Math and Technology in the Elementary Classroom A Staff Meeting Presentation

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Math and Technologyin the Elementary ClassroomA
Staff Meeting Presentation

• By Jennifer Matlick

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Background Information

• The Lakeview Public Schools Math Curriculum is
  based on the Everyday, or Chicago Math Series.
  
• This series discourages the use of technology,
  particularly calculators.

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Affordances of Technology

• Transformation
• How does the use of technology transform the
  lesson?
• Collaboration
• How does the use of technology promote
  communication among students and teachers?
• Information
• How does the technology provide students with
  information?
• Representation
• Does the technology present the material in a new
  and different way?

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Ways Technology Benefits Math Instruction in the
Classroom

• Reinforces previously taught concepts
• Solves complex mathematical algorithms more
  efficiently and accurately
• Leads to exploration and discovery of new
  concepts
• Provides complex real world situations and
  promotes real world solutions
• Eliminates human calculation errors assuming
  algorithms are correctly inputted
• Graphic simulations replace tedious paper-pencil
  representations of concepts
• Allows students to manipulate data, therefore
  encouraging them to make assumptions about
  various possible outcomes when dealing with
  mathematical variables

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Technology Math Resources

• NCTM Standards
• Jasper
• Success Maker
• Geometers SketchPad
• SimCalc
• Spreadsheets
• Calculators
• Websites
• http//matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_2.html
• http//mathforum.org/trscavo/tangrams.html
• http//homepage.mac.com/efithian/geometry.html
• http//www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/cr.cgi
• http//oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/as/educatio
  n/projects/webunits/math/sport.html
• http//www.aaamath.com/

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Possible Ways to Implement Technology into the
Classroom

• Centers
• Group Projects
• During Math Game Times
• Bypassing the text and allowing calculator usage
  on some activities
• Additional Math Programs that enhance our current
  series

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Benefits of Using Technology in Math

• Increased understanding of concepts
• Solve more complex mathematical problems
• Explain mathematical thinking to others
• Graph data more accurately
• Manipulate data
• Show variable differences

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Final Thoughts

• Technology is not a crutch that students can lean
  on making them math disabled, but it is an
  intellectual and emotional laboratory powering
  them to new heights.
• How can we expect our students to be successful
  in a future filled with technology, if we dont
  prepare them?

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Bibliography

• National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for
  Interactive Mathematics. Utah State University.
  (2003) http//matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_2.htm
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• NCTM. Principles and Standards for School
  Mathematics. (2000). http//standards.nctm.org/doc
  ument/index.htm
• Schirack, Shannon, Garofalo, Joe, Harper,
  Suzanne, Timmerman, Maria, and Sharp, Brian.
  Center for Technology and Teacher Education.
  University of Virginia. (2003) http//www.teacherl
  ink.org/content/math/
• The Role of Calculators in Math Education
  Dispelling the myths. Texas Instruments. (2003)
  http//education.ti.com/us/resources/research/ther
  ole_2.html

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• Jennifer Matlick
• A11543082
• CEP 805 Learning Mathematics with Technology
• Professor Ralph Putman
• Final Project
• December 8, 2003