Kimberly Schutte

Laura Kinion

Margarita Vidrio

New and Emerging Technologies

Homemade Smart BoardsDiscovered and idea created by Johnny Lee

Using a Wii Remote and ProjectorCreate Your Own Special Pens

Content Specific SoftwareExamples using Mathematics

GSP

Types of New & Emerging Technologies

• Smart Boards can be expensive.• Making your own Smart Board only requires

minimal cost.– Need Wii Mote or Wii Remote

• Cost $35.96 currently at Wal-Mart (New)• As low as $13.50 on Ebay (New and Used)

– Create Infrared Pens• Cost as low as $2.00

– Software• Downloadable for Free

– Projector or Computer Screen

Homemade Smart Boards:Cost and Needed Equipment

Interactive and Engaged LearningFour Pens may be used since Wii Remote can

track up to Four PointsNot Available with Smart Board

Software available for freeAllows Students to engage in fun, interesting

activitiesCollaborative Work Available for:

Whole Class WorkSmall Group WorkPairs Work

Easy to create more than one for stations

Using Wii Remote Smart Board

Video on Creating Smart Boards

Teacher’s Blog Posthttp://falconphysics.blogspot.com/2009/02/wii

mote-interactive-whiteboard.html

Explores Teachers Efforts and Experience with Wii Remote Smart Boards

Provides helpful insight from teacher’s point of view

Provides helpful other web resources available to integrate with Wii Remote Smart Board

A Teacher’s Experience

Wii Remote/Pen Smart Board Uses

Same uses as a Smart Board Whole class engagement

More than one student may use the white board

Students can provide answers or discussion statements

Provide thinking and processes used by students

Software available for interactive gamesStudents can use to give presentations as

well as teachersCheck out the website for a variety of ideas

for different content areas:http://www.waukesha.k12.wi.us/WIT/SmartBoa

rd/specificapps.htm

• More information is available on Johnny Lee’s, the creator’s, website:

http://www.johnnylee.net

Choose Wii Remote ProjectsLow Cost Multi-Point Interactive Whiteboards

As well, the software is downloadable from this site and fun software downloads available

too.

Homemade Smart Board Review

Geometer’s Sketchpad is a mathematics program that builds and investigates models, objects, figures, diagrams, and graphs.

It is primarily used with Geometry ideas but can be applied to many other areas.

Students can create shapes and manipulate them without having to start over and focus more on the mathematics rather than building or creating a shape.

Classroom activities are available for download or purchase from the GSP Resource Center located at http://www.dynamicgeometry.com/

GSP: Geometer’s SketchpadWhat is it and how is it used?

With thorough knowledge of how GSP works, many images like this can be created.

Video demonstrating GSP

Geometer’s Sketchpad is available to purchase from the Key Curriculum Press website.

Key Curriculum Press is the leading distributor of GSP.

There are several purchasing options that are available depending on the amount of users. Such packages are for single-user, 10-user lab, unlimited-users, or several other options.

Spanish versions are also available.The costs range from $40 (single-user) to

$3500 (unlimited-user school site license with workshop)

http://www.keypress.com/x5521.xml

Cost and where to find GSP

Students are allowed to explore on their ownStudents can experience math in real life and how it

applies to real lifeIts fun for students to see something other than paper

and pencilGreat for demonstrations

Can be copied and pasted into any Microsoft Program

Benefits of using GSP

Example 1 of GSP Application20

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xHome = 8.00

School: (28.00, 20.50)

xStore = 20.00

xPark = 17.25

xFriend's House = 14.00

xPizza = 5.00

xFriend2 = 1.00

f x = p1 x +p2 x

p2 x = L x-12 R x-20 -0.108x3+4.4275x2 -56.2727x +216.877

p1 x = L x-9 R x-12 -5

6 x2+

91

6 x -69

R x = 0.5sgn x sgn x -1 L x = sgn sgn x +1

Library: (24.00, 20.50)

Hide SundayHide SaturdayWake UpShow Time Animate

SchoolStoreParkFriend's HouseHomePizzaFriend2 Library

Me In this application, you are given instructions to try to match the curves as well as you can. This is supposed to show students how to negative and positive numbers work. It helps students learn about velocity and rate of change.

Example 2 of GSP Application6

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I: (1, 2)G: (1, 3)

if a is positive theny goes up fromleft to right...slopeis postive...thefunction isincreasingThe line will be inquadrants oneand three

q x = ax

a = 3

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In this application, students get to play with sliders. They get to understand what each component of a line can change. They move a point in and out to see what changes and why.

For your classroom, do not forget to consider the uses of:

Homemade SmartBoards andContent Specific Software such as

Geometer’s Sketchpad

Both are interactive, engaging uses of technology that your students will most definitely benefit from!

New and Emerging Technologies