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

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!

Tableau Software today announced that it will make its flagship visual analytics product free to students currently enrolled at an accredited K-12 institution, college or university worldwide. Tableau for Students is a new program that provides licenses of Tableau Desktop Professional to students to enhance their studies and gain new skills. Tableau Academic Programs also include the Tableau for Teaching initiative, which offers educators software for their classrooms. Students should visit http://www.tableausoftware.com/academic/students to obtain a free product code and will be asked for information to verify their student status at an accredited institution.

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.

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

for Math 7, M+ and 8? Scratch makes it easy for students to animate concepts and explain them