Using iPad Technology to

Support All Students in

MathJanice Novakowski

Richmond School DistrictLRT session: March 30 2016

@jnovakowski38

Overview of SessionUse of iPad-based apps

Mathematics-specific appsCreation, representation, communication

and sharing appsApp-smashingEmbracing the transformative potential of iPad

technologyExamples from Richmond classrooms

Math AppsChoosing apps that support mathematical thinkingAlign with our curricular goals, competencies and

contentUse screenshots for students to capture traces of

their learning and then “smash” within another app to record their own narratives of their learning

Send an app list home to parentsHave RT allocated devices on which you can load

student-specific apps to address IEP goals

Choose a math app…or twoChoose one of the math apps and

investigateHow do you think your students would respond?What does it offer your students?How does it provide for differentiation?What structures within the app allow for you to

assess student learning?How might you use this app?

Touch CountsDeveloped by SFU Education

research team led by Dr. Nathalie Sinclair

Based on understanding of importance of gesturing to learning mathematics and counting

Two worlds – number (counting) and operations

FreeCurrently, languages

available are English, French and Italian

Tangram for OsmoDeveloped by parents

from Stanford and Google for their children

Uses Reflective Artificial Intelligence to create an interactive play environment

Other apps include Words, Newton and Masterpiece

playosmo.com

Numbers for OsmoJust released

last yearUses both dot

and digit tilesMore of a focus

on levels of play, accumulation of points

playosmo.com

Math Tappers: Find SumsDeveloped by UVic

Education professorsUse of visual tools to

scaffold students learning…moves from pictorial to abstract

Strong connections to BC math curriculum

Free

Math Tappers: Multiples

Math Tappers: Numberline

Math Learning Center: GeoboardThe Math Learning

Center in Oregon (Bridges, Box It and Bag It Mathematics)

Free apps and also available as web-based applications

Focused on visual models to develop conceptual understanding

Math Learning Center: Number Frames

Math Learning Center: Number Line

Math Learning Center: Number Rack

Math Learning Center: (Basic) Number Pieces

Math Learning Center: Pattern Shapes

My First Weighing Exercisespaid app ($1.99)Big mathematical ideas of

balance and equalityOpportunities for mental

mathematicsCalculations with whole

numbers, mass (ounces or grams)

Three levels of difficulty

Let’s do some app-smashing…Consider what different apps offer in

terms of creating, representing, communicating and sharing – ultimately, we want students to choose from a variety of apps that they know how to use

Use an app like 30Hands, BookCreator or a screencasting app to annotate and narrate a learning story with the screenshots you took using the math app earlier

Things to check out…mathtappers.commathlearningcenter.orghttp://blogs.sd38.bc.ca/sd38mathandscience/

contact me through Richnet:jnovakowski@sd38.bc.ca@jnovakowski38#sd38mathandscience

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