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Shifting Assessment in a World with WolframAlpha

• Assessment for Math

Shifting Assessment in a World with WolframAlpha

Maria Andersen 12 October 2010

I let my students use Wolfram Alpha when they are in class and when they are doing...

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Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite

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Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite

Maria Andersen 14 May 2010

This is the Plenary Address from MAA Michigan last week. Math Technology to Engage, Delight, and Excite...

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TED Talk on Wolfram Alpha

• CAS

TED Talk on Wolfram Alpha

Maria Andersen 11 May 2010

The talk is titled “Computing a Theory of Everything”

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NYT Opinionator Series about Math

• Algebra

NYT Opinionator Series about Math

Maria Andersen 13 April 2010

For a few months now, the NYT Opinionator Blog has been hosting a series of pieces that...

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My Interview at Wolfram Alpha HomeworkDay

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My Interview at Wolfram Alpha HomeworkDay

Maria Andersen 30 October 2009

Believe it or not, it was scarier to watch the video than to do the interview!  I...

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WolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning

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WolframAlpha: Recalculating Teaching and Learning

Maria Andersen 23 October 2009

For at least a decade, we have had the ability to let CAS software perform computational mathematics,...

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eLearning Tools for STEM

• Calculators

eLearning Tools for STEM

Maria Andersen 6 October 2009

For anyone who has ever had trouble convincing your administration to give you the proper tools to...

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Moving Math from Analog to Digital

• Calculus

Moving Math from Analog to Digital

Maria Andersen 3 July 2009

Arthur Benjamin has been on TED in the past (see Mathemagics) and has done a really phenomenal...

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Shaking Up Math Education

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Shaking Up Math Education

Maria Andersen 18 June 2009

In case you missed this, there’s a great Wall Street Journal article and blog post about Wolfram...

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Don’t get WolframAlpha Implications? Try these examples.

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Don’t get WolframAlpha Implications? Try these examples.

Maria Andersen 4 June 2009

Wolfram|Alpha is a “computational search engine” built by Wolfram Research (the developers of Mathematica). W|A (pronounce this...

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Impact of Wolfram Alpha on Math Ed

• CAS

Impact of Wolfram Alpha on Math Ed

Maria Andersen 29 May 2009

I’ve had almost two weeks to think about the impact of Wolfram|Alpha (abbreviated as W|A, and now...

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Chemistry and WolframAlpha

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Chemistry and WolframAlpha

Maria Andersen 22 May 2009

This post highlights the potential impact of Wolfram|Alpha on the course curriculum in math and chemistry. It...

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WolframAlpha Implications for Math Instructors

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WolframAlpha Implications for Math Instructors

Maria Andersen 16 May 2009

This post contains 15 screenshots from the early release of WolframAlpha that shows the implications for math...

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What if there was a Google for Math?

• CAS

What if there was a Google for Math?

Maria Andersen 15 May 2009

WolframAlpha is launched

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Trends in Reform Instructional Strategies for Math

• Calculators

Trends in Reform Instructional Strategies for Math

Maria Andersen 9 April 2009

I spent most of the day yesterday compiling data from the last four CBMS reports to get...

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History of Tools in the Teaching of Math

• Calculators

History of Tools in the Teaching of Math

Maria Andersen 26 March 2009

Somewhere around hour #28 of dissertation research, I began looking for the answer to this question: Anyone...

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