Anyhow, first and foremost I want to say that I hope the attitude of my post didn’t come across as “negative” toward math professors. I have a huge amount of respect for what they do and what they know. The point of the post was to point out some of the differences between my usual “techie” crowd versus the math crowd I met in Oregon.

So after reading the reply, I decided I’d add a few resources here for math professors who might be thinking about adding newer technologies to their classrooms. I’ve listed a few (in no specific order) below.

• CrAmster.com is a new web-based collaboration site that helps students in college-level courses. Professors, students, and enthusiasts are all encouraged to join. I highly recommend it – tell Carleigh I sent you.
• NING.com is a social networking site somewhat similar to Facebook or Myspace, but with a focused subject. I was given 2-3 different math NINGs to send people to, but they were all geared toward high school teachers. Check them out, though – I’m sure you’ll find some good discussion taking place.
• Twitter.com/MathChat is a discussion that takes place on the Twitter network. Similar to the #edchat post that has recently been posted on my blog, the #mathchat hashtag is used on Twitter to categorize issues dealing with mathematics. I also highly recommend the Twitter.com/#EdChat discussion that takes place every Tuesday at 7PM (Eastern Time US). Most of the edchats that we’ve had would be meaningful for college professors as well as K-12 teachers.
• Blogs, Wikis, and Podcasts. I don’t have any specific suggestions, but searching the iTunes store for relevant podcasts… or searching with Google for blogs or wikis will give you a huge number of resources that could be used.
• MathML is a markup language similar to XML or HTML. It allows math to be written on the web similarly to how it would be written in a book. Similarly, there is LaTeXMathMl for all of you LaTeX fans (I still have no idea what that is ).

I’m sure there are millions of other newer technologies that could be used… these are the ones that come to me off the top of my head.