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Making Math more interesting.  You may have seen this video before (2010) but still very good.   Very interesting perspective by Conrad Wolfram.  He thinks the way we are teaching Math is the problem. http://www.ted.com From rockets to stock markets, math powers many of humanity's most thrilling creations. So why do kids lose interest? Conrad Wolfram says the part of math we teach -- calculation by hand -- isn't just tedious, it's mostly irrelevant to real mathematics and the real world. He presents his radical idea: teaching kids math through computer programming.

huh - cool! 

Scratch is a free programming app (it's already on your computer and all the kids) that comes from MIT (scratch.mit.edu) that would be a great teaching tool in math.  Larry, I mentioned this to you a while ago, but here it is!

"Our brains are wired to think logarithmically instead of linearly: Children, when asked what number is halfway between 1 and 9, intuitively think it's 3.  This attention to relative rather than absolute differences is an evolutionary adaptation."

"secretly teaches kids algebra"

Brilliant is one way to keep your science and math whiz kids regularly engaged and challenged. Students receive challenge problems each week that they complete and then compare against their peers all over the world. They can see where they match up against others based on country and age, and share strategies with others students. The site also hosts competitions involving game theory, writing algorithms, and other fun shenanigans.

integrating computer programming into the math curriculum... and interesting argument!

Looks like some good resources for kids. They are free online books with videos and examples of typical math topics organized by subject.

A good overview of the different types of multimedia, online, and software tools that are gaining popularity in math classrooms