Probably the best blogs by maths teachers around the world. Image by DavidErickson via Flickr There are some really great blogs out there written by maths teachers who really care about their practice. I enjoy reading their posts as they share their insight and ideas and think about how it could improve my own teaching. There is wheat and there is chaff out there. To save you time in separating the two, I have compiled this list of the best blogs I have found so far: f(t) Written by the highly witty and entertaining Kate Nowak, I love this blog for lots of reasons. I find her blog a useful way of ‘keeping the big picture in mind’ rather than becoming obsessed with the details all the time. Keeping Math Simple One of the best blogs I have found discussing pedagogy in maths teaching. “This blog isn’t about making math easy because it isn’t. There are regular blogs about using Geogebra effectively in teaching maths. Typical of the quality and thought provoking posts on this blog is “Teaching algebraic thinking without the x’s“.
Math for Primates dy/dan. IMA Maths Blogs. Math blogs in nLab. Homeschool Math Blog. Math-Blog: Mathematics is wonderful! Five of the best mathematics blogs. A week or so ago I wrote that while almost every newspaper has an arts section none has one dedicated to mathematics. I was rather hoping that someone would write in pointing out that the Estado de Sao Paolo has a widely-read maths supplement on the first Thursday of every month, but it hasn't so they didn't. There is a large and thriving roster of mathematics blogs though, and I'd like to introduce a few of them. Is this as far as your mathematical studies took you? Gowers's weblogIn at the deep(ish) end, Timothy Gowers is a British mathematician, winner of some very big awards (including the Fields medal in 1998.
There is no Nobel prize for mathematics but the Fields medal is as big as they come) and author of Mathematics: a Very Short Introduction. There is now a discussion going on involving mathematicians from several countries all collaborating in a way that normal academic practice would not allow. Ars MathematicaWonderful general mathematics reporting. ScienceBlogs - Where the world turns to talk about science. Science 2.0 - ® The world's best scientists, the Internet's smartest readers. Top 100 Education Blogs. Education blogs are becoming a means for educators, students, and education administrators to interact more effectively than ever before.
They are also a great resource for those searching for the best online education programs to jumpstart their teaching careers. Technorati currently tracks 63.1 million blogs. More than 5,000 of them are about education. It is likely that there are hundreds, if not thousands, more education-related blogs on the Web. (UPDATE: There are over 30,000 blogs hosted at edublogs.org alone. Thanks James Farmer!) Here is a list of our staff’s 100 favorites. Please note that this is by no means an exhaustive list of all of the great education blogs out there. Blog Topics College | E-Learning | Education News | Education Policy | Internet Culture | Learning | Library and Research | Specialty | Teaching | Technology College These blogs provide tips for current college students.
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