Technology

//How are you using TECHNOLOGY in AMSTI? Post your ideas here, and I will keep it organized. ---Jeanne//

[|Moodle] is a Course Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a Free web application that educators can use to create effective online learning sites.

[|APT] ProportionLand website. =Interactive Whiteboards=


 * The following sites have presentations already prepared.**

[|Darren Kuropatwa's Slideshows] Darren teaches AP Calculus, Pre-Calculus, and Applied Math in Canada. He uses an amazing amount of technology in his lessons. He creates his own slides for the whiteboard. He has a SMARTBoard.

[|Promethean Planet] Promethean’s free online community designed to provide Activclassroom teachers around the world the ability to share new and innovative lessons, access a wide variety of professional development materials, and connect with fellow Activclassroom teachers from around the Planet.

[|SMART Board Revolution] This NING site has over 1000 members! There is information for all subjects, including math and science. "All SMART Board educators, unite! Let's share ideas, tips, and lesson files and collaborate to maximize our students' learning."

[|SMART Notebook Lesson Activities] This site is maintained by SMART. The lesson database can be searched by subject and grade. I searched for 8th grade math and found 32 lessons.

[|Record whiteboard presentations and post to the Internet] Blog post by Chris Harbeck, 8th grade math teacher in Canada
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[|The eyeballing game] A great review of geometry terms. How well can you eyeball a parallelogram, the midpoint of a line, angle bisector, triangle center, circle center, right angle, and convergence of three lines. This interactive game could be used as a quick sponge activity to engage and evaluate students.
 * Games for the whiteboard**

=Prentice Hall Technology=

Quick Take Presenter - clickers [|eInstruction] website

=Digital Video=


 * Videotape people talking about how they use math in their jobs. Have them give them students a sample problem and then show how they solve it. Use clips as a warm-up at the beginning of class. Let students videotape their parents for extra credit. Topics to look for:
 * Integers
 * Fractions
 * Decimals
 * Percents (Discounts, taxes, commissions, and simple interest)
 * Proportions
 * Ratios
 * Area
 * Perimeter
 * Circumference
 * Volume
 * Surface area
 * Transformations (Translations, reflections, rotations, dilations)
 * Equations
 * Inequalities
 * Mean
 * Median
 * Mode
 * Range
 * Graphing (Coordinate plane, histograms, frequency tables, stem-and-leaf plots)
 * Square and square root
 * Pythagorean Theorem
 * Recognizing patterns
 * Probability
 * Symmetry

=The Geometer's Sketchpad=

This is the most wonderful software for mathematics! [|The Geometer's Sketchpad] is drawing software published by [|Key Curriculum Press].

[|Technological Education Consulting]website contains sketches for middle school, algebra 1 and 2, geometry, and miscellaneous.

I stumbled across activities for GSP to use with the following Connected Mathematics Units: [|Shapes and Designs], [|Covering and Surrounding], [|Accentuating the Negative], [|Moving Straight Ahead], and [|Stretching and Shrinking].

[|PRISM-NEO Sketches] Programming Remediation and Intervention for Students in Mathematics. A collection of sketches organized by math concept and grade.

[|Sketchmad] A collection of links and sketches.

=Tinkerplots=

This software concentrates on data management and statistics. It is great for asking explorative questions, where students can learn through using real data sets. What is really neat, is the ability to pull data from any web page, into [|Tinkerplots], so that you can work with it. I have some cool resources and data locations that I tag [|here].

=NCTM=

Illuminations: [|Activities] Web Links
 * [|Data Analysis and Probability]

=Games=

[|Absurd Math] Absurd Math is an interactive mathematical problem solving game series. The player proceeds on missions in a strange world where the ultimate power consists of mathematical skill and knowledge. Many of the pages have hidden clues and areas. Anytime a player needs help, they may email our staff for assistance. We try to respond within two days. Teachers and parents, email us for answer keys.

[|Project SkyMath] The [|module]<