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Newsgroups

Google Groups at http://groups.google.com/ has thousands of news groups and 800 million messages.

Here are some newsgroups you may try:

• sci.math, more math than education.
• uk.education.math, intended for discussion of mathematics and issues in all aspects of mathematical education.
• k12.ed.math, for math or math teaching at the elementary school or high school math level.
• alt.algebra.help, for high school math.
• alt.math.undergrad, for undergraduate math.
• rec.puzzles, for puzzles.
• alt.math.recreational, for recreational math
• comp.lang.logo, to share ideas among educators using Logo.
• schl.sig.logo, to share ideas among educators using Logo.

Once you have found a group you like, you can post questions to the group, answer questions, or just read the exchange of ideas. 

To search in a specific group, follow the key words by 'group: name-of-group'. Example: to search for 'constant' in the group k12.ed.math, type 'constant group:k12.ed.math' in the search box.

Email lists

Electronic mailing lists allow many users to participate in a "group" email discussion. The principle is simple: each message submitted to a mailing list is forwarded to all the people who are subscribed to the list. These sites have information about lists that relate to mathematics education:

• http://www.mathsnet.net/mec/
• http://mathforum.org/discussions/
• www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/gateway/email.htm#email 
• http://archives.math.utk.edu/news.html.

To find a list that discusses your favourite topic, you may also try a search at www.liszt.com/. 

One example of a mailing list:

'A new discussion list has been announced from ATM (The Association of Teachers of Mathematics, UK). The list is intended for the following purposes: discussing the use of ATM resources; sharing classroom ideas; sharing information about ATM and the teaching of mathematics; job opportunities; ATM book/resource reviews; notification of ATM conference and other courses; notification of regional ATM events; announcements from the ATM office in Derby. To join the list, send the single message "subscribe" to atm-mail-request@nottingham.ac.uk'

Chat

You can discuss math education live on the net. Enter a chat room, say who you are and throw yourself into the discussion typing your thoughts and reactions. 

You can search for suitable chat rooms at Liszt www.liszt.com/. If you search for "math" about eight rooms are listed. On Dalnet, #math is a friendly room to visit. 

I have not found any rooms for math education yet. If you can't find a room for your special interest, you can arrange with your friends to meet in your own room for a chat. 

To reach chat rooms not attached to sites you need a chat program. The popular mIRC can be downloaded from www.mirc.co.uk.     

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