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A good maths resource for practising numberline skills, including negative numbers. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Lecture from 2010 ""Mathematics and Art: The Good, the Bad, and the Pretty," "use of mathematics to create realistic art"

A good maths whiteboard flash resource for learning rotational symetry. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Interesting article from Britain regarding computational fluency. I don't disagree that being fluent with computation increases a students future capabilities, but there is not necessarily causal effect that 'traditional' approaches to teaching computation make stronger mathematics students. It's the rigorous approach that I think needs to be emphasized. 

This is a beautifully made 3D animated virtual board game which teaches about money and finance in a fun and entertaining way. Add money to your piggybank by completing tasks and making good choices. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

LOG IN February 22, 2012 at 2pm Eastern US time: http://tinyurl.com/math20event During the event, John Mason will lead a conversation about multiplication as scaling, and answer questions about his books, projects and communities. All events in the Math Future weekly series: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/events The recording will be at: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/JohnMason Your time zone: http://bit.ly/wQYN1Y Event challenge! What good multiplication tasks about scaling do you know? Share links and thoughts! John writes about elastic multiplication: "It is often said that 'multiplication is repeated addition' when what is meant is that 'repeated addition is an instance of multiplication'. I have been developing some tasks which present 'scaling as multiplication' based around familiarity with elastic bands. Participants would benefit from having an elastic (rubber) band to hand which they have cut so as to make a strip; wider is better than thinner if you have a choice." About John Mason John Mason has been teaching mathematics ever since he was asked to tutor a fellow student when he was fifteen. In college he was at first unofficial tutor, then later an official tutor for mathematics students in the years behind him, while tutoring school students as well. After a BSc at Trinity College, Toronto in Mathematics, and an MSc at Massey College, Toronto, he went to Madison Wisconsin where he encountered Polya's film 'Let Us Teach Guessing', and completed a PhD in Combinatorial Geometry. The film released a style of teaching he had experienced at high school from his mathematics teacher Geoff Steel, and his teaching changed overnight. His first appointment was at the Open University, which involved among other things the design and implementation of the first mathematics summer school (5000 students over 11 weeks on three sites in parallel). He called upon his experience of being taught, to institute active-problem-solving sessions, w

I know that this was already shared with the math group, but this is to the main site. Not just the PDF file. These are videos to help put reasons behind why we would learn math concepts and what are they related to. I think they can also serve as a good model for student math projects.

Over the last ten months since I launched iPadApps4School.com I have reviewed a lot of mathematics apps that are appropriate for elementary school students. These are the ten that have been the most popular over the last ten months (based on total clicks and shares through social media).

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The boundaries of human presence on Earth. Also, how long it takes you to boil an egg at the top of Everest. Good to know!

Nice set of instructional activities/lessons that have dynamic or interactive aspects to them. Would take some study to be able to use effectively, but a good resource.

This list of "myths" written with a strong political bias. Take it in with a grain of salt. I like that they include references and links for why they believe what they do. This article would be good fodder for discussion.

I keep writing, in bits and pieces, about the middle way between the two approaches. For example, there should be enough discovery for every kid to firmly believe they could derive anything, if needed. This "just enough" will vary from student to student, too. In "The Glass Bead Game" Joseph took years to trace one short (highly abstract) game transcript to its very roots. He wanted to see for himself if the game was real. He did not do it for every game, though. The idea of "flow channels" between two opposite bad states comes to mind: http://www.secondlanguagewriting.com/explorations/elements/flow.jpg

Online binder of activities created by Kelly Hines for her students. She uses this site (livebinders.com) to organize her online learning for her students. This is just a good example of what an online binder might look like. 

Effective teaching is at the heart of science and math education. Good teachers of science and math create environments in which they and their students work together as active learners.

A good maths game where players fly a spaceship through a time tunnel, collecting fuel as you go. Set a clock to the correct time to go to the next stage. There are four different levels of time-telling ability. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths

A good fractions resource where you input the numerator and denominator and you get the decimal equivalent. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

A good whiteboard resource for practising the four operations. Choose from two difficulty levels and to practise mixed or a single operation. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/maths

A great maths resource for learning about fractions. Play games and browse a good selection of support materials. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths

Game where players find the missing number in a grid of numbers. Good for learning patterns and sequences. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/Maths