beyond graphing calculators

BEYOND GRAPHING CALCULATORS

Technology in the Math ClassroomRob Warneke

rob.warneke@byron.k12.mn.us

Why do we need technology?

The Expectations

NCLB MCA standards and MCA testing

Student Needs

Instruction needs to be more accessible Instruction needs to be more

differentiated Instruction needs to address learning

styles

Teacher Needs

Best Practice information (internet-youtube)

Data driven decision making (Excel) A Professional learning community to aid

in professional development (internet, Skype, and/or department)

Time to collaborate with department (hardest to get, google docs.)

Solution

Cooperative department ‘Outside the box’ thinking An understanding staff and

administration

Clarifications

Technology is not just for ‘in class’ time, it can be very useful outside of the classroom

Technology can help your students improve and succeed, but it can also help you, the teacher, improve and succeed.

Best Practice YouTube videos Professional Learning Community with

fellow staff members and/or someone from another school via Skype or email

Youtube videos from your Smartboards

YouTube Resources Youtube.com (upload your own lectures via Smartboard

recorder)

http://www.khanacademy.org/

Textbook internet resources

http://glencoe.com

Textbook internet resources: Hippocampus.org (Algebra only, but very

interactive)

Textbook internet resources:Hippocampus.org (Algebra only, but very interactive)

Textbook internet resources:

Hippocampus can align with certain textbooks

Textbook internet resources:Hippocampus topics can be searched sequentially or

alphabetically

Textbook internet resources:

Textbook internet resources:Hippocampus topics are fully interactive and have

audio

Internet resources: http://nlvm.usu.edu (National library of virtual

manipulatives)

Internet resources:

Internet resources:

Internet resources:

Internet resources:http://www.mathwarehouse.com/ - very interactive in showing the concepts

Internet resources:http://www.mathopenref.com/ - great visual aids

Textbook internet resources:

Gapminder.org (Great for Stats classes and Social Sciences)

Internet resources: (a list of what the Byron Math Dept. came up with)

Why do we need technology?

The Expectations

NCLB MCA standards and MCA testing

Student Needs

Instruction needs to be more accessible Instruction needs to be more

differentiated Instruction needs to address learning

styles

Teacher Needs

Best Practice information (internet-youtube)

Data driven decision making (Excel) A Professional learning community to aid

in professional development (internet, Skype, and/or department)

Time to collaborate with department (hardest to get, google docs.)

Solution

Cooperative department ‘Outside the box’ thinking An understanding staff and

administration

BEYOND GRAPHING CALCULATORS

Technology in the Math ClassroomRob Warneke

rob.warneke@byron.k12.mn.us