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MoMaTrE – Mobile Math Trails In Europe

After one year of preparation we managed it: MathCityMap is the heart of the Strategic Partnership MoMaTrE. MoMaTrE is an acronym for Mobile Math Trails in Europe. The working group MATIS I led the application for this Erasmus + project. Currently, seven institutions from five countries are participating: Goethe University, Frankfurt Univerzita Konstantina Filozofa, Nitra, Slovakia Université Claude […]

After one year of preparation we managed it: MathCityMap is the heart of the Strategic Partnership MoMaTrE. MoMaTrE is an acronym for Mobile Math Trails in Europe. The working group MATIS I led the application for this Erasmus + project. Currently, seven institutions from five countries are participating:

Goethe University, Frankfurt
Univerzita Konstantina Filozofa, Nitra, Slovakia
Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento, Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Porto, Portugal
Autentek GmbH, Berlin (software company)
Federación Española de Sociedades de Profesores de Matemáticas, Santander, Spain

Within the next three years, the project has the following aims

Spread of mobile Math Trails across Europe
Further development of MathCityMap (including Gamification, mobile authoring tools, new task formats, educational Math Trail features)
Database for generic Tasks
Development and implementation of (international) training modules (shortterm curriculum)
Development and implementation of accredited seminars on outdoor mathematics (longterm curriculum)
Explore the use of mobile math trails and present the results at congresses and publications

Apart from the contentual reasons, the many supporting letters of our associate partners were responsible for the award. For example, we were able to convince the MNU, the Media Office of the DMV, Mathe im Leben, the DZLM, and the Stiftung Rechnen. From France are supported by the IREM, from Spain the Royal Spanish Society of Mathematics, from Portugal the Mathematicial Society as well as the Mathematics Teaching Association, and from Slovakia the Association of Slovak mathematicians and physicists.

The new MCM team

As MCM (see chart) continues to grow, we also need more employees. Since 15th August, seven people have been working in the MCM team. In the picture from left to right: Daniel Birnbaum (seconded teacher for computer science and sports, iOS app), Matthias Ludwig (head of the MCM project), Joerg Zender (research associate, momatre.eu), Simone […]

As MCM (see chart) continues to grow, we also need more employees. Since 15th August, seven people have been working in the MCM team.

In the picture from left to right:

Daniel Birnbaum (seconded teacher for computer science and sports, iOS app), Matthias Ludwig (head of the MCM project), Joerg Zender (research associate, momatre.eu), Simone Jablonski (research associate, public relations), Martin Lipinski (seconded teacher for math and sports, teacher training), Iwan Gurjanow (research associate, web portal and Android app). Moritz Baumann-Wehner (student, trainings, events) is unfortunately not in the picture.

If you have any questions regarding the project, please contact the listed persons:

ludwig at math.uni-frankfurt.de

gurjanow at math.uni-frankfurt.de

zender at math.uni-frankfurt.de

lipinski at math.uni-frankfurt.de

birnbaum at math.uni-frankfurt.de

jablonski at math.uni-frankfurt.de

MCM in Kappeln – a great success

Even in the summer holidays, MathCityMap is demanded. At the “Mathe Magie” exhibition in Kappeln, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig created various Mathtrails especially for the city of Kappeln. One can choose between the family trail and trails for different grades. Rebecca Nordmann from “Schleiboten” wrote a wonderful text about the Mathtrail which expresses the […]

Even in the summer holidays, MathCityMap is demanded. At the “Mathe Magie” exhibition in Kappeln, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig created various Mathtrails especially for the city of Kappeln. One can choose between the family trail and trails for different grades.

Rebecca Nordmann from “Schleiboten” wrote a wonderful text about the Mathtrail which expresses the mood in solving the tasks and which we want to share with you. We further want to thank for the photo taken by Rebecca Nordmann.

MathCityMap goes to Namibia

From 17th July to 22nd July 2017, MathCityMap was presented at the National Institute for Educational Development in Okahandja to a select group of postgraduates and students from all over Namibia. Of course, we searched for special tasks. One of them focuses on the Camel Thorn Tree… …and another on the Namibian Desert Cactus. The […]

From 17th July to 22nd July 2017, MathCityMap was presented at the National Institute for Educational Development in Okahandja to a select group of postgraduates and students from all over Namibia. Of course, we searched for special tasks. One of them focuses on the Camel Thorn Tree…

…and another on the Namibian Desert Cactus.

The interest in the mobile mathtrails was very high and tasks were found and created diligently. We are looking forward to seeing more tasks in whole Namibia.

MCM Trails in Kappeln

At the invitation of Stiftung Rechnen and EuroScience, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig spent two days in Kappeln in Schleswig-Holstein at the Baltic Sea to create MCM Mathtrails for a vacation project. The Stiftung Rechnen and EuroScience will hold from 08.07. – 12.08 the interactive exhibition Mathe Magie. To do this, the working group MATIS […]

At the invitation of Stiftung Rechnen and EuroScience, Iwan Gurjanow and Matthias Ludwig spent two days in Kappeln in Schleswig-Holstein at the Baltic Sea to create MCM Mathtrails for a vacation project.

The Stiftung Rechnen and EuroScience will hold from 08.07. – 12.08 the interactive exhibition Mathe Magie. To do this, the working group MATIS I was asked to create various MCM trails in the city at the Schlei. Of course, this was not a question for us: we would like to support the project and created 27 new tasks in Kappeln at the beginning of June.

The photo shows : Jeanette Schuppe-Krahn (EuroScience), Henning Mittelmann (Mittelmanns Werft), Matthias Ludwig, Iwan Gurjanow (both Goethe University), Bodo Meusel (EuroScience), Lara Zemite (Wirtschaft und Touristik Kappeln GmbH), Matthias Mau.

After our presentation in Münster at the beginning of the week, the WDR created a short video about our MCM app. A student tested the trail in Münster and did quite well.

Have fun watching. Click here for the video.

MathCityMap App for iOS

We are pleased to announce that the MathCityMap app is now also available for iOS smartphones, such as the iPhone. You can find the app either by searching in the app store for: “mathcitymap” or by clicking on the following logo: Have you discovered bugs or would you like further features? Please contact us: info (at) mathcitymap.eu!

We are pleased to announce that the MathCityMap app is now also available for iOS smartphones, such as the iPhone. You can find the app either by searching in the app store for: “mathcitymap” or by clicking on the following logo:

Have you discovered bugs or would you like further features? Please contact us: info (at) mathcitymap.eu!

Happy Birthday MCM-App! Numbers and Facts

At the 3rd of March, the MCM-App became one year old. At first, all the best to it! We would take this opportunity to draw an interim conclusion. Development The app did not always look the way as it does today (see cover picture). It was a long development process until the app satisfied the […]

At the 3^rd of March, the MCM-App became one year old. At first, all the best to it! We would take this opportunity to draw an interim conclusion.

Development

The app did not always look the way as it does today (see cover picture). It was a long development process until the app satisfied the demands. To do so, we presented and used the app in numerous events and let the feedback enter the further development. Through this, functions such as the guided tour (start from a selected task), the orange interval and first gamification elements were included. Meanwhile, the app arrived in its 14^th version under the designation “1.82”. Nevertheless, we still have further ideas, which we want to implement in the future.

Prospects

We are pleased with the iOS-version of MCM, which will probably appear in the beginning of April. Further, in nearby future, it should be possible to create GPS-based tasks (e.g. to position oneself in a right angle from two points). More, task templates for objects which can be found often in the environment (e.g. advertisement pillars) should facilitate the creation of tasks extremely. The supplemental project “MCM-Control” should allow teachers to follow the learners’ progress and intervene if necessary.

Numbers

The MCM-App for Android has been downloaded and installed over 500 times and has an actual evaluation of 3,8/5 stars (we look forward to further evaluations!). Now, the MCM web portal includes over 1000 tasks, which are created and revised by about 200 registered users. The tasks can be located in different areas, e.g. Hamburg, Potsdam, Rhein-Main area, Erlangen, Wetzlar, Münster, Saarbrücken, Würzburg, Mannheim, Lyon (France), Semarang (Indonesia) and many more. In the past year, we offered ten events for teachers to get to know outdoor mathematics with MathCityMap.

It will be interesting to see what can be expected for 2017.

MCM at the annual conference of the GDM in Potsdam

At the 27th February 2017, the 51st annual conference of the “Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik” in Potsdam starts. The project MathCityMap participates with three activities and presents the development and reserach on the MCM-project. First of all, Adi Nur Cahyono presents the findings of his dissertation on Monday, 27.02.17, (16.15-16.50, S13): “MathCityMap: Motivating students […]

At the 27th February 2017, the 51st annual conference of the “Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik” in Potsdam starts. The project MathCityMap participates with three activities and presents the development and reserach on the MCM-project.

First of all, Adi Nur Cahyono presents the findings of his dissertation on Monday, 27.02.17, (16.15-16.50, S13): “MathCityMap: Motivating students to engage in mathematics through a mobile app-supported math trail program”.

On Tuesday, 28.02.2017, (12.45, S17), a teacher training with M. Ludwig, J. Zender and I. Gurjanow takes place: “MathCityMap – Explore and create math trails in city and country with mobile devices”.

On Friday, 03.03.2017, (11.00-11.35, S22), Iwan Gurjanow presents his research findings on “Influence of gamification of the instrinsic motivation by the example of the MathCityMap-App”.

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