Immense Power of Interactive Math Explainers
Question given to a high school student: Given Truck A arrives at a random time between 9am and 11am, and Truck B arrives at a random time between 10am and 12pm (noon). What are the Odds that Truck A arrives before Truck B? Why?
Interactive Solution:
Comparision with alternate approach Link to solution with pobability distributions
Back in my high school days, I didn't have the privilege of using technology that makes it easy to create interactive explainers. Today, we have a plethora of tools - Geogebra, Desmus, Mathworks, D3 on iPad/phone/PC.
What other tools come to mind for interactive explainers?Thanks to my Heroes for inspiring me to learn how to create interactive explainers
Bret Victor This video inspired me to learn how to create interactive visualizations/explainers. Check out Bret Victor's Website
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Mike Bostock
He recommends one to collect/create lots of examples as a build up to understand complex topics.
Check out Mike Bostock's Blocks