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Hey All, I'm sorry I didn't get this up until this morning. I will be adding things to this over the next week or so. Here is the planned set of things I"m going to talk about during my presentation this morning.

Data Gathering and visualization Google Sketch up - Volumes cut out of volumes - Measurement and scale

[| Google Earth] In Google Earth there is an impressive number of data sets that you can overlay over maps for students. You can use this to help students visualize statistics that they might trouble putting into to context.

Google Documents Google Documents is handy when you want students to collaborate on things together. Everyone can edit the same documents in real time. An amazing application for this would be using this while taking class data for a probability unit.

[| Wolfram Alpha] Wolfram Alpha is a computational engine which allows you to For WPA Math 10 - In the Metric to anything else conversions unit this is a great way to check answers For Calculus/Tutoring purposes - The ability to check answers with out giving away the farm. For test creation - I find this easier than Microsoft Office's Equation Editor

[| Freemind] Freemind is an open source program which allows you to do concept mapping so students can link various concepts together.

[| The Misadventures of PB Winterbottom] This is an amazing puzzle based game that has the students start with a small concept and expanding from there. This style of problem solving technique is explicitly pointed out for the Work Place and Apprenticeship 10 course. This also would fit into the Math C30 logic unit. I never did have a class set of this game but I did let students who were ahead of the class use my copy during their down time.

[| Portal] Portal is an inquiry based game. If you start playing it you can listen to the developer commentary as you are going through the game. The interesting part I found as an educator was listening to them talk about the scaffolding that they had to do for the player to create a place they wanted to explore. This game can be purchased for a school for $10 student (There are also other games which are more violent which are included not that that is a carrot for students but it is an easy way to get a video gaming club/community started in your school.) Interesting note: Portal has been the first game ever assigned for play as part of a college course. You could look at this in the same way that you'd look at the Misadventures of PB Winterbottom in terms of the logic/puzzle solving skills you can gain from the game.

[| Maya] Please note I am not going to be talking about this at my session. The new version is quite different from previous versions. I will post examples once I have concurred the interface. - Maya is a 3d animation tool that allows you to create a sandbox of sorts that you can start to do different simulations with. It is an expensive program but you can sign up for a free copy for educational use that you can use with students. If they would like access to it at home you can invite them to join your group.

[| Look Around you Maths] - Cognitive Dissonance to demonstrate why you need to be careful about the media sources that you use. I am using this clip because I love it and also demonstrates how students view traditional math problems.

Ok this [|free Calculus Text Book] is pretty awesome as well. Also [|the site] that the book is contained on has a lot of awesome looking things. Here is [|another book] I found on there which has an assortment of logic puzzles that I know I have troubles tracking down.

Last but not least you should check out [|archive.org]if you haven't already. Both it and the Guttenberg Project are copyright free site that you can use as you see fit. I haven't used archive.org as much in my math classroom but I know there are resources that are awesome for the Science classroom.