Month, I set out on a quest to find wikis devoted to mathematics and math education. I was pleasantly surprised to find numerous wikis that have been created on these topics. I found wikis with resources for teachers of mathematics. I also found wikis developed by classes and schools to share information about their mathematics curriculum or courses. I've posted in this blog post a few examples of the wikis I found.


Resources for Mathematics Teachers:
k12wiki - Effective Math Videos, a site which includes links to videos that can be used in teaching mathematics
PlanetMath.Org's mathematics encyclopedia , "Math for the people, by the people"
Wikibooks: Mathematics bookshelf, For those looking for some more traditional resources for teaching math, check out the math textbooks collection on Wikibooks
Wikiversity: Mathematics Portal, for learning resources on various topics in mathematics developed in various Wikiversity content development projects

Examples of how schools are using wikis for math education:
All About Math at Marstons Mills East Horace Mann Charter Public School, an example wiki developed about the mathematics curriculum at one K-4 school
Primary math, a wiki set up for primary classes (K-2) to share their math learning with other classes around the world
York University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics wiki site

I also found a wiki for those in the academic mathematics job market:
Notable Mathematics Wiki

Today, I hope that you see the variety of wiki sites that can be created on a topic and the variety of wiki user groups

Image credit: Robert Fant's math wiki

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