Math Educators! Discussions - Making Curriculum Pop2024-03-28T19:59:00Zhttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/group/matheducators/forum?groupUrl=matheducators&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSTEM-HISTORY: The Untold Story of the Secret Mission to Seize Nazi Map Datatag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-12-31:2665237:Topic:1909092019-12-31T01:51:16.224ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<p>Great STEM story explaining a bit about how the birth of GPS links to a quirky team who showered Europe in search of Nazi map data...</p>
<blockquote>The work reached a culmination in 1951, with the completion of the European Datum, or ED50, which united the continent in a common geodetic network for the first time. <br></br> <br></br> The ED50, in turn, became part of the foundation for a new global coordinate system known as the Universal Transverse Mercator, the standard coordinate system used by…</blockquote>
<p>Great STEM story explaining a bit about how the birth of GPS links to a quirky team who showered Europe in search of Nazi map data...</p>
<blockquote>The work reached a culmination in 1951, with the completion of the European Datum, or ED50, which united the continent in a common geodetic network for the first time. <br/> <br/>
The ED50, in turn, became part of the foundation for a new global coordinate system known as the Universal Transverse Mercator, the standard coordinate system used by the U.S. military and NATO. It soon proved equally useful for civilian operations, and was adopted for applications as varied as economic development projects, ecological research and oil prospecting. William Rankin, a historian of science at Yale and author of the 2016 book After the Map: Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century, says the Universal Transverse Mercator was a crucial step along the path from old-fashioned maps, which represented territory in an intuitively visual way, to coordinate systems such as GPS, which define locations with much greater numerical precision. UTM showed “how to think differently about space and location using mathematics,” Rankin says. “It was like GPS—before GPS.”</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Read the historical story of AAG Past President Edward B. Espenshade, Jr.’s role in the WWII Hough Mission to capture Nazi maps to aid allied forces as told in <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SmithsonianMag</a> article <a href="https://t.co/8t97wRfKLi">https://t.co/8t97wRfKLi</a></p>
— American Association of Geographers (@theAAG) <a href="https://twitter.com/theAAG/status/1192517141158862849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 7, 2019</a></blockquote> RESEARCH: Machine Learning & Shakespeare Authorshiptag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-12-28:2665237:Topic:1911852019-12-28T17:25:08.833ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else <a href="https://t.co/9rbtr7vfvK">https://t.co/9rbtr7vfvK</a></p>
— Open Culture (@openculture) <a href="https://twitter.com/openculture/status/1203571904277176321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Machine learning has revealed exactly how much of a Shakespeare play was written by someone else <a href="https://t.co/9rbtr7vfvK">https://t.co/9rbtr7vfvK</a></p>
— Open Culture (@openculture) <a href="https://twitter.com/openculture/status/1203571904277176321?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2019</a></blockquote> RESEARCH: New Study Challenges The Assumption That Math Is Harder For Girlstag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-12-04:2665237:Topic:1909882019-12-04T05:37:17.761ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">New Study Challenges The Assumption That Math Is Harder For Girls <a href="https://t.co/FdduPdCYLv">https://t.co/FdduPdCYLv</a></p>
— NPR Science Desk (@nprscience) <a href="https://twitter.com/nprscience/status/1192924264275402753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">New Study Challenges The Assumption That Math Is Harder For Girls <a href="https://t.co/FdduPdCYLv">https://t.co/FdduPdCYLv</a></p>
— NPR Science Desk (@nprscience) <a href="https://twitter.com/nprscience/status/1192924264275402753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 8, 2019</a></blockquote> NOVEL: Math + Identity = Elegant Noveltag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-08-06:2665237:Topic:1896572019-08-06T17:20:22.571ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote>Can a mathematician also be an accomplished storyteller? The answer is an emphatic yes, for both Catherine Chung, the Korean American author of “The Tenth Muse,” and her narrator-protagonist, a brilliant Chinese American math professor named Katherine.<br></br> “The Tenth Muse,” Chung’s second novel, is an elegant and absorbing fiction, an interlocking set of stories within a complex narrative that never seems convoluted. “I tell a story like a woman,” Katherine warns, “looping into…</blockquote>
<blockquote>Can a mathematician also be an accomplished storyteller? The answer is an emphatic yes, for both Catherine Chung, the Korean American author of “The Tenth Muse,” and her narrator-protagonist, a brilliant Chinese American math professor named Katherine.<br/> “The Tenth Muse,” Chung’s second novel, is an elegant and absorbing fiction, an interlocking set of stories within a complex narrative that never seems convoluted. “I tell a story like a woman,” Katherine warns, “looping into myself, interrupting.” Chung’s crystalline prose and narrative control make the loops easy to follow.
<blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Julia M. Klein reviewed Catherine Chung's "The Tenth Muse" for the <a href="https://twitter.com/chicagotribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chicagotribune</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JuliaMKlein?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JuliaMKlein</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CriticalNotes?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CriticalNotes</a> <a href="https://t.co/JWmIiKhZzg">https://t.co/JWmIiKhZzg</a> <a href="https://t.co/AKNSs0I08C">pic.twitter.com/AKNSs0I08C</a></p>
— National Book Critics Circle (@bookcritics) <a href="https://twitter.com/bookcritics/status/1149348050403549184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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</blockquote> BIG IDEA: Can AI Reduce Racial Bias in Courts?tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-29:2665237:Topic:1897922019-06-29T19:57:24.623ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">SF District Attorney Turns to AI to Reduce Racial Bias in Courts <a href="https://t.co/z9WEju7eqT">https://t.co/z9WEju7eqT</a></p>
— KQED News (@KQEDnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/1138909352033521664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">SF District Attorney Turns to AI to Reduce Racial Bias in Courts <a href="https://t.co/z9WEju7eqT">https://t.co/z9WEju7eqT</a></p>
— KQED News (@KQEDnews) <a href="https://twitter.com/KQEDnews/status/1138909352033521664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 12, 2019</a></blockquote> REVIEW: A Quiet Revolution: One District’s Story of Radical Curricular Change in High School Mathematicstag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-10:2665237:Topic:1894232019-06-10T03:36:34.079ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Read the review: "A Quiet Revolution: One District’s Story of Radical Curricular Change in High School Mathematics" <a href="https://t.co/K34kr1D7x7">https://t.co/K34kr1D7x7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Lesliedietiker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Lesliedietiker</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/InfoAgePub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@InfoAgePub</a> <a href="https://t.co/FXRCnVa4W9">pic.twitter.com/FXRCnVa4W9</a></p>
— TC Record…</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Read the review: "A Quiet Revolution: One District’s Story of Radical Curricular Change in High School Mathematics" <a href="https://t.co/K34kr1D7x7">https://t.co/K34kr1D7x7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Lesliedietiker?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Lesliedietiker</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/InfoAgePub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@InfoAgePub</a> <a href="https://t.co/FXRCnVa4W9">pic.twitter.com/FXRCnVa4W9</a></p>
— TC Record (@TCRecord) <a href="https://twitter.com/TCRecord/status/1126472218832244738?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 9, 2019</a></blockquote> RESEARCH: Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patternstag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-10:2665237:Topic:1892242019-06-10T03:29:18.329ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patterns <a href="https://t.co/4vD1Dbqxzl">https://t.co/4vD1Dbqxzl</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SmithsonianMag</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Math?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Math</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patterns?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patterns…</a></p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants’ Stunning Leaf Patterns <a href="https://t.co/4vD1Dbqxzl">https://t.co/4vD1Dbqxzl</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/SmithsonianMag?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SmithsonianMag</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Math?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Math</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Patterns?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Patterns</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Symmetry?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Symmetry</a></p>
— IPAM (@ipam_ucla) <a href="https://twitter.com/ipam_ucla/status/1137005787765592065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 7, 2019</a></blockquote> WOW: How Leonardo da Vinci Drew an Accurate Satellite Map of an Italian City (1502)tag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-10:2665237:Topic:1893152019-06-10T03:13:52.958ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">How Leonardo da Vinci Drew an Accurate Satellite Map of an Italian City (1502) <a href="https://t.co/3t2XxwFtjj">https://t.co/3t2XxwFtjj</a> <a href="https://t.co/dHNbsLFRxg">pic.twitter.com/dHNbsLFRxg</a></p>
— Open Culture (@openculture) <a href="https://twitter.com/openculture/status/1130265126890721280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">How Leonardo da Vinci Drew an Accurate Satellite Map of an Italian City (1502) <a href="https://t.co/3t2XxwFtjj">https://t.co/3t2XxwFtjj</a> <a href="https://t.co/dHNbsLFRxg">pic.twitter.com/dHNbsLFRxg</a></p>
— Open Culture (@openculture) <a href="https://twitter.com/openculture/status/1130265126890721280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2019</a></blockquote> EXCERPT: Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coachestag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-06-10:2665237:Topic:1893062019-06-10T03:06:49.396ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">"...students are affected by more than just the quality of a lesson plan. They also respond to the passion of their teachers and the engagement of their peers, and they seek a sense of purpose" Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches <a href="https://t.co/DNGRF3NvlZ">https://t.co/DNGRF3NvlZ</a></p>
— Kelly Gallagher (@KellyGToGo)…</blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">"...students are affected by more than just the quality of a lesson plan. They also respond to the passion of their teachers and the engagement of their peers, and they seek a sense of purpose" Math Teachers Should Be More Like Football Coaches <a href="https://t.co/DNGRF3NvlZ">https://t.co/DNGRF3NvlZ</a></p>
— Kelly Gallagher (@KellyGToGo) <a href="https://twitter.com/KellyGToGo/status/1130437537900613634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 20, 2019</a></blockquote> FEATURE: Data Humanist Giorgia Lupi + Class Projectstag:mcpopmb.ning.com,2019-05-28:2665237:Topic:1890602019-05-28T18:51:52.388ZRyan Goblehttp://mcpopmb.ning.com/profile/RyanGoble
I've had teachers do incredible work with her book 'Dear Data' see below and reach out to those teachers via Twitter if you are interested ...<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">The information designer Giorgia Lupi calls what she does “data humanism,” a reaction against the computer-generated, harsh-toned bar graphs and pie charts that leapt from corporate reports in the 90s. <a href="https://t.co/zNepR4bs8h">https://t.co/zNepR4bs8h</a></p>
— The New Yorker…</blockquote>
I've had teachers do incredible work with her book 'Dear Data' see below and reach out to those teachers via Twitter if you are interested ...<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">The information designer Giorgia Lupi calls what she does “data humanism,” a reaction against the computer-generated, harsh-toned bar graphs and pie charts that leapt from corporate reports in the 90s. <a href="https://t.co/zNepR4bs8h">https://t.co/zNepR4bs8h</a></p>
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) <a href="https://twitter.com/NewYorker/status/1132330843731574785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 25, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en">‘Dear Data’ by <a href="https://twitter.com/stefpos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stefpos</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/giorgialupi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@giorgialupi</a> takes <a href="https://twitter.com/GlenbardDist87?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GlenbardDist87</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/GWHilltoppers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GWHilltoppers</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/87fest?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#87fest</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/87learns?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#87learns</a> by storm!!! Jen Melzer & her health class! <a href="https://t.co/APN5Fmp1vK">pic.twitter.com/APN5Fmp1vK</a></p>
— Ryan R. Goble Ed.D. (@mindblue) <a href="https://twitter.com/mindblue/status/1118510282924597249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr" xml:lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/giorgialupi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@giorgialupi</a> I passed a copy of ‘Dear Data’ to <a href="https://twitter.com/DrEugeniaCheng?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrEugeniaCheng</a> at the <a href="https://twitter.com/artinstitutechi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@artinstitutechi</a> today. If everyone also gets a copy of ‘Unflattening’ by <a href="https://twitter.com/Nsousanis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Nsousanis</a> the will be complete ... or become a spiral as <a href="https://twitter.com/oliviawalch?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@oliviawalch</a> should join the #club too!</p>
— Ryan R. Goble Ed.D. (@mindblue) <a href="https://twitter.com/mindblue/status/988966476148289541?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 25, 2018</a></blockquote>