MathsNet USING THE INTERNET FOR TEACHING MATHEMATICS

LONDON 4th November 1998
These notes form the basis of the mathematical content of the day, and will also be updated in the light of feedback from the day.
Some website addresses are included, but for greater detail, refer to the MathsNet references to the right.

Email
To send and receive email, you need access to the Internet and the appropriate software, much of which is freely available.

Free email services are available from: Hotmail, Excite, Yahoo!, AltaVista.
Sources of email-based projects: NRICH, Dr. Math, askERIC, ePALS, Eduweb
Some recent email correspondence
Sources of Statistical information
How to convert comma separated value data (csv) on a web page to your spreadsheet.

These sites are all "top ten" listings.
Billboard "Hot 100 singles" in USA
This week’s position, last week’s, weeks in chart, peak position
Top Pop Catalog Albums
Best selling albums of all time: includes this week, last week, weeks in chart, peak position
World's richest people
Name, country, net worth, main source of wealth
Track and field
Comprehensive data on track and field events for men and women
Movies that have grossed 100 million dollars
Total box office takings, and more
World Health Organisation
A huge searchable database of information on health issues from life expectancy to mortality rate.
Office for National Statistics
Searchable data on economics and crime
The UK National Lottery
Frequencies of all the balls
Examples of good websites
Examination boards, publishers, mathematical organisations, government departments all have web sites.

Treasure Trove dauntingly encyclopedic
SandlotScience.Com a fascinating collection of optical illusions, using Java and Shockwave
Interactive Mathematics a large collection needing Java or JavaScript
The Grey Labyrinth for riddles, puzzles and paradoxes
The Math Forum Swarthmore's extensive mathematical site
Gödel, Escher, Bach a course, including music, art and maths
Art and Mathematics on and off-line resources
Count Me In Numeracy project at the BBC
Up My Street Data about crime rates, exam results and more...
Interactive sites
At each of these sites you can interact with the page displayed in your browser.

JavaSketchPad Centre
Embedded spreadsheets
LIVEMATH (MathView), Cybermath (MathView)
rLogo
Virtual reality polyhedra

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