Showing posts with label mathematics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mathematics. Show all posts

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