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100 greatest mathematical theorems
September 25th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Representation, Good | Bad Design, Puzzles, Learning, Teaching, Mathematics, Creativity, Design, Technology No Comments »
Interesting links
September 18th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Learning, Representation, Science, Puzzles, Teaching, Online Learning, Mathematics, Conference, Games, Technology No Comments »
Here are some links that came up during our discussion today regarding web-based software for education. Read the rest of this entry »
Visualizing mathematics
August 27th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Teaching, Representation, Good | Bad Design, Design, Creativity, Fun, Technology, Mathematics, Uncategorized 1 Comment »
I love visual proofs of mathematical theorems. One visual proof I use quite often in my design courses (CEP817 or CEP917) is a visual proof of the fact that the sum of consecutive odd numbers is a square number.
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Truly grasping 4-D
August 25th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Learning, Online Learning, Representation, Art, Good | Bad Design, Video, tpck, Mathematics, Creativity, Design, Personal, Technology No Comments »
Understanding 4D while living in a 3D world.
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TAPS / TPACK videos
August 20th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Learning, Teaching, Representation, Science, Good | Bad Design, Research, India, Conference, Creativity, Mathematics, Design, tpck, Video, Technology 1 Comment »
A few years ago, as a part of our PT3 project Matt Koehler, Ken Dirkin and I video taped a series of teacher interviews around authentic problem solving in teaching using technology. The teachers were winners of the TAPS (Technology in Authentic Problem Solving) award, an award given by MACUL and MSU. Over the past few months Ken has been working on creating a website to make these videos more accessible.
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Fear, awe and the algebra of the pendulum
August 11th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Teaching, Learning, Art, Science, Personal, Evolution, Mathematics, Creativity, Psychology, Books No Comments »
In response to my previous posting titled How artists work, Leigh Wolf pointed out a book (Curious Minds: How a child becomes a scientist). I had not heard of this book before and a quick google search led me to this page. Read the rest of this entry »
TPACK @ AMTE
May 7th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Teaching, Publications, tpck, Mathematics, Technology No Comments »
Maggie Niess has a new piece titled Knowledge Needed for Teaching With Technologies – Call it TPACK published in the spring 08 issue of AMTE Connections. Read the rest of this entry »
Math-Music, serious game design
February 29th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Personal, Games, Learning, Design, Creativity, Technology, Mathematics, Fun 2 Comments »
My 8 year old daughter, Shreya, came to me the other day and said that she had designed a learning game. I asked her to draw it out for me and here is what she had created.
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A certain ambiguity
January 7th, 2008 Punya Mishra Posted in Mathematics, Books No Comments »
A Certain Ambiguity: A Mathematical Novel is a book written by two of my high school friends, Gaurav Suri and Hartosh Singh Bal. Read the rest of this entry »