Math-Towers: Online Interactive Collaborative Mathematics Explorations
Channel: Geoffrey Roulet
Date: 2012-09-04

Math-Towers: Online Interactive Collaborative Mathematics Explorations & Problem-Solving for Students Ages 11 to 15 years (Grades 6 to 10)

Math-Towers is located at http://www.math-towers.ca/

Note since the site supports student-to-student communication we require that a teacher or parent register and they in turn create logins for their pupils, and also serve as a contact for any inappropriate behaviour.

A paper outlining the operation of Math-Towers and the thinking underlying its development can be found at:

Math-Towers: Online Interactive Collaborative Mathematics Explorations & Problem-Solving for Students Ages 11 to 15 years (Grades 6 to 10)
http://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/7378

Research on student activity within Math-Towers can be found online at:

Roulet, G. (2010). Math-Towers: Promoting and supporting online collaborative mathematical exploration. In S. Gülseçen & Z. Ayvaz Reis (Eds.), Future-Learning: 3nd international Future-Learning conference on innovations in learning for the future 2010: e-learning (Istanbul, Turkey, May 10-14, 2010) proceedings (pp. 181-188): Istanbul: Istanbul Kültür University.
http://qspace.library.queensu.ca/handle/1974/7377

Taylor, K. L. (2005). An examination of student interactions and mathematical knowledge-building by dyads of grade 7/8 students in a web-based learning environment. Unpublished master's thesis, Faculty of Education, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada.
https://qshare.queensu.ca/Users01/rouletg/public/Taylor%20-%20Interactions%20in%20a%20Mathematical%20Web-based%20Learning%20Environment.pdf

In October, 2010 I presented an online Math 2.0 Interest Group seminar reporting on the development and use of the Math-Towers environment.  A recording of the seminar and related materials can be found at: http://mathfuture.wikispaces.com/Math+Towers