Models for Math provides affordable subscription-based
interactive math websites for schools and districts.
It partners with open content providers to deliver their content in a rich interactive learning environment. Models for Math offers
free accounts for individual teachers.
Models for Math Interactive Learning Environment
The Models for Math Interactive Learning Environment is uniquely tailored to support online lessons that use interactive online math tools such as mathlets, virtual manipulatives, and GeoGebra worksheets. Key aspects of the learning environment are:
- Interactive Content. Teachers have immediate access to a plethora of high quality interactive math tools and lessons.
- Simplicity. The user interface and interactions are designed to keep the focus on the content and the learning.
- Easy Adaptation. Teachers can easily adapt, extend, and create lessons.
- Contextualization. Interactive tools can easily be contextualized using an online editor to write instructions and questions and to add controls for students to respond to questions.
- Mathlet Configuration. Authors can configure applets for use in an activity using a web based interface.
- Web Resources. Activity authors can include resources from anywhere on the web in a lesson.
- Tracking. Teachers can view student work done using mathlets and submitted in forms.
- Assessment. Provided lessons include online quizzes that include the interactive tools used in the lesson.
- Standards Alignment. Provided lessons are aligned with national and state standards.
Free Hosting for Open Content Providers
Models for Math partners with providers of interactive open content for mathematics to provide free hosting of their content for their communities using the Models for Math interactive learning environment. Work is underway to create a Models for Math site for the GeoGebra community.
Discussions are under way with other content providers. If you are an open content provider interested in setting up a Models for Math website for your community, please email joel.duffin@gmail.com.
Free Accounts for Teachers
Models for Math provides free accounts for individual teachers and content developers. Free teacher accounts let teachers set up classes, organize content for use with their students, and view student work. Models for Math has obtained a license to use and extend materials from the National Library of Virtual Manipulatives (NLVM) and eNLVM.
Free teacher accounts allow teachers access to NLVM and eNLVM content in addition to open content. Using a free account, teachers can download open content for offline use or to upload to other websites. Teachers can choose to pay to download premium content.
School and District Websites
Models for Math offers affordable setup, support, and hosting of Models for Math websites for schools and districts. Additional functionality provided includes:
- Custom website. Set of a custom website on a subdomain or new domain.
- Control panel. Access to a site administration panel which provides the ability to easily customize the site and control user accounts.
- Site customization. Assistance customizing the appearance of the website.
- Reports. Additional school and district wide reports.
- Privacy. Schools have the option of making their courses and content private.
- Backups. Daily backups of content and student records and the ability to roll back to a specified day.
- Security. Optionally secure transmission of student data across.
- Desktop applications. Download desktop application versions of the content and tools that does not require a connection to the internet.
- Setup. Initial set up of classes for teachers and import of relevant content.
- Notifications. Regular notification of updates to content and the system.
- Support. Email based customer support with a guaranteed 24-hour response time.
- Content development. Content development consulting.