Check list: What should be on your blog by October 4 (today)

Hello everyone! I will be sending out marks and comments on your blog posts very soon, and wanted to clarify what needs to be posted on your blog to date.

In case you are missing any posts, please catch them up by October 19th at the latest! After that, we will 'close the book' on the September and October blog posts, and carry on with the new work once you return from your practicum.

If any of your blog posts gets a mark of 1 or 1.5, that means that there is something you have left out, not addressed, or not dealt with in sufficient depth. Please add an **EDIT: ...  and revise any posts that fall into this category, also by October 19th at the latest!

Remember -- your assignments (including your blog) need to be up-to-date and done to a high standard to pass your courses, and your long practicum depends on you having passed all your courses to date.

Here's the list of blog posts that you should have completed so far for our Inquiry 1 EDUC 450 class:

1. Why teach math history (reading response)
2. Why base 60? (speculation and research)
3. Crest of the Peacock introduction (reading response)
4. Thinking about time, circles and base 60 (follow up from class discussion)
5. Multiplication tables to 45, base 60 (problem solving)
6. Babylonian word problems (reading response)
7. Math in ancient Egypt (reading response)
8. Thoughts on word problems (reading & discussion response)
9. Market scale puzzle (problem solving with historical connections)
10. (Babylonian algebra (reading response) -- some people have kindly responded to this reading, but I'm not sure that I explicitly assigned it! We'll consider it an optional extra at this point...)
11. (upcoming: Assignment #1 -- Solving ancient puzzles in ancient and modern ways slides, write up and personal reflections)

Thanks for your fascinating mathematical and historical thinking, and for your energy and creativity! I really enjoy our discussions.