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In Yogyakarta on Java, one of the main islands of Indonesia, Matthias Ludwig had the opportunity to introduce MathCityMap in form of a main lecture. Nearly 200 participants from neighboring Southeast Asian countries listened to the latest developments (GPS position tasks) and research results on MCM.
On the usual conference photos in the Asian area, further known faces can be observed. Dr. Xenia-Rosemarie Reit, former PhD student at the IDMI was invited to talk about modeling in mathematics lessons.
At the conference, Adi Nur Cahyono, who completed his dissertation on the aspects of mobile learning with the help of MCM, received his PhD certificate.
On Thursday, 5th October 2017, the EU project MoMaTrE officially started in the House of Mathematics at the École Normal Superieure Lyon. MoMaTrE is the acronym for Mobile Math Trails in Europe and that is exactly what we want to do within the next 3 years: to spread the Math Trail idea with the help of new technologies in Europe. All project partners from five EU countries (France, Germany, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain) were represented and prepared the first milestones for the various subprojects. One thing is already clear: MCM will play a central role in MoMaTrE and will be further developed. It should be noted that future versions of the app will contain educational features, that there will be 100 generic tasks as well as an app for authors with which one can create MCM tasks on site.
On the picture you can see from left to right
On the stairs: Matthias Ludwig (GU, Frankfurt), Immanuel Scheerer (Aut, Berlin), Johannes Scheerer (Aut, Berlin), Christian Mercat (UCBL, Lyon)
Below: Ana Moura (IPP, Porto) , Claudia Lazaro (FESPME, Santander), Patrik Berger (UCBL, Lyon), Carmen Monzo Gonzalez (FESPME, Santander), Iwan Gurjanow (GU, Frankfurt), Joerg Zender (GU, Frankfurt), Pedro Santos (INESC-ID, Lisbon), Amelia Caldeira (IPP, Porto), Imrich Jakab (CPU, Nitra), Sona Ceretkova (CPU, Nitra).
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:
Within the next three years, the project has the following aims
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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!
