[seqfan] Re: Sequences K-12 project

[Neil Sloane]

Charlie, Many thanks for that very helpful reply. I will look
into the things you suggest. Obviously I need to subscribe to
Math Teacher!

By the way, on the OEIS wiki, there is a web page listing "Works that cite
the OEIS". I would like to add the two
articles from Math. Teacher. that you mentioned, if you
can send me the details.

Best regards

Neil


On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 1:18 PM, <charliemath at optonline.net> wrote:

> Neil,
> I have been a frequent visitor and contributor to OEIS since 2003, about a
> year after I retired from teaching high school mathematics for 32 years at
> Lakeland High School in Shrub Oak, NY.  I don’t regret retiring when I did,
> but I do regret not having come upon OEIS much earlier in my career.  I
> would love to have shared my enthusiasm for the site with my students.
>
> Some items for consideration:
>
>      An article in The Mathematics Teacher about OEIS; I still subscribe
> and have yet to see one although two articles reference OEIS, one this
> month.
>
>      Perhaps a Sequence of the Month column in The Math Teacher as well as
> the same type of column in the Council’s two other publications:
> Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School and Teaching Children Mathematics.
>
>      Get in touch with the NCTM about giving a talk at one of their
> national or regional conferences.  Next National is in Boston next April.
>  See http://www.nctm.org/conferences/content.aspx?id=434 for upcoming
> regionals.
>
>      Have keywords like “high school,” “middle school,” “elementary
> school” attached to sequences to make it easier for students and teachers
> to explore appropriate sequences.  A sequence picked at random could be
> offputting to newcomers.
>
>      Among options found at bottom of OEIS home page, include something
> along the lines of “Helpful Information for (K-6, 6-12) Students.”
>
>      Consider a separate “OEIS, K-12 edition (version).”
>
>
> Good idea having a virtual conference; Banff’s beautiful, but not in
> everyone’s back yard.
>
> Not sure how I could help, but am certainly interested in doing so.
>
> Regards,
> Charlie Marion
> Yorktown Heights NY
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 03:59 PM, Neil Sloane wrote:
>
>  Dear Sequences Fans,
>> Gordon Hamilton and I have been talking about the idea of getting some
>> integer sequences into the K-12 (Kindergarten-Grade 12) curriculum. Gord
>> has made some really excellent videos about sequences in the OEIS, one of
>> which is mentioned in the attachment. There are also links to them from
>> entries in the OEIS.
>>
>> The idea is to have a 2-day conference in Banff, Canada, next year, with a
>> dozen
>> math teachers, and a dozen sequence people,
>> with the goal of picking out 13 sequences that
>> could be used by math teachers (one sequence
>> for each of the 13 years).
>>
>> There might also be a virtual conference, run on a web site where people
>> could sign up and contribute. For people who are unable to travel to
>> Banff.
>>
>> We would like to hear from OEIS folks who would be interested in this
>> project. Particularly people who are involved with teaching mathematics.
>>  I
>> know we have contributors from many different worlds - but I don't know
>> which of you are math teachers. Please let me or Gord know if you are
>> interested in helping, or if you know of people who might be.
>>
>> But we would also like to hear from non-teachers who like the idea, and
>> would be willing to work on picking out sequences that would appeal to
>> students. This seems to be a good way to enliven math teaching both in the
>> USA and in Canada - and of course in other countries.
>>
>> Here's a link to Gord's video about the Recaman sequence. I think
>> it is really excellent: http://youtu.be/mQdNaofLqVc
>>
>> Attached is a rough draft of our proposal for the conference.
>>
>> Suggestions, comments, etc., will be welcomed.
>>
>> Neil
>>
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Dear Friends, I have now retired from AT&T. New coordinates:

Neil J. A. Sloane, President, OEIS Foundation
11 South Adelaide Avenue, Highland Park, NJ 08904, USA.
Also Visiting Scientist, Math. Dept., Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ.
Phone: 732 828 6098; home page: http://NeilSloane.com
Email: njasloane at gmail.com