Mathematics School revisited
By Asha P.Nair
29th January 2010 12:46 AM
It’s the best anniversary gift a blog can expect or ever dream of.
Mathematics School, a mathematics blog for higher secondary teachers and students, born exactly a year ago, is turning into a book.
The puzzles and mathematics solutions which were posted in the blog (www.mathematicsschool.
blogspot.com) over the last months have been compiled and are being brought out as ‘Math Puzzles’ by Umesh P N, a US based Malayali who works with Google.
The e-copy of the book was received by the developers of Mathematics School the other day. In the preface, Umesh says it’s a living document and will be updated over time. Harikumar K J and V K Nissar, who worked on the concept of a blog for mathematics teachers across Kerala and gave birth to Mathematics School, are two proud souls now.
“It was during a cluster meeting of mathematics teachers at Ernakulam that the IT@School co-ordinator there suggested the creation of a blog. The next day, Nissar and I came out with this and it was well received by teachers.
We developed the content and it’s now visited by at least 1,500 people a day,” says Harikumar, teacher at a school at Edavanakad.
The blog is an attempt to make mathematics learning fun. It applies platforms like FOSS (free and open source software) to make it easy. It has the participation and whole-hearted support of mathematics teachers across the state and the right push from IT@School project. Teachers and some of the best brains in maths, publish puzzles or mathematics solutions, which are sometimes attempted by people outside the school community as well. “It is interesting to note that the puzzles posted are not always answered by teachers. IT professionals and even students chip in with their solutions, which is exciting,” Hari says.
Right now, the SSLC revision modules are being updated in the post which in itself is a great effort. Every Sunday, the blog takes to discussing problems of academic interest or puzzles.
Every two days, new content is added, and as Hari rightly puts it, the blog is growing into a website.
The maths blog team has mathematics teachers and FOSS programmers including John P A, Vijayan N M, Muraleekrishnan, Muraleedharan, Sankaran Keloth, Sreenath, Satyabhama V S and Lalitha S as its members.
Mathematics School, a mathematics blog for higher secondary teachers and students, born exactly a year ago, is turning into a book.
The puzzles and mathematics solutions which were posted in the blog (www.mathematicsschool.
blogspot.com) over the last months have been compiled and are being brought out as ‘Math Puzzles’ by Umesh P N, a US based Malayali who works with Google.
The e-copy of the book was received by the developers of Mathematics School the other day. In the preface, Umesh says it’s a living document and will be updated over time. Harikumar K J and V K Nissar, who worked on the concept of a blog for mathematics teachers across Kerala and gave birth to Mathematics School, are two proud souls now.
“It was during a cluster meeting of mathematics teachers at Ernakulam that the IT@School co-ordinator there suggested the creation of a blog. The next day, Nissar and I came out with this and it was well received by teachers.
We developed the content and it’s now visited by at least 1,500 people a day,” says Harikumar, teacher at a school at Edavanakad.
The blog is an attempt to make mathematics learning fun. It applies platforms like FOSS (free and open source software) to make it easy. It has the participation and whole-hearted support of mathematics teachers across the state and the right push from IT@School project. Teachers and some of the best brains in maths, publish puzzles or mathematics solutions, which are sometimes attempted by people outside the school community as well. “It is interesting to note that the puzzles posted are not always answered by teachers. IT professionals and even students chip in with their solutions, which is exciting,” Hari says.
Right now, the SSLC revision modules are being updated in the post which in itself is a great effort. Every Sunday, the blog takes to discussing problems of academic interest or puzzles.
Every two days, new content is added, and as Hari rightly puts it, the blog is growing into a website.
The maths blog team has mathematics teachers and FOSS programmers including John P A, Vijayan N M, Muraleekrishnan, Muraleedharan, Sankaran Keloth, Sreenath, Satyabhama V S and Lalitha S as its members.
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