Dr. Carol J.V. Fisher's Homepage
Carol Fisher's Annotated Links
- BUYING STUFF ONLINE, placing ads, etc.
- COMPUTER: FREE SCRIPTS, etc.
- COMPUTER: ONLINE TUTORIALS
- Introduction to HTML5: Next Generation Features for Modern Web Development; VERY impressive
- W3Schools Online Tutorials: HTML, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, lots more
- WEB 2.0 This is a fantastic short video introduction to XML and Web 2.0 by Michael Wesch of Kansas State University, posted on YouTube. After loading the page, click on the bottom right button of the small video screen to enlarge it—it's much more effective to watch this way.
- DANCING
- EDUCATION
- GAMES/AMUSEMENT
- SET: a fun mathematical game; play online
- Soda Constructor: Bored? Play with this cute ‘gadget’ for a while
- MATHEMATICS
- Advanced Placement Program: AP Calculus AB and more
- Calculus Derivative Practice: Step-by-step solutions for calculus derivative problems, and more. Very well done.
- ExploreLearning:
You can only use each ‘gizmo’ for five minutes each day unless you subscribe (and pay), but these are really cool.
- GeoGebra: Free, multi-platform dynamic mathematics software
that joins geometry, algebra and calculus—it's great.
- Math Fun Facts: Use at the beginning of classes, to liven things up.
- Geometer's Sketchpad: Hands-on geometry at its best.
- Peter Jipsen's Homepage: Great tools for displaying math in web pages;
also check out his Calculus Text Puzzles
- MathJax: This is the best way to put math on the web!
- JSXGraph: Dynamic graphics with Javascript for web pages
- The Math Page: Beautiful exposition and presentation of
many basic concepts. The author often gives a slightly different viewpoint than my own site, which may be beneficial to students. Complete courses in arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and lots more.
- Math Words: Gives fascinating origins and information
on a wide variety of mathematical words.
- Mathematica Demonstrations: A very large collection of
really cool dynamic worksheets to illustrate the phenomenal capabilities of Mathematica. You have to download a free
Mathematica Player to run the demos, but it's definitely worth the effort.
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The Most Common Errors in Undergraduate Mathematics: good reading
- National Library of Virtual Manipulatives: Fun, hands-on activities. These are great, and they're free. I'm going to incorporate links to them throughout my math curriculum.
- NCTM: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Number Gossip: Type in your favorite number, and
find out what's special about it.
- Purplemath: A superb math web site—check it out. The creator,
Elizabeth Stapel, has a lot of intermediate and advanced algebra topics that I don't yet cover. The math
is posted as images, but the exposition is engaging and easy to understand.
- Q.E.D. Beauty in Mathematical Proof
This book by Burkard Polster is an absolute gem. If you know anyone who dabbles in mathematics, get it as a gift.
Also, Dr. Polster's web site is incredible.
- SAT Prep Center:
Practice questions; sample test; register online
- Slope Fields (calculus): Input a first-order
differential equation, see the slope field, click on a point to the see the particular solution through that point.
Very well done.
- MATHEMATICS UTILITIES
- Graph Paper: Print free graph paper; wide variety of styles
- WolframAlpha: Computational Knowledge Engine (absolutely incredible!)
- MATH MARKUP LANGUAGE (MathML)
- MISCELLANEOUS
- FREE RICE: improve your vocabulary and feed the hungry at the same time
- PERL (Practical Extraction and Reporting Language)
- Perl Express: an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Windows; it's free
- PUZZLES
- SPANISH TUTORIAL:
59 lessons; a nice mix of grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation; has a speaker from Peru
- TeX (technical word processor)
- Donald E. Knuth's Homepage: author of the TeXBook
- MikTeX: free TeX installation for Windows
- TeX Resources on the Web: includes a link for TeX web projects
- WinEdt: WinEdt (shareware) is a powerful and versatile ASCII editor and shell for MS Windows with a strong predisposition towards the creation of [La]TeX documents.
Carol used it for years; it works great.
- TOOLS
- TRAVEL
- TUTORING SERVICES
- ZooterGroup Tutoring: If you want high quality,
in-person tutoring in the Bolton, Massachusetts area,
then check out my husbandnot's cousin's tutoring service. They're great!
- WEATHER
- Weather forecast:
Type in a city and state to get the weather forecast; get international weather reports.
- WEB PAGE SERVICES