Wolfram Alpha has a great contest for educators

<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Wolfram|Alpha" height="54" id="waLogo" src="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/common/alpha/images/header-logo.png" title="Wolfram|Alpha" width="320" /></div><br /><a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/wolfram-announces-wolfram-education.html">Wolfram</a>, the company behind Wolfram Alpha and other educational services and apps, has a great contest for educators. They are looking for educators --primary or secondary school teachers, university professors, tutors, and homeschooling parents--to tell us about the fun and exciting ways they use <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2012/01/wolfram-announces-wolfram-education.html">Wolfram|Alpha</a> to engage students. Their favorite entries will be highlighted in a future blog post, and will win all kinds of neat prizes, like Wolfram|Alpha T-shirts or Wolfram|Alpha Spikey Paper Sculpture Kits. One lucky grand prize winner will take home an iPad, loaded with Wolfram|Alpha-powered apps, plus a year's subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Showcase How You Use Wolfram|Alpha in the Classroom" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18835" height="198" src="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/data/uploads/2012/08/b2school-blog-image-1.jpeg" style="border: 0px;" title="Showcase How You Use Wolfram|Alpha in the Classroom" width="320" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The contest is open to anyone in the world who self-identifies as an educator, but submissions close on October 15. If you're interested in learning more, please visit their blog: <a href="http://url.wolfram.com/2Fczwqm4/">http://url.wolfram.com/2Fczwqm4/</a><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Items from the Wolfram Store" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-18848" height="160" src="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/data/uploads/2012/08/b2school-blog-image-3.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" title="Items from the Wolfram Store" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>

Wolfram Alpha has a great contest for educators

Wolfram , the company behind Wolfram Alpha and other educational services and apps, has a great contest for educators. They are looking for ...

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Wolfram announces Wolfram Education Portal

<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpFmKkBqJuu9i1GeTonYVEGVcArDuQxuxRArll0kPR9hssaxBJhpRrgI0QoM-2fRY2rYhbkVN6s9O8smMqs4FCCNGapNgVfiGDa-6peGNqVImtp1CivcqRlJnqPPzLqJguXt9lN5JXRM/s1600/wolfram+education.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUpFmKkBqJuu9i1GeTonYVEGVcArDuQxuxRArll0kPR9hssaxBJhpRrgI0QoM-2fRY2rYhbkVN6s9O8smMqs4FCCNGapNgVfiGDa-6peGNqVImtp1CivcqRlJnqPPzLqJguXt9lN5JXRM/s400/wolfram+education.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><a href="http://wolfram.com/">Wolfram</a>, the makers of <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2009/05/wolfram-alpha.html">Wolfram Alpha</a>, the computational search engine, and Mathematica, announced yesterday the launch of the <a href="http://education.wolfram.com/">Wolfram Education Portal</a>. The portal will have dynamic teaching and learning tools, organized by course, such as dynamic textbook, lesson plans, interactive demonstrations, widgets and more.<br /><br />It is in Beta at this time, but anyone can sign up for a free account and access the materials.<br /><br />Materials are available for Algebra and Calculus and Pre-Calculus are coming soon. Future features include forums, problem generators, web based apps, and personalized content. The problem generators will allow students to work on problems online and it will change the difficulty and type of question based on the previous answers.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH5pEDPQSjpQGS5_t3I6aEPjGn_W_XUO43Tc7CBgROw2ZIjq5YOhlL_dErDiQPCMHPceDmBAXP8_7_LtMXauhbs8N8z_T8kNBWtCyDl1KLNd_nt_6vLwR-wGEKRO_bUjKYEALLdRDDoQ/s1600/wolfram+education+features.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCH5pEDPQSjpQGS5_t3I6aEPjGn_W_XUO43Tc7CBgROw2ZIjq5YOhlL_dErDiQPCMHPceDmBAXP8_7_LtMXauhbs8N8z_T8kNBWtCyDl1KLNd_nt_6vLwR-wGEKRO_bUjKYEALLdRDDoQ/s400/wolfram+education+features.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><br />The interactive textbook was developed in collaboration with the <a href="http://educationaltechnologyguy.blogspot.com/2011/11/ck-12-free-e-textbooks-download-kindle.html">CK-12 Foundation</a> which produces free K-12 materials and e-textbooks. I've used many of the CK-12 materials and they are very good.<br /><br />The interactive textbook has Wolfram|Alpha widgets and links and interactive demonstrations from Mathematica.<br /><br />This is a great resource for math teachers and any teacher or parent looking to help a student with math (or brush up on their own math skills).<br /><br />Take a look: <a href="http://education.wolfram.com/">Wolfram Education Portal</a><br /><br /><br />Source: <a href="http://blog.wolframalpha.com/2012/01/18/the-wolfram-education-portal-is-here/?news=1">Wolfram Blog announcement of Wolfram Education</a>

Wolfram announces Wolfram Education Portal

Wolfram , the makers of  Wolfram Alpha , the computational search engine, and Mathematica, announced yesterday the launch of the Wolfram Edu...

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