I use an iBook G4 laptop with DSL connection at home. A week and a half ago, I finally said yes to one of those pesky 'please let us update your software' messages I get regularly from Apple. My computer got trashed. I will probably buy a new...

Joseph Ganem wrote a great article for the APS (American Physical Society) News, titled "A Math Paradox: The Widening Gap Between High School and College Math". Ganem is a physics prof at Loyola University Maryland, and works with incoming students at...

Back in May, my algebra class humored me with a discussion about what made our class work as well as it did. One student did a video of the discussion. She uploaded that onto YouTube and then deleted it from her camera. YouTube rejected it because it...

Are you wondering where MTAP #18 went? Here's the story (contest-winning entry from Lisa Downing), and we're sticking to it! The Odds were at odds with the Evens. It never seemed fair to them that two Odds made an Even but two Evens didn't make an...

The Math Teachers at Play blog carnival came out twice as #15. Since then we've had #16 and #17. We'd like to iron out the numbering, and so the upcoming issue will be #19. I am personally sponsoring a contest for the best little (ie, very short)...