 Software
Centre
Buy some recommended software, including
mathematics education and web software.
 For help on specific software try the
MathsNet
software help and advice forum
Visit the Mathematics Email Centre to find sources and ideas
for using email in mathematics education - and also some general resources too,
like where to find a free email account.
Try the
interactive geometry centre where you can a
large collection of information and resources on interactive geometry software
such as Cinderella, JavaSketchPad, CabriJava and C.a.R., as well as links to Dr
Geo, the free interactive geometry software, Euclides, Geometry Assistant and
others.
On the graphing software page
you will find brief reviews of software currently available, including
shareware.
Are you creating your own webpages? Use
MathType and
WebEQ
to create accurate mathematical notation and interactivity.
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Educational uses of mathematical and other general
software.
Interactive | Email |
interactive geometry | Logo | Spreadsheets |
Graphs | Fractals |
Calculators |
TI-83 | Sharp
EL 9600 | Download software
Vote for your favourite
Logo
plotter
geometry |
| Interactive Software |
The Internet is becoming increasingly
interactive, though at the cost of having a specific plug-in or a Java
compatible browser. Visit our interactive
pages:
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| Java mathematics |
If your browser supports Java, then try some
mathematical ideas like balldrop (the
quincunx), simpleplot (plot some graphs),
Java logo, and others - when we can get them
to work!. To find more sources of your own, try MathsNet Java
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| Logo |
Spreadsheets |
| Logo is the term used to describe a range of programs that in various
ways provide the user with the means of controlling the movement of an object
on the screen (the turtle). As Seymour Papert (credited as the inventor of
logo) described it: powerful ideas in mind-sized bites. Here we look at
Logo in general, and WinLogo
and Java logo in particular. |
A spreadsheet is basically a grid of rows (usually numbered
1,2,3...) and columns (usually lettered A,B,C...). Each cell in this grid can
contain numbers, text or formulas. The formulas can refer to the contents of
other cells. Besides looking at spreadsheets in
general, we have materials to go with Excel, and are
developing ideas to work with spreadsheets embedded in your browser. |
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| Graphs |
Graphic calculators |
| Using graph processing software and hardware in education -
particularly the graph processor Omnigraph. You
wil find basic general graph material, and more on
fractals, Embedded
graphs and animated graphs - aerobi-graphs. |
We review the graphical
calculator models available for educational use and look in particular at
two - the Sharp EL9600 and the
Texas Instruments TI-83 |
