1. What is your name and your relationship to elearning?
My name is Don Sevcik and I am President of MathCelebrity.
2. What is MathCelebrity? How does it work?
MathCelebrity is a free automated online math tutoring website. You enter a math problem or search term, press the button, and every single line of work appears in less than one second which shows you how to solve the problem.
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3. Who is the site targeted for? Age groups? Types of math?
We cover Kindergarten through College. We have 27 subjects and over 430 calculators. We have been around for 7 years so the website has a vast array of curriculum coverage. We build more features each week.
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4. What do you think is the best way to teach applied math that asks people to solve real-life problems?
I'm big on empirical evidence and heuristics. Real life math problems need real life explanations as well as problems that have been solved in the past which utilize a similar solution.
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5. How do you help people get over a fear of math?
I try to lay out a detailed, easy to follow, step by step solution on the website. With personal tutoring, I try to leverage real world examples that make sense.
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6. What are your plans for the future? How would you best take math games / tutoring into the "wild"?
My future plans are to continue build more lessons, as well as expanding on science. We also have a programming blog. Many of our fans have expressed interest in programming, and I think STEM fields are a great thing to learn early. That is what our fans respond to, so that is what I will continue to offer.
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