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October 05, 2004

Gizmos: "Greatest Thing Since the Graphing Calculator"

Janice DeLong an Instructor of Education at the University of Maine at Presque Isle emailed us to say,

… I want you folks to know that, as a 25-year career high school math teacher, I find your Gizmos to be the greatest thing to happen to mathematics since the graphing calculator.

We are all wide smiles and high fives after reading that. Thanks so much, Janice.

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I think math is awesome. And you are awesome. Keep on being awesome.

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I LOVE MATH!!!

Posted by: Math | Oct 8, 2004 7:53:54 AM

Because we solve inequalities after solving muti-step equations including variables on both sides, the gizmo for solving inequalities is really basic. I would like to see the same gizmo with multi-steps and variables on both sides.

Posted by: Kimberly Washington | Nov 4, 2004 7:16:35 AM

Kimberly,

Thanks for your feedback. I alerted our Mathematics Curriculum Developer, Dan Moriarty, and you've probably already received an email directly from him on this matter. Meanwhile, I'm quoting out his email here for all to see just in case another teacher has the same issue:


I'm going to look into it to see how feasible that is, how it would fit into
our "sequence," and how much work it would require. But first, can you tell
me exactly which Gizmo you're referring to? We have at least 3 Gizmos
related to solving inequalities.

After you let me know this, and after I have a little time to look into it,
you can look for a response both via email and also in our blog, just below
your comment.

Thanks!

Stat tuned. And keep reading the blog. It's great to see teachers beginning to comment directly to posts.

Posted by: Edward | Nov 5, 2004 8:12:19 AM

Kimberly,

Thanks for your suggestion for changes to two of our math Gizmos! (The Gizmos are "Solving Linear Inequalities using Addition and Subtraction" and "Solving Linear Inequalities using Multiplication and Division.") I think they are valid changes and would make sense to implement.

When we do our next round of math content upgrades, I'll see to it that these upgrades happen. (They're already on my "New Gizmo Ideas" list!)

Once the two new Gizmos are live, look here in "The Buzz" for a posting about them. We'll be sure to give you credit, Kimberly!

For users of the current Gizmos, fear not -- we'll keep those live as well.

And keep the new ideas coming! We always love to hear feedback from Gizmo users "in the trenches."

Posted by: Dan Moriarty | Nov 8, 2004 4:36:57 PM

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