Re: [seul-edu] Re: In service advice sought

[Dave Prentice <dprentice@uno.edu>]

Another good web-based math site is
http://www.harcourtschool.com/elab_subscription/menu_grade_select.html?grade
=8
or grade=7, 6, 5, and 4. They have a number of visually appealing and
educationally worthwhile Java activities you can use for remedial math.
Dave Prentice
prentice@instruction.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Thomas <jthomas@leesburg.bittware.com>
To: seul-edu@seul.org <seul-edu@seul.org>
Date: Thursday, January 31, 2002 10:36 AM
Subject: [seul-edu] Re: In service advice sought


>"Prevett, Larry" wrote:
>>
>> Jim,
>>
>> the SEUL-edu list is having trouble with my messages
>> so I am just replying directly to you. If you find
>> this helpful, maybe forward the link to the list.
>>
>> I don't know of any good standalone Linux applications
>> for elementary math yet. Most of the emphasis has been
>> on higher math, and some high school apps. I know that
>> some folks are using emulators (Wine) or VNC.
>>
>> But there are some nice web-based activities for
>> 3-6 at NCTM here:
>>
>> http://illuminations.nctm.org/index2.html
>>
>> These are java/javascript apps so you should test
>> them first and have them pre-loaded for the demo
>> if your internet connection is slow.
>>
>> I tested a few of them on RH 6.2 using Netscape
>> and they worked ok as long as I let every page
>> load completely before clicking on anything.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
>Thanks Larry!  This is just the sort of thing I was looking for!
>
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