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=Welcome to Math Mindmaps!=

This visual math dictionary is being built by the students in Ms Ouradnik's "Math Concepts" class at Pseudo Atomic Virtual High School (PAVHS)* as part of a collaborative math project. Stop back and visit often, or sign up to be notified of changes (on the Notify Me tab above), since you never know when something new and different might appear on the site!

Find links to the definitions and visual representations on the Glossary page.

**Project Description**
Students are asked to create a visual representation of a math term or concept and add it to the wiki.

Instructions for members of the MathMasters wiki:
1. Pick a math term or concept from one of the dictionaries found on the [|MathWords] web site. (Clicking on [|MathWords] will open the site in a new window or tab in your browser) 2. Create a visual representation of the term or concept that you've chosen. Use your imagination and be creative! Try to explain the term, through your image, to someone who might be having a hard time understanding the term or concept. (Check out the pages that have already been created and linked off the Glossary page for examples of what others have done.) 3. If your finished image is not in digital form (preferably GIF, JPG, or PNG), scan your picture so that it is now a digital file in one of the 3 suggested formats. If you do not know how to do this or don't have access to a scanner, please ask a friend or the instructor for help. 4. Upload your image to the wiki, using the File upload tool. (You'll need to be logged into wikispaces with your username name and password to do this. 5. Check the Glossary page to see if a page for your term/concept already exists. If not, create a page on the wiki that has a text definition of the term you've chosen, along with a copy of the image you uploaded. (See an example) If a page for your term/concept is already linked to the Glossary page, you will need to edit the term/concept page to add your own image. Do NOT delete any images or text that already exist on the page you are editing. Add your own definition, image, and name after anything that is already on the page. Save any edits to make the changes. 6. If you created a new term/concept page, go to the Glossary page in the wiki and edit the Glossary page so that it contains a link to the page you created for your term/concept definition and image. Please be sure to add your link in alphabetical order to the list of terms/concepts. 7. If you have used any resource material that is not already listed on the Sources page, please add your source citation. 8. Test the link on the Glossary page to be sure that it properly links to the term/concept page containing your definition and image.