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@bsky.app Check out this week's #Math371 blog post from Cayden Ellis on Gamification going too far!
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This week's #Math371 blog post from Anna Wagner discusses the importance of Balancing Technology and Traditional Skills in the Classroom.
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This week's #Math371 blog post is from Brandon Wheeler. He talks about his experience at the 2026 SD STEM Ed Conference.
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This week's #Math371 blog post comes from Bre Ponce, who just attended the SD STEM Ed Conference in Huron. Shout out to @johngolden.bsky.social! mathtechsdsu.blogspot.com/2026/02/lear...

In this week's #Math371 blog, Jerica Stark discusses Should it be Flipped?
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This week's #Math371 blog post was written by Annika Bruner. She discusses Productive Struggle in the Digital Space.
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Trying something new: Gamifying the course I had thought about this since December, but didn't really work on it until the last minute. Yes, I am an extreme procrastinator. It helps m...

The #Math371 blog is back for this semester. And I am trying something new with the course so I blogged about it this week.
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It is a dream come true. I am now a math instructor at the other SDSU, San Diego State University.
Not really--this is a tribute to the one and only @howiehua.bsky.social.
Do not worry--I am still at the best SDSU, South Dakota State University.
#howiehuaappreciationday #HappyBdayHowie

Come work with me at South Dakota State University.
• Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics: yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/44020
• Assistant Professor of Statistics: yourfuture.sdbor.edu/postings/44018

So cool—thank you for sharing.

This mother #duck introduces her ducklings to society after making her nest in a #school building…
🦆🦆💜💜
#DuckSky
#Reddit
r\NextF***ingLevel

Thank you for the heads up. Sorry you had to learn the hard way.

I didn’t even think about you being here. I am too. I may try to come to your afternoon presentation tomorrow.

I just said that to my niece. Because they didn’t call the cops right away?

Math 371 Art Project The Math 371 (Technology for STEM Educators) students were given the directions to create something artsy using the online graphing calculator Desmos.

My #Math371 students have completed their Desmos Art Project. Vote for your favorites. #iteachmath #mtbos
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Another great #Math371 blog post, where Andrew shares his personal experience with math anxiety. That takes a lot of courage! #iteachmath #mtbos

I made this mistake today—didn’t see your post soon enough.

There are so many already in there often—Trump, Elon..

PUT THIS ON BLAST:

Trump’s tariffs just pushed the risk of a U.S. and global recession this year up to 60%—up from 40%, according to J.P. Morgan.

THATS NOT ALL:

The White House made up the numbers—Trump Math 🤡

The Sacred Geometry of Tilings YouTube video by Kuvina Saydaki

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In this week's #Math371 blog post, Ericka Ackmann discusses why getting help from online math tools isn't all bad.
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But knowing Noem, it wouldn’t be that surprising!

On this Ides of March, I got an email from NSF telling me that our very successful Noyce scholarship program did not receive funding. Anyone else get bad news today?

Kristi Noem's credit card expenses: Search database to see 5 years of charges The Dakota Scout, Sioux Falls Live curate more than 1,200 transactions from Noem's staff on state-issued credit card; searchable database made available to subscribers

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Videogamification of Learning The costs of learning from a screen

Videogamification of learning:

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A System for Meeting Absent Students’ Needs (and Everyone Else’s Too) | Cult of Pedagogy Catching up absent students never seems to get easier. Here's an approach that might work.

Student absences have been a problem for generations, but few teachers have figured out a foolproof plan for solving it. This week on the podcast, Robert Barnett explains how his approach helped him solve the problem of student absences in his own classroom.
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Grande in gown with skirt best described as a hexapod saddle.

Plot of z=1−exp(x⁶−15x⁴y²+15x²y⁴−y⁶) with x,y inside the unit disk; made in desmos.

Ariana Grande's Oscars gown as the graph of f(x,y) = 1−exp(x⁶−15x⁴y²+15x²y⁴−y⁶): www.desmos.com/3d/ktg4co3cpm

In this week's #Math371 blog post, Christian Hodgson attempts to answer the question, "Why does everyone hate word problems?" #iteachmath #mtbos
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What frustrates me about this is that other disciples don’t understand the time it takes from submission to publication in math! These people then write T & P standards which expect 1 publication per year—that isn’t necessarily realistic in math.

Mathematics: Sudoku as a Graph

Sudoku cells are like dots, and the rules are like lines connecting them, showing which cells can't share numbers. This allows mathematicians to use graph theory to analyze and solve the puzzle.

#bluesky #mathematics