Month: March 2011

Building widgets with Wolfram Alpha

High School Mathematics, Teaching Tools, Web 2.0 Technology, Wolfram Alpha

We have talked about why Wolfram Alpha and why is it so special.  Yesterday, I tried exploring widgets and came across with this video on how to build widgets using Wolfram Alpha.

Once you have created a widget, you can embed it on your websites.  The widget below is the first widget I created. Try typing the equations and click the Submit button to see the results.

[wolframalphawidget id=”93fbe03d0e7b762d188a63f89bc1b75f”]

You are probably wondering about the unwanted lines on the widget, but I think it’s in the format of the WordPress template. Here’s how should it look like in a Blospot blog. I haven’t tried embedding it using other templates.

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Math Teaches at Play 36 and Carnival of Math 76

Blog Carnival

The Mathematics Teacher at Play 36 is now online at Math Hombre.  To view the list of other Math Teachers at Play Carnival, click here.

 

The Carnival of Mathematics #75 is also live at Science Backstage. My post Understanding Fermat’s Last Theorem was the author’s favorite (Thank you!).

The Mathematics and Multimedia Blog Carnival is also on its ninth edition and will be hosted byVirtual Math Tutor . You may submit your articles here. The deadline of submission is on Saturday, March 26, 2011. The post date is on March 28.

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GeoGebra Institute of Metro Manila goes live

Announcements, GeoGebra, Miscellaneous

The GIMM Logo

GeoGebra Institute of Metro Manila (GIMM) is one of the International GeoGebra Institutes (IGI), a non-profit organization behind the free mathematics software GeoGebra. It is the first GeoGebra Institute in the Philippines.

The aim of GIMM is for teacher and researchers to work together to promote the learning and teaching of mathematics by supporting and coordinating the followingactivities:

  • conduct training on GeoGebra,
  • develop GeoGebra teaching materials,
  • offer workshops for future GeoGebra trainers,
  • implement new features of GeoGebra,
  • develop an online-support system for teachers,
  • design and do research projects, and
  • make presentations at national and international conferences.

The University of the Philippines National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP NISMED) is the host of the GIMM.

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GIMM’s first activity is a 2-day seminar-workshop on Using GeoGebra in Teaching Mathematics on May 5-6, 2011.

If you are interested to join the institute, email me at gipmanila@gmail.com.

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