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Our first post will be after the season premeire of “NUMB3RS” on September 28th. So check out our bloggers’ bios, and bookmark this page!
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September 30th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
I love using Numb3rs in my classroom and am constantly creating new activities to accompany the episodes. I have looked at the activities supplied on the website, but they are a little too advanced for my seventh graders. I’m looking for an episode that will be conducive to our current topic: Integers. Any ideas?
October 4th, 2007 at 12:30 pm
I use the Numb3rs activities in my classes–teaching College Pre-calculus algebra to Developmental math. I really use the stats/probability in my “Math for Liberal Arts” more! I would love to see some activities that I could use in my Developmental math also.
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October 4th, 2007 at 12:38 pm
I use the Numb3rs activites from seasons 1-3 in my classes extensively. I hope TI will go back to the format used in the first 3 seasons as it is much easier to print and use in this format.
October 4th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
I also have used the Numb3rs activities from season 1-3 in my classroom and I would agree with tjelinek that the format for those seasons was much easier to use in the classroom than just the blogs.
October 4th, 2007 at 6:36 pm
I do the same with tjelinek and jlfaulstich. I download the activites and post it on my website (without the answers.) Then my students will download the activity sheet(s) and then watch or tape the show. After the show, my students will answer the questions during the weekend and turn it in on Monday.
October 4th, 2007 at 7:50 pm
I also used activities from Numb3rs in my middle school classroom, some as extension of our topics, others as enhancement or challenges. The previous format was helpful, though I did have to adjust many for the middle school audience. (some of my average students ate this stuff up - other more intellectual kids seemed to thrive on the ‘high school/college challenge’).
This current format may be more ‘user friendly’ for teacher developing, but may actually be less ‘user friendly’ for immediate use - especially if they won’t be posted PRIOR to airing.
October 5th, 2007 at 11:44 am
I am concerned with the torture or proposed torture scene on this program ( I had to turn the TV off at that point).
I can’t ask my students to watch any program that would include this kind of violence, suggested or actual.
I am a math teacher, but I also have a moral responsibility to my students.
So much is said about violent computer games. This level of violence on a TV program promoted by educators is a source of concern.
October 7th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Wow. charlotte and I are on the same wave length. I just finished watching the 2nd episode last night via the internet. In addition to the violence, the sexual content is getting to be too much as well. I am quite familiar with law enforcement professionals and you would NEVER see a female law enforcement officer dressed in the provacative ways that we see the characters on NUMB3RS dressed. Also, it was completely unnecessary to impress upon the audience that two of them are sleeping together.
The activities posted on the website can be used in the classroom without the students watching the show. I can tell my students the jist of the story and then introduce the activity. I refuse to encourage my students to watch NUMB3RS when there are scenes I would not allow my own children to view. PLEASE, cbs and TI, get your acts together if you want your audience to be teenagers!
October 10th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
In this episode Charlie is shown giving a lecture and saying that the game of chicken has 3 Nash equilibria. This is not correct, the game only has two. The two are the combinations of (Swerve, Go Straight) and (Go Straight, Swerve). Perhaps there is some other consideration that the writers involved and of which I’m not aware.
October 11th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
tam-i-am, I would assume TI does not have any control over what the content of the actual shows will be, though I could be wrong.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:18 pm
ilovenumb3rs, you are correct. Ti has no control over the content of the show.
October 31st, 2007 at 8:55 pm
Well, after thinking about it some more I realized that the third Nash equilibrium that the episode refers to must have been a mixed strategy equilbrium, which assigns probabilities to the pure strategies. Sort of like a tennis player - sometimes you hit down the line, other times you go cross court. The mixed strategy approach searches for the best combination of those two strategies for the player. So, about my earlier post…my bad, the show was most likely correct.
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