Jonathan serves up plenty of fun in this month’s Carnival of Mathematics. And he will be hosting the Math Teachers at Play blog carnival in two weeks — submit your entries here.
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Math Teachers at Play #29 via The Number Warrior
After a slight delay, the new Math Teachers at Play carnival is up at The Number Warrior, with a nice variety of blog posts to browse. Enjoy!
A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That…
It’s high time I got back on track with my Alexandria Jones posts, so I’ve been working hard on a short introduction to probability, to go along with The Birthday Surprise. Or, more honestly, I’ve been procrastinating on a short intro … well, anyway, here’s a little of what I’ve been reading around the interwebs lately.
Continue reading A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That…
Math Teachers at Play #28 via CTK Insights
There’s plenty to enjoy at this month’s Math Teachers at Play blog carnival. Check it out:
This is a Math teachers at play carnival, issue #…which I am going to reveal shortly. See if you can make it from what is known as a single image stereogram. Try focusing your eyes behind the screen.
In this month’s issue: What is the number of this issue? … Sad news … Interesting and relevant news … From the trenches … Math curiosities … Jokes … P.S. … Read more
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Mathematics and Multimedia Blog Carnival #1
The new math carnival is up, and it’s a good one. Check it out!
Also, remember that Wednesday’s the deadline to send in your submission for the Math Teachers at Play carnival, coming this Friday now posted at CTK Insights.
New Carnival of Mathematics
What Is a Blog Carnival Theme?
[Photo by Omar Omar.]
Here’s one more thing you need to know about How To Host a Blog Carnival.
Some of the Math Teachers at Play carnival hosts have asked about setting a theme for their carnivals. That can be either a good idea or a bad one, depending on what you mean by a theme…
How To Host a Blog Carnival
[Photo by ell brown.]
Update March 2012
The blog carnival website has been unreliable for several months, which is why you will see strike-through on the paragraphs below that deal with that site. Please read the current information on these pages:
- MTaP Blog Carnival
(which includes upcoming carnivals and the new “How to Host” information)- MTaP Archives
- MTaP Submission Form
Do you want your blog to grow? One of the best ways to draw new readers to your blog is to get involved in an active blog carnival. Mike wrote an excellent article (What is a Maths Carnival?) explaining how carnivals work and how to submit an entry.
Now, if you’re ready to raise the ante a bit, let’s bring the carnival itself to your blog.
These instructions are specifically about the Math Teachers at Play (MTaP) blog carnival for classroom teachers, homeschoolers, and independent math learners. After all, that’s the carnival I know best. Still, most of the principles should apply to any blog carnival you might want to host.
How To Start a Math Teacher Blog
[“Sophisticated Blogger” by Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com.]
Blogging is more than just writing. It involves reading other people’s blogs and commenting, comparing thoughts about mathematics and ideas for teaching it, even getting involved in debates like the multiplication is or isn’t repeated addition kerfluffle. In a way, the blogging community acts like the Chinese “teaching research groups” mentioned in Liping Ma’s book, Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics.
What a coincidence! I wrote that paragraph last week for Math Mama’s book, and then this weekend I opened my backlogged rss reader to discover a series of posts from some of my favorite math bloggers offering excellent advice on how to start a blog.
If you are a classroom teacher, homeschooler, or independent math learner who would like to get into blogging, check out these posts. And if you’re an experienced hand, please add your favorite blogging tips in the Comments section below.
Math Teachers at Play #27 via Math Mom
The carnival is up at Ramblings of a Math Mom, a day late but well worth the wait:
Mathmom herself wrote a wonderful post for the carnival, which I was glad to see. I’ve missed her!
You May Also Enjoy
Here’s a puzzle I found to fritter away time while I was waiting for the carnival:
[Warning: The answers are in the same blog post, so don’t scroll down until you’ve tried the puzzle!]
Denise Gaskins' Let's Play Math 