1. THE HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS: MAKING IT WORK WITH WEB 2.0 Richard Glass, PhD Nassau Community College Marsha Spiegelman, MLS Nassau Community College Mathematics: History and Connections A SUNY Conversation in the Disciplines March 23, 2007 Suffolk Community College, Selden, New York

2. 2 My long lost uncle Boole died at the age of 49. Ironically the cause of his death was teaching in cold, wet clothing from walking two miles in the rain to get to class. So I guess when your grandfather tells you as a kid “I used to walk two miles to school”… or to work….. Now you know it’s a true tale. - MAT 101 Student

3. 3 Why History in a Math/CMP Course? Places the subject in a human contextPlaces the subject in a human context Introduces students to scholarly researchIntroduces students to scholarly research Provides a venue for information literacy instructionProvides a venue for information literacy instruction

4. 4 The Research Component Challenging the Google MentalityChallenging the Google Mentality Introducing Online DatabasesIntroducing Online Databases Exploring Evaluation Criteria for SourcesExploring Evaluation Criteria for Sources Fermat's Last Theorem VS Fermat's Last Theorem

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7. 7 Research Databases Academic Search Premier Infotrac Onefile JSTOR Project Muse Science Direct Readers’ Guide Gale Virtual Reference Library

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10. 10 MAT 101: Concepts of Math Dead Mathematicians Hall of Fame De Morgan Boole Venn Boolean Logic Assignments

11. 11 CMP 207: Assembly Language Dual Mode Assignment: 1.Research the Personage, Historical Component 2.Research the Programming Aspect Towers of Hanoi Sieve of Eratosthenes Newton-Raphson Method

12. 12 MAT 225: CALCULUS 3 Four Color Map Problem Hidden Line Algorithm Unequal Mixed Partials

13. 13 MAT 225: CALCULUS 3 Grateful Dead Scientists: Battle of the Minds Part I: Write a narrative vitae Part II: Define topics for a course you would like scientist to teach Part III: Register for a course and explain your choice

14. 14 The Grateful Dead Scientists LaGrangeGaussNewtonEuler

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16. 16 DO WE SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE? BlogPodcastMySpaceAIMRSSMP3WikipediaYouTube Peer-ReviewedMLAAPACitationNewspaperBibliographyAnnotationGoogle FACULTY SAY: STUDENTS SAY:

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