The future of Math looks a little brighter.

The downward trend in US and European math grades has been reversed in Michigan. The Michigan Department of Education reports that "more than 75 percent of students in grades 3-8 tested as 'proficient or above' on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program math tests given in the fall of 2008, including 91 percent of third graders,"

It will be interesting to see if this trend continues into more advanced grades.

E-learning 2.0 and Brain Power Math

The benefits of e-learning and web 2.0 technology are self evident. Brain Power Math can benefit greatly from integration with these technologies. In fact any future development will have e-learning 2.0 firmly at it's core. Some interesting features that could be added are the ability to embed an e-learning module in a blog post (similar to Scribd, SlideShare and YouTube). A collaborative tool along with a question rating system that could be used by both teachers and students may be useful.

In a very interesting blog post entitled Examples of eLearning 2.0 : eLearning Technology Dr. Tony Karrer outlines approaches that utilize e-learning 2.0 technology. Many of these would greatly improve the usefulness and relevance of Brain Power Math to both the modern teacher and student.