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Teaching Mathematics with an
Interactive Whiteboard and Web Sites
Betsy Sparks, Christian Academy of Knoxville
http://www.betsysparks.com
Teaching Mathematics with Interactive
Whiteboards and Web Sites
• Introduction to Interactive Whiteboards
• Utilizing the Internet to make Classroom
Information available
• Free resources on the web to engage students
and make lessons real
(Moodle, Fling the Teacher from Content
Generator, Geogebra, Visual Calculus and
others)
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How to Poll Free
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http://www.pollanywhere.com
Up to 30 students at a time
Paid subscriptions allow for more students
Create mathematical questions where
students use their cell phones or computers to
respond
• Make sure students have an unlimited text
plan before using
Interactive Whiteboards
Benefits
• Anything written in class can be saved and
uploaded to a web site for later viewing
• Students can view the web site for notes and
problems worked in class at a later time
• Students can write on the board and utilize
interactive applications by touch
Interactive Applications
• Types of Boards
• Smartboards, Promethean Boards, Interactive
Whiteboards made by various vendors
• Software has applications for making
interactive presentations with timed matching
activities
• Free Powerpoint applications for Jeopardy,
Who wants to be a Millionaire, etc.
Making Your Own Web Site
• Making your own web site is possible with
free Google sites
• Google sites are limited as to the types of
content that can be posted, but it is an
excellent free way to start
• Powerpoints and notes can be posted to web
site as well an any other pertinant information
• Betsy Sparks' Web Site
Interactive Content
• Games created through flash templates
• Content Generator
• Fling the Teacher is a free template which easily
allows you to create math questions
• Use as a stand alone swf file or post to your web
site
• Incorporate into Moodle and monitor students’
progress
• Unit Circle Values - Fling the Teacher
Geogebra
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http://www.geogebra.org/cms/
Dynamic worksheets
Can be used for Pre-Algebra through Calculus
Free software
Calculus Worksheet with Geogebra
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Moodle is an alternative to proprietary commercial online
learning solutions, and is distributed for free under the GNU
General Public License.
Modular
ObjectOriented
Dynamic
Learning
Environment
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Moodle is essentially an administrative platform that
provides course pages that can be populated with…
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Forums
Glossaries
Wikis
Assignments
Choices
Text Pages
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Labels
Web Pages
Links to Resources
Surveys
Blogs
and much more!!
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Course Management Features - Modules
Assignment
Used to assign online or offline tasks; learners
can submit tasks in any file format (e.g. MS
Office, PDF, image, a/v etc.).
Chat
Allows real-time synchronous communication
by learners.
Choice
Instructors create a question and a number
of choices for learners; results are posted
for learners to view. Use this module to
do quick surveys on subject matter.
Teachers can enter a description of the assignment and
set how many points it is worth.
Database
Allows the teacher and/or students to build, display and search a bank of
record entries about any conceivable topic.
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Course Management Features - Modules
Forums
Threaded discussion boards for asynchronous group exchange on shared
subject matter. Participation in forums can be an integral part of the
learning experience, helping students define and evolve their
understanding of subject matter.
Students are able to communicate amongst each other with the discussion board.
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Learner Management Features - Calendar
Keeping a calendar of events is important to both the learner
and course instructor. Events can be created for different
categories, including:
Global events that appear in all courses (system admin).
Course events set by an instructor.
Group events set by instructor relative only to a group.
User events set by learner (e.g. due dates, personal etc.).
Upcoming Events appear on the course homepage, alerting the
learner across all courses they are enrolled in of different
category events. Alerts are color-coded by category.
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Learner Management Features - Logs
Monitor when and what course resources the learner has
accessed. Moodle's Logs provide detailed learner activity.
Logs can be accessed from the
“Reports” section.
Logs pin-point when actions are done. Easily locate specific course, student, date and module
activity access.