Welcome to Andrew Borne's Math Website

  Who I am, what I teach, where I teach
 
Andrew T. Borne   
Licensed for grades 5-12 Mathematics, Minnesota
Masters in Education, Classroom Instruction
email: andy!andyborne.com (replace the "!" symbol with a "@" symbol)

High School Teaching
Connections Academy (K-12): High school math
Statistics, Algebra 1, Basic Geometry for year 2010-11 [link]
Minnesota Transitions School District [link]

Post-Bach Teaching
Concordia University, St. Paul: CI-555, Instructional Technology [link]

Hey There

  TI-83+ TI-84+ TI-npire Goodies

The Quad Program

Click the image to the left to see the full sized graphic. Feel free to save the image.

File Download:
QUAD.8xp - TI-83+ / TI-84+ Program. Requires TI-Connect, and a cable to connect your calculator to your computer.


Slider Demo

This TI-nspire document (should work with both regular and CAS models) is a simple document which has sliders connected to variables which control a graph. Page 1.1 is a linear equation and page 1.2 is a quadratic equation
slider-demo.tns - TI-nspire Document

  Video Podcasts

Minnesota MCA-II 11th Grade Questions & Explanations, Convering Questions 1-20

If you have iTunes, you can automatically subscribe by clicking below:
itpc://www.andyborne.com/podcasts/mca.xml
or, copy & paste this URL in: http://www.andyborne.com/podcasts/mca.xml

  Video Math Tutorials

Click to Enter YouTube:
The Borne Math Channel


  Interesting Articles, PowerPoints

The Crisis in Creativity, Newsweek, July 2010
The Unreasonable Effectivness of Mathematics, by Eugene Wigner
Beauty of Mathematics PowerPoint
Finding Roots, 3 Ways, Helps with factoring, and quadratic equations.
Calculator Comic It's kinda funny.
Einstein myth buster Yeah, he was great at math. E=mc˛
Square Roots 1961 from the Encyclopedia Britannica, 1961, The slide-rule days...
Virtual Schooling Article
Al-Kwarazmi, The Father of Algebra
 
Fractals & Teaching Mathematics #1
Fractals & Teaching Mathematics #3
Infinity
Math Jokes
More Math Jokes
Vedic Math
Zeno's Paradox
Twelve Technologies for Integration

  Printables, made by me, and free free free!
 

Graph paper
16x16 | 30x30 | 22x37

Full sheet graph paper
60 x 80 | 30 x 40

Isometric dot paper for space figures

Best Ever Unit Circle | Unit Circle (2 per page)

 
  Math Links / Math Education Links / Math Interest

Virtual Interactives / Online Tools
Concord Interactives
Pierce Function Grapher
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives
Printable Math Worksheets

Gateway Resources: compiled lists of math sites
GOS: Online Math Resources
Tales from Technology
Math.com
 

Math Interest
Math in Society for liberal arts majors
Guide to pi | Pi Fast Program
Scott Flanberg: Human Calculator
Minnesota Math News (google search)
HP 12c emulator | Simulator
RLM tools
EduCalc.net - HP Calc News

Math Helping People
Free Rice

Professional Development
MN Dept. of Education | CEL
Admin MN - School District Maps

NCTM | Professional Dev
MN Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Google for Educators | GTA | Tools

MathForum @ Drexel
Augsberg ECS | Hamline Prof Dev | St. Thomas GCE
University of Minnesota, PPG / Certificate Programs
AP College Boards Prof. Dev.
Learners Edge
Region 11 Math & Sci | Doing What Works.gov
 

Advanced Tutorials
Mathpages.com
mathworld.wolfram.com
Duke Mathematica Modules
TI Online Classes
Atomic Learning: TI-nspire
TI Calc.org
Fathom Tutorials

Online Collaboration Tools
Prezi
Jing | ScreenCast.com
Imagination Cubed by GE
Dabble Board
Adobe Connect Pro (free trial)
Adobe ConnectNow (free)
Adobe Captivate
SMART Notebook (mac) | SMART Notebook (win)
ScreenCast-o-Matic

University Math Homepages
U of M Math Dept | MathCEP | UMTYMP
MIT Math Dept

Other Math / Teaching Links / Downloads
Teacher Ed. TI software
Incomptech Graph Paper
korthalsaltes.com, Clip & Assemble Paper Polyhedra
Vertex42 Excel spreadsheets
Tatham Portable Puzzles
AcuStat Software
MCA-II Item Samplers
TI-83+ from TI | Virtual TI (w/ROMS)
Free Tech 4 Teachers
StraigherLine College, (accredited)
Online Stores
Mathematicianspictures.com
Creative Publications (K-8)
Educators Outlet
The Science Teecher
Math Style

Math Teacher Sites
Christopher True  (AP Stats / Calc)
Tom Reardon  (n-spire)
John Hanna  (n-spire)
Greg Tang  Math Skills

 

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