beyond graphing calculators
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The use of technology during and after classes.TRANSCRIPT
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