CSDT- Virtual Bead Loom – Cartesian Coordinates

The virtual bead loom is the tool that the Culturally-Situated Design Tools group usually starts with.  As with all the tools,  it starts with the culture.  Many Native American tribes use four fold symmetry in their designs.  The math inherent in these patterns runs deep. In the classroom spend time on the culture, this is [...]

Ron Eglash & Culturally-Situated Design Tools

Ron Eglash (TED Talk, Website)  has done some amazing things with math and culture.  In an effort to tie math and culture together he created a group of web-tools.  They cover everything from Fractals & African Architecture to Native Americans Bead Looms.  Minority students see their cultures taught as primitive or native, but there a [...]