MathemaTECHs

AETC 2007

Let us introduce ourselves:

• Faith Pack– Shelby County Technology Resource Teacher– High School Math Teacher– fpack@shelbyed.k12.al.us

• Leslie Cash– Shelby County Technology Resource Teacher– Middle & High School Math Teacher– lcash@shelbyed.k12.al.us

Ways to put TECHnology into the Mathematics curriculum

• APT Plus / United Streaming

• Podcasts

• MS Office

• Web sites

APT Plus / United Streaming

• More than 4,000 educational products FREE for Alabama Educators

• http://www.aptv.org/Learning/APTPlus/

Podcasts

• Math Grad• Geometric Shapes• Interactive Whiteboard

Microsoft Office

• Word– Equation Editor– Autoshapes

• Excel– The IF function– Autoshapes

Discovery Education

• Find hundreds of original lesson plans, all written by teachers for teachers. Use the pull-down menus below to browse by subject, grade, or both.

• http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/math.html

Illuminations

• Sponsored by the NCTM as part of Thinkfinity / MarcoPolo Internet Content for the Classroom program, it is designed to: – Provide Standards-based resources that improve

the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students.

– Provide materials that illuminate the vision for school mathematics set forth in Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.

• http://illuminations.nctm.org/

SASinschool• An online resource for students and teachers,

Curriculum Pathways provides standards-based content in all the core disciplines, grades 8-14.– Technology integrated into the curriculum– Interactive materials that target higher-order thinking skills

– Differentiated for varied learning styles– For high schools, topics mapped to state and national

standards– Research-validated instructional techniques and

acknowledged best practices

• http://www.sasinschool.com/ProductEntrance/Navigation/navigator.jsp

Math Trail• Opportunity for K-12 teachers and students to discover and

share the math that exists in their own environments. Students explore their communities and create one or more math

problems that relate to what they find. • National Math Trail

– http://www.nationalmathtrail.org/

• Shelby County Math Trail– http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/mathtrail/index.htm

Math Goodies

• A math help portal featuring interactive lessons, worksheets and homework help. A pioneer of math help, Math Goodies has been reviewed on television and radio! Today we have over 500 pages of activities for students, teachers and parents.

• http://www.mathgoodies.com/

TeachersFirst (for all subjects)

• A collection of resources made by teachers for teachers. Contains many pre-made powerpoints including games.

• http://www.teachersfirst.com/matrix.cfm

ALEX

• A project of the Alabama Department of Education, it is designed to index and share many types of educational materials and information through a time-saving, one-stop resource for educators, parents, and students.

• http://alex.state.al.us/

Visual Fractions

• A tutorial that models fractions with lines or circles because: “Fractions are better understood when seen.”

• http://www.visualfractions.com/

Education World

• Education World's goal is to make it easy for educators to integrate the Internet into the classroom. With 98 percent of the nation's public schools connected to the Internet, the need for a complete online educational guide is evident.

• http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/archives/math.shtml

Interactive by the Shodor Foundation

• A Pathways project of the National Science Digital Library and funded by the National Science Foundation. “The goals of Interactive are the creation, collection, evaluation, and dissemination of interactive Java-based courseware for exploration in science and math.”

• http://www.shodor.org/interactivate/

Contact us:

• Leslie Cash– lcash@shelbyed.k12.al.us

• Faith Pack– fpack@shelbyed.k12.al.us

Presentation found:http://www.shelbyed.k12.al.us/tech/aetc.htm