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Blog Carnival: Mathematics and Multimedia #22
As mentioned a couple of weeks ago, we are hosting the Mathematics & Multimedia Blog Carnival this month.

To make it more interesting (and slightly weird), the MathFour.com team has associated some arbitrary information (for various media) with each article.

In other words, these questions are answered for each:
1. Who is the ideal person (alive or dead, real or fiction) to record the reading of this post?
2. If this post were being made into the lyrics of a song, what should the genre of music be?
3. What type of costume would be worn during an interpretive dance during the performance/reading of this post?
4. What type of video game might be created based on this post?
Let’s Roll!

A Little Problem for the Holidays… by Colleen Young
- Read by: Patrick Stewart
- Music genre: Jack Black style like the math song
- Interpretive dance costume: Chameleon
- Video game: Space Invaders
How to Grow Algebra Eyes and Ears by Mathematics for Teaching
- Read by: Morgan Freeman
- Music genre: 2001 Space Odyssey style
- Interpretive dance costume: Colorful stripes
- Video game: Role playing game
10 Hot Pieces of Research to Help Boost Your Child’s Math by Maths Insider
- Read by: Alex Trebek
- Music genre: March
- Interpretive dance costume: Camouflage
- Video game: Jeopardy
Theorems of Triangles by MaxLogik on YouTube
- Read by: R2D2
- Music genre: Death Metal
- Interpretive dance costume: R2D2
- Video game: Jenga
And that’s Multi-Media!

For math and multimedia, we managed to include multiple media forms for each. Some spot on, some a little wiggy.

So now it’s your turn. Check out the articles. See why we picked the answers we did. There’s logic and fun in them all!

And don’t forget to comment on each that you visit and tweet this carnival out to your followers!

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April 23, 2012
Blog Carnival for Math Teachers at Play Number 48 Is Here – With a Fun Twist!

It’s my turn, again, to host the very cool Math Teachers at Play Blog Carnival.

Fridays sometimes have a 50 Word Friday article with a special feature – exactly 50 words. I’m doing a variation of this – every sentence in this post has 15 words exactly.

The requirement will be hard to meet, but I can do it with some effort!

Maths Insider‘s Caroline gives us even more jobs that need math; now she’s got 34!

Colleen Young notes: World Math Day is over but you can still get free games!

Malke shares her child’s story of working the Hundred’s Chart; I’m giddy to try it!

Lula, a homeschooling mom, shares her awesome perfect math curriculum; I’m loving her book recommendations!

Denise‘s brief review of Fermat’s Enigma gives us a taste of that cool history book.

The clever folks at IMACS shared a fun little logic puzzle: go find Max’s house!

Sue visited a second grade class and let them do problems their way – great story! Then she shared some curious insights into the world of memorizing math facts – very useful!

Bree is letting his class field the questions he’s getting from colleagues – as professional mathematicians!

Math Hombre turned Yahtzee into a “be a mathematician” game; the kids enjoyed and learned! And who can resist Xavier Golden’s amazing comic artistry of Mr. Slope Guy – my hero!

Mr. Chase‘s rant on rationalizing and simplifying is correct, brilliant and familiar; he is me!

Tiger got to experience tangram puzzles free from “right” answers – pure creativity and learning here!

John refutes the ridiculous notion that Silicon Valley changes the “definition of mathematics” – as if…

Toddler Olympics are cute, fun and full of learning; these twins are Learners in Bloom! And they do math that inspires me to start more formally with Daughter – can’t wait!

Cats and Qtips; parabolas and paths; Rebecka explains a quadratics lesson with the strangest supplies!

Frederick has created a (pretty hard) quiz for fun; don’t try it when you’re tired!

Do you have a math article on your site that involves some type of play? Share the post (and the url) in the comments section so we can enjoy it!

(Wow – that was a challenge that I’m not sure I’ll ever want to take again!)

If you want to tweet this insanity to your friends and/or PLN click here.

Oh – I use this word counter tool to do these word and character based articles!

March 16, 2012
Math Teachers at Play Blog Carnival #42
To mix things up a little, this month’s Math Teachers at Play Blog Carnival is a love story – between two people and then their new cute daughter. It’s a story of the coolest carnival of all – having kids.

The Story of Bernice and John, Mathematician Parents

by Bernice Abel

When John and I decided to have children, I knew we would be Making More Math Geeks. And I was okay with that. I was actually quite excited about it.

“How many kids do you want?” he asked before we were married. I thought about it a bit and said, “I probably want an odd number of kids.”

“What base is that in?” He asked me. I swooned. Could it be that he knew about Odd Numbers in Odd Bases? One thing was for sure, I knew he was Asking Good Questions. Especially when he asked me to marry him!

“You know,” he said, “We should have just the right number of girls and just the right number of boys. The Golden Ratio of our own, so to speak.”

There were so many things to be in love with in this man!

The day daughter was born was a life scalar multiple.

When I went into labor, I had just finished some Mathematics Crosswords and started an article called, “Curriculum Choice Review: Key to…Math Curriculum.” We raced to the hospital just in time for our sweet daughter, Clementine, to be born.

I immediately asked for pizza.

“Why pizza?” He asked.

“I don’t know,” I said, “I just gave birth to a math geek, so I’m feeling like I should be eating 1/8, 1/4, or even 1/2 of something. I really don’t want our new daughter needing Fraction Help. And I know this hospital has pizza cut into 8 slices.”

He said, “You know, The (Mathematical) Trouble with Pizza is…” And then I glared at him. “Get me some pizza!” I screamed. The love of a math guy was wearing off.

“What took you so long?” I asked when he finally got back with my pizza. “You didn’t have to calculate any tip, and even My New Percent Lessons wouldn’t have helped you figure out the tax – the cash register does it all!”

“I was Actually Doing Day One Airplanes,” he said.

“What does that mean?” I replied.

“You know,” he said, “A little Math and Fun.”

I said, “My idea of math and fun is some Tesseracts and Factor Lattices. And I didn’t have either to keep me entertained while you were gone.”

I didn’t mention my desire for a iPad even though I had heard of the new fad of iPad Gaming in Math and Science. Money was tight and Clementine was already proving to be an expensive bundle of cuteness.

“Don’t even act like you were sitting around bored. You surely were writing some math ed thing like, 5 Tips For Coaxing Dreaded Maths Corrections From Your Child.”

He knows me so well!

The Last Few Math Teachers at Play Carnivals
September 17, 2011