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Math Teacher from Carlsbad Gets Million Hits on Youtube

MiraCosta College math instructor Julie Harland has passed the one million mark on her YouTube channel, where she has posted more than 500 of her self-made math videos.

Carlsbad resident Julie Harland is reaching millions with her math videos posted on Youtube.

Harland’s math videos have attracted attention from all corners of the earth, including from a math teacher at the Bard Prison Initiative, a college program for prisoners in New York. The teacher told Harland that her videos were the best he’d seen and asked if she could send him some copies on disc. Harland has also received emails, letters and postings from students around the world for whom her math videos have helped.

“I've also got some cool, fun videos that show you easy ways to do arithmetic. The videos are used by K-12 and college students, as well as by anyone wanting to pass the G.E.D., those needing brush-ups, or anyone at any age simply wanting to learn or have fun. I've also heard from many retired people,” says Harland. “I like to share knowledge and make math lessons available to everyone—why limit it to my classroom. I enjoy the feeling that I’m helping people understand math—It’s like turning on a light bulb.”

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Harland graduated from Vista High School and taught there after getting her B.A. in mathematics at UC Santa Barbara. She went on to get her M.A. in applied mathematics at UC San Diego and joined the MiraCosta College faculty in 1987. She has since written her own math books, which are used at MiraCosta College. 

“I want students to know that math is everywhere. What they learn is how to problem solve. They can be good at math—all it takes is practice—I want them to know they can do it.”

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Harland’s YouTube channel can be viewed at youtube.com/videosbyjulieharland. She also has a website on which her math videos are organized by topic: YourMathGal.com

–Press Release by MiraCosta College


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