Making Math Social
We’re pleased to announce an exciting new way for our users to collaborate when learning math. You may ask “how math can be social?” Well, we’ve developed some easy to use tools that allow you to interact with your friends and the whole web world.
We’re calling the feature ‘Mathlets’ – an acronym for Math-Learning-Teaching-Sharing. It’s still in Beta but here’s what the page looks like on Google’s OpenSocial platform Orkut
To start with you can see what lessons are being read by your friends and what everyone else is interested in for that matter. We’ve also made it possible for you to create a journal, add links and even add a video to make a personalized copy of the lesson – which you can then share with all your freeloader friends …and if you prefer instant help, we’ve linked in Google Talk for you to collaborate in real time.
At HeyMath! we believe that collaboration and math are natural partners. From the days of Pythagoras – who incidentally worked in a large team – right up to the design of the Faculty of Mathematics at Cambridge University, it has been well understood that talking about math to peers is vital.
Happy learning…teaching… and sharing!


