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Math and Technology in the Elementary Classroom A Staff Meeting Presentation

Math and Technology in the Elementary Classroom A Staff Meeting Presentation. By Jennifer Matlick. 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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Math and Technology in the Elementary Classroom A Staff Meeting Presentation

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  1. Math and Technologyin the Elementary ClassroomA Staff Meeting Presentation By Jennifer Matlick

  2. 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.

  3. 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?

  4. 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

  5. Technology & Math Resources • NCTM Standards • Jasper • Success Maker • Geometer’s 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/education/projects/webunits/math/sport.html • http://www.aaamath.com/

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. 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 don’t prepare them?

  9. Bibliography National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics. Utah State University. (2003) http://matti.usu.edu/nlvm/nav/grade_g_2.html NCTM. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. (2000). http://standards.nctm.org/document/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.teacherlink.org/content/math/ The Role of Calculators in Math Education: Dispelling the myths. Texas Instruments. (2003) http://education.ti.com/us/resources/research/therole_2.html

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

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